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ORDER IV. MALACOPTERYGII APODES. 



The Fourth Order of bony fishes with soft fins, 

 is named Malacopterygii Apodes, because the 

 ventral fins, or those which may be considered as 

 representing the feet, entirely disappear. The order 

 is made up of one natural family of anguilliform 

 fishes, some of which are remarkable for their form, 

 and others, of exotic origin, for their powerful elec- 

 trical properties. 



XXII. FAMILY OF THE EELS. 

 MURiENID^. 



Representatives in British Fauna. Gen. 7, Sp' H 



Gen. 90. Anguilla. Sp. 1^2. A. Ojcutirostris. 



193. A. latirostris. 



194. A.mediorostris. 



91. Conger. . . 195. C. vulgaris. 



92. MuRiENA. . . \M. M.Helena. . 



93. Leptocephalus. 1 97. i^. Morisii. . 



94. Ophidium. . 198. 0. imberhe. . 



95. ECHIODON. 



96. Ammodytes. 



199. 0. harhatvm. 



200. E. Drummorv- 



dii 



201. A. Tohianus. 



202. A. Lancea. . 



Sharp-nosed Eel. 

 Broad-nosed do. 

 Snig do. 

 Conger-eel. 

 The Mursena. 

 Anglesey Moms. 

 Beardless Ophi- 

 dium. 



Bearded do. 

 Drummond's 

 Echiodon. 

 Sand-eel. 

 Sand-launee 



When it is stated that the type, or most charac- 

 teristic representative, of this family, is the Com- 

 mon Eel, one of the most familiarly known of our 



