NOTICE OF A SMALL COLLECTION OF FISHES, INCLUD- 

 ING A RARE EEL, RECENTLY RECEIVED VrOM II 

 MAXWELL LEFROY, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS WEST 

 INDIES. 



By Barton A. Bean, 



Assistant Curator, Division of Fishes. 



On December 12, 1902, the United States National Museum loceived 

 from Mr. Lefroy a few fishes, including a small eel, which proves to 

 be the rare Ahlla egmoiUis, heretofore known onh^ from the type 

 described by Dr. David Starr flordan from a specimen 15 inches loiu*-, 

 obtained by him at Eg-mont Key, Florida.'' 



The example here noticed. No. 50594, U.S.N.M., is 5| inches long; 

 its proportions are essentially the same as those given, for the type. 

 The color is olive, tinged with yellow, thickly puuctulated with darker 



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Aplia egmontis. 



everywhere except a narrow space, from tip of \o\\vy jaw to vent, 

 which is silvery. " Eye, black. Mr, Lefroy's lal)el for th(> speciin(Mi 

 is ''No. 57. Wiiite Sand Eel, Barbados." 



Since examining the above Dr. H. M. Smith, of the U. S. Fish 

 Commission, has called my attention to one of these eels just received 

 from Dr. J. C. Thompson, U. S. Navy, Dry Tortugas. Florida. It 

 measures 8i inches. Dr. Thompson gives the following life colors: 

 ''Uniform yellowish olive: on head an oblong dull red blotch, and a 

 similar colored streak on opercle, probably the blood showing through 

 at these points; abdomen silvery." 



«Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. Pliila., 1SS4. p. 44. 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XXVI-No. 1345. 

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