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Martens (1869 — 73) angiver i sin Oversigt over de øslafrilvanske Ferskvands- 

 fiske, at Anguilla macrocephnla Rapp. findes i Natal. 



Til sidst er det mig en Glæde her at kunne anføre en meget interessant Rede- 

 gørelse for Udbredningen af Ferskvandsaalene i Sydafrika baseret paa personlige 

 Iagttagelser af den velkendte Autoritet i sydafrikansk Ichthyologi, Dr. Gilchrist, 

 Capetown. Dr. Gilchrist meddeler paa Forespørgsel følgende i et Brev af 29de 

 December 1908: 



"The distribution of the fresli water ccl in Soiitli Africa is very peculiar and I have 

 been making enquiries about it for some time back. On a recent visit to Natal I found it 

 occurred in abundance and was caught by Indians as food. The natives (Kaffins) have a 

 prejudice against fish of all sorts and especially against eels and there is no regular industry. 

 Further south, towards and at Port Elizabeth they do not occur so abundantly. They are 

 found at the south coast in all the rivers as far west as the Hreede River where they are in 

 fair abundance. Cape Agulhas or its neighbourhood seems to be the point where they 

 disappear, and ijracticallj' none occur in the rivers west of this nor on the west coast 

 generally. 



The eel however docs seem to occur in tliese rivers but only now and again have spec- 

 imens been found and then of exceptionally large size. Thus one was found in the 

 Leerbcck a small stream llowing into Table Bay. One or two have been found in the Orange 

 River. At Pretoria (the watershed between the Crocodile and Orange Rivers) one large spec- 

 imen has been found in a stream which ultimately joins the Orange River, while they are 

 abundant in the small streams not far off which join tlie Crocodile River flowing into the 

 Indian Ocean". 



Jeg skal her tilføje en Beskrivelse af Aniens Forekomst i det indiske Ocean 

 i naturlig Tilslutning til Sydafrika, hvormed Omtalen af Atlanterhavet sluttede. Jeg 

 begynder med at omtale Østafrika. 



Osfafrilm. 

 Portugisisk Østafrika. 



Peters (1868), der noget efter Midten af forrige Aarhundrede foretog natur- 

 historiske Undersøgelsesrejser i Mocambique , omtaler p. 94 — 103 Ferskvands- 

 aalene, af hvilke han opfører ikke mindre end 4 Arter. Disse er: Anguilla lahiala 

 Peters, A. niacroptlialma Peters, A. mossanibica Peters og A. virescens Peters. 

 Den første findes ved Zambezi og Licuare Floderne; de indfødte ved Telte (Zam- 

 bezi) kalder den "muciinga"; i Boror hedder den "licovovo". A. mossanibica er 

 fundet i Molumbo Floden (15°S. Br.), A. macroplhalma i Zambezi Floden ved Byen 

 Telte (kaldes her ligesom A. labiatai "muciinga") og A. virescens i Licuare Floden 

 (Boror). A. lahiala er ogsaa funden i Pangani Floden (Günther & Pl.wfair, 1866, 

 p. 124—25). 



