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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 anguillifonii 

 fishes, some of which are remarkable for their form, 

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

 trical properties. 



XXII. FAMILY OF THE EELS. 

 MUR.ENID^. 



Representatives in British Fauna. Gen. 7, Sp. 1 1 



Gen. 30. Anguilla. Sp. 192. ^. acutirostris. Sharp-nosed Eel, 



193. ^. IcUirostris. Broad-nosed do. 



1 94. J. . mediorostris. Snig do. 



195. C. vulgaris. Conger-eel. 

 ] 96. M. Helena. . The Muraena. 



Anglesey ]\Iorris, 



198. 0. imherhe. . Beardless Ophi- 

 dium. 



199. 0. harbatum. Bearded do. 



200. E. Drumnio'ii- Drummond's 

 dii Echiodon. 



20\. A. Tohiamis. Sand-eel. 

 2^'2. A. Lancea. . Sand-launce 



91. Conger. 



92. MURiENA. . 



93. Leptocephalus. 197. L. Morisii 



94. Ophidium. 



95. Echiodon. 



9fi. Ammodytes. 



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 



