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ANGUILLID.E. 



Pectorals rather longer 



Order APODES. 



Family ANGUILLID.E. 



ANGUILLA, Thimb. 



422. AnguillajolianiisB, sp- n. L 5 " 4 -] 

 Similar in habit to A. maculata, Buch. Ham., and to A. labiata, Pet., but differing 



from them in the relative length of the distance between the origin of dorsal and anal. 



Body rather stout. Eye moderate, placed entirely in front of the cleft of the mouth ; 

 its diameter is less than half the breadth of the interorbital space, and is contained 

 about twice and a half in the length of the snout. Snout of moderate length and 

 width, depressed. The lower jaw distinctly longer than the upper. Lateral lips mode- 

 rately developed. Lateral teeth in two series ; the vomerine patch acutely tapering 

 behind, but not extending so far back as the lateral series do 

 than the cleft of the mouth. The distance between the 

 point of the snout and the base of the pectorals is about 

 equal to the distance thence to the origin of the dorsal, 

 or is contained about seven and a half times in the 

 total length. The distance between the vent and the 

 vertical from the origin of the dorsal is contained twice 

 and a third in the length of the body in front of the 

 vent (in A. maculata it is twice and two-thirds, and in A. labiata it is thrice and a half), 

 Dorsal and anal moderately developed. Colour brown, marbled with darker and lighter. 



Length 28 inches. Fresh water of Island of Johanna. 



423. Anguilla labiata. [503.] 

 Anguilla labiata, Peters, Wiegm. Archiv, 1855, p. 270; Kaup, Cat. Ap. Fish. p. 41. 



General habit of body rather stout; eye moderate, placed entirely in advance of the 

 angle of the mouth ; its diameter is about half the width of the interorbital space, or of 

 the length of the snout. Snout short, broad, obtuse, depressed, the lower jaw slightly 

 longer than the upper. Lateral lips much developed, 

 broad. Teeth on the sides of the jaws in three or four 



series; the vomerine patch is tapering behind, and does 



not reach as far back as the lateral teeth do. Pectorals 



as long as the cleft of the mouth. The distance from the end of the snout to the base 



of the pectorals is equal to that from the pectorals to the origin of the dorsal, or about 



one-eighth of the total length. The vent is placed somewhat behind the origin of the 



dorsal. Colour greenish brown, lighter on the belly ; pectorals blackish. 



Length 3 feet 6 inches. 



Pangani River. East coast of Africa. Mozambique. 



