38 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



lOHTH^LURUS FUKCAT u S, (C. & V.) GiU.— Channel Cat-fish— 

 Mississippi Valley. 



15787. Cast. Canollton, Ky. J. W. Miluer. Nov. 5, 1873. 



AMIURUS PONDEROSUS, Beau. 



23388. Cast. St. Louis, Mo. J. G. W. Steedman. 

 Weiglit. 150 pounds. 



Order APODES. 

 COI¥GRIDiE. 



CONGER OCEANICA, (Mitch.) Gill.— Conger Eel.— Newfoundland 

 to West Indies. 

 Pbotograpli. U. S. Fish Comiuissiou. 



ANGUILLA VULGARIS, Tmton.— Comjion Eel.— Eastern United 

 States. 



15731. Cast. New York. E. G. Blackford. Aug. 26, 1874. 

 Photograph. U. S. Fisli Cominissiou. 

 Color sketches. (Ricliard.) U. S. Fish Commissiou. 



NEMICHTHYS SCOLOPACEUS Rich.- Snipe Eel.— Deep waters 

 of the Atlantic. 



Photo-engraving. 



SYI¥APHOBRAi¥CHIDiE. 



SYKAPHOBRANCHUS PINNATUS, (Gronow) Giinther.— Madeira 

 Eel. — Deep waters of the Atlantic. 



Photo-engraving. 



SII?IEiliCHEL,YIDiE. 



SIMENCHELYS parasiticus, Gill.— Pug-nosed Eel.— North At- 

 lantic Coast. 



Photo-engraving. 



Order CYCLOGANOIDEI. 



AITIIID^. 



ATVTTA CALVA, Linn. — MuD-FiSH. — Central and Southeastern United 



States. 



Photogriph. U. S. Fish Commission. 



