CATALOGUE 



FISHES, 



Subclass I. TELEOSTEI. 



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Order IV. PHYSOSTOML 



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Fam. 26. GYMNOTIDyE. 



Gymnotiiii, MiiU.Hi- Tro»(h. Hur. Ichtlujol. iii. p. 18; Rciiihanlt, Vid. 

 Meddel. natnrh. Foreti. KJobenh. 1852 (1853), p. 135; or in Wic<j)n. 

 Arch. 1854, p. 107. 



Head scalcless ; barbels none. Body elongate, 

 eel-shaped. Margin of the upper jaw formed in the 

 middle by the intermaxillaries, and laterally by the 

 maxillaries. Dorsal fin absent or reduced to an adi- 

 pose strip ; caudal generally absent, the tail termi- 

 nating in a point. Anal fin exceedingly long. Ven- 

 trals none. Extremity of the tapering tail capable 

 of being reproduced. Vent situated at or a short 



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