44 CATALOGUE OF FISH. 



86. Anouilla tenuirostris, fig. 34. 



Auguilla tenuirostris, Dekay, Fauna of N. York, 310, f. 173. 

 Anguilla vulgaris, Mitchill, Tr. Lit. and Ph. Soc. of New York, i,, 



360. 

 Muraena anguilla, Schoepff, Beschr. 8, p. 138. 



The moderately-large roundish eye is placed with its anterior 

 half over the corner of the mouth, and its diameter is not included 

 quite twice in the length of the snout. Pectoral considerably 

 developed, and longer than the mandible. In the length of the 

 space between the pectoral and dorsal, the distance from the tip of 

 the snout to the pectoral is contained once and a half. 



Colour of the upper aspect, dark olive-green, and of the belly 

 yellowish-white, separated from the dark upper tint by an indistinct 

 silvery stripe. It is an abbreviated succinct marine eel, of which 

 the French Museum obtained many examples from Messrs. Milbert 

 and Richard. 



Length, 22-84 in. Length of tail, 13-79 in. To the eye, 0-51 

 in. To the corner of the mouth, 0-79 in. To the pectoral, 299 

 in. To the dorsal, 7-68 in. Height near the pectoral, 1-38 in. 

 Length of the pectoral, 1"10 in. 



M. Deppe obtained a small specimen at Vera Cruz. 



87. Angdilla punctattssima. 



Anguilla punctatissima, Kaup. 



This species was sent from Niagara to the French Museum by 

 M. Milbert, and is of a slimmer make than the preceding one. The 

 only specimen which I have seen exhibits a slight monstrosity in its 

 snout being turned somewhat to the right side. Pupil of the eye 

 situated over the corner of the mouth, and having a diameter which 

 is comprehended once and a half in the length of the snout. The 

 pectoral is a little longer than the mandible ; and the distance from 

 it to the tip of the mandible measur-es only half the space that lies 

 between it and the dorsal fin. 



Upper aspect, bluish olive-green. Pectoral, belly, and anal, yel- 

 lowish. The entire body, with the exception of the belly, is 

 besprinkled with innumerable minute points. 



Length, 13-78 in. Length of tail, 8-27 in. To the eye, 0-28 

 in. To the corner of the mouth, 0-3.5 in. To the pectoral, 1-50 

 in. To the dorsal, 4-32 in. Height near the pectoral, 0-43 in. 

 Length of the pectoral, 0-47 in. 



88. Anguilla cubana. 



Anguilla cubana, Kaup. 



Although this eel, which was sent from Cuba by M. Morelet, re- 

 sembles tenuirostris, it has a smaller eye, less full lips, and shorter 

 pectorals. The small eye is placed with its larger anterior half 



