J4* E E Lc Class IV. 



Div. III. BONY FISH. 



S e c t. I. APODAL. 



XII. Body long, fiender, and flippery. 

 Noftrils tubular. 



Back, ventral, and tail fins, united. 

 Aperture to the gills fmall, and placed behind the 



pectoral fins. 

 Ten branchioftegous rays. 



5 3 . Common. Ey% ^ ^ fJ .^ ^ ^ The Eel# mL pifi% Raii 



IV. c. 11. VI. 14. 16. fyn.pifc. 37. 



Oppian Halieut. I. 516. IV. Murama unicolor maxilla in- 



45-°- feriore longiore. Arttd. fyn. 



Angtiilla Plinii Lib, IX. c . 2 1 . 39. 



L'Anguille. Belon, 291. Obf. Murama anguilla. Lin. fyjl. 



55' 426. Grotiov. Zaoph. No. 



Anguilla. Rondel, fwv. 198. 166. 



Gefner pifc. 40. Ahl. /V*«*. &^r. N 0< 3QI> 



Ael. Schonevelde, 14. Aal. jKtvww. 387. 



THE eel is a very lingular iilh in feveral 

 things that relate to its natural hiftory, 

 and in ibme refpe&s borders on the nature of the 

 reptile tribe. 



It is known to quit its element, and during 

 night to wander along the meadows, not only for 



change 



