CONGKID.E. 



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424. Anguilla amblodon, sp. n. [658.] 



General habit moderately slender. Eye small, much less than half the width of 

 the interorbital space, and about one-fifth of the length of the snout. Snout obtuse ; 

 the lower jaw somewhat prominent. Teeth in many series in both jaws ; the vomerine 

 patch is rounded behind, and extends as far 

 back as the centre of the eye. Lips moderately 

 thick. Pectorals not much shorter than the 

 mandible. The length between the base of the 

 pectorals and the end of the snout is two-fifths of 

 the distance from the anterior of the snout to the 

 base of the pectoral ; it about equals the distance 

 thence to the origin of the dorsal, or about one- 

 eighth of the total length of the body. The distance between the vent and the vertical 

 from the origin of the dorsal is about one-third of the length of the body in front of the 

 vent. A very distinct series of pores along the lateral line. Dorsal and anal well 

 developed; the highest portion of the former is about half the height of the body 

 beneath it. Colour above greenish, marbled with dark brown ; the lower portion of 

 the body is of a dirty white colour. 



Fresh water of Seychelles. 



Length about 2 feet. 



Family CONGRIDiE. 



CONGER, Cuv. 



425. 



Conger altipinnis. 



[006, 685.] 



? Murseua tota cinerea, Forsk. p. 22. no. 'J. 



? Conger cinereus, R'tipp. All. Fische, p. 115, t. 29. f. 1. 



Conger altipinnis, Kaup, Cat. Ap. Fish. p. 114-. 



noordzicki, Bleek. Atl. Ichth. iv. p. 26, t. ] 67. f. 2. 



Amongst the numerous examples of this fish from Zanzibar, there is a banded 

 specimen which agrees tolerably well with Riippeirs figure of C. cinereus, except 

 that in the latter the dorsal fin originates behind the termination of the pectorals, 

 whereas in all the Zanzibar specimens, and according to Kaup's and Bleeker's descriptions, 

 the pectoral reaches beyond the commencement of the dorsal. 



Zanzibar. Mozambique. Reunion. East-Indian archipelago. Red Sea. 



