32 • MUR^NID.!;. 



10. Anguilla texana. 



? Anguilla texana, Kaiip, Apod. p. 45. 



? Aiignilla tvraunus, Ginird, U. S. ^- 3Ie.v. BoidhI. Iclith. p. 75, pi. 40. 



The length of the head is contaiued once and three-fourths in the 

 distance of the gill-opening from the origin of the dorsal fin, and twice 

 and one-third or twice and two-thirds in its distance from the vent. 

 Distance between the commencements of the dorsal and anal fins 

 shorter than the head. Lips well developed ; lower jaw very pro- 

 minent. Angle of the mouth below the eye, which is rather small. 

 Tail considerably longer than the body. Mandibulary teeth in a 

 single band without longitudinal groove. 



Islands of Grenada and Dominica ; ? Texas ; ? Mexico. 



This fish is scarcely specifically distinct from A. hosfontensis, fi-om 

 which it difi'ers only by the greater development of the lips. 



a. Adult. Grenada. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 

 h-c. Ailult. Dominica. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 



d. Young. Mexico (?). From M. Salle's Collection. 



e. Adult. Presented by the Royal College of Surgeons. 



11. Anguilla latirostris. 



Grigs or Gluts, Fen». Brit. Ztiol. iii. p. 129. 



Rifaud, Vol/. Egypt, pi. 18. fig. 91. 



Anguilla latirostris, Bisso, Ivhth. Nice, p. 90, and Eur. Merid. iii. 

 p. 199 ; Yarrell, Proc. Zonl. Soc. 18.31, p, 133, or Zool. Joxrn. iv. 

 p. 4(39 ; Brit. Fish. 2ud edit. ii. p. 396, or 3rd edit. i. p. 62 ; Par- 

 iiell, Werner. 3Iem. vii. p. 387 ; Thompson, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1839, 

 ii. pp.21, 270; Jem/ us, Man. p. 474; Heli/s-Lonqcliamps, Faune 

 Beige, p. 225 ; [? Couch, Hist. Brit. Fish. iv. p. 330, pi. 36. This 

 figure is evideutlv taken fi-om a common Eel with broatlish snout] ; 

 Cimtor, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, p. 4S0 ; Kaup, Apod. p. 38, 

 fig. 26. 



Muvajna platj-rhina, Ekstrom, Fisch. Morko, p. 142. 



Anguilla sinensis, M'CleU. Cak. Journ. iv. p. 406, tab. 25. fig. 2. 



macroptera, M'Clell. I. c. p. 407, fig. 1. 



diefienbachii, Grai/, Dieffenhach's Travels. Append, p. 225; 



Richards. Voi/. Ereh. '^- Terr. Ichthi/ol. p. 113. 



platyrhynchus, Costa, Faun. Nap. Pesc. tab. 58 & CO. fig. 3. 



? Anguilla capitone, melanochir, ancidda, Kaup*, Apod. pp. 34, 35, 

 & 37, and figs. 17, 19, & 22. 



'S'ee also Anguilla virescen?, p. 36. 



The length of the head is contained once and a half or once and 

 three-fourths in the distance of the gill-opening from the origin of 

 the dorsal fin, and twice and a half in its distance from the vent. 

 Distance between the commencements of the dorsal and anal fins 

 shorter than the head. Lips broad and fleshy ; lower jaw promi- 

 nent. Angle of the mouth below the hind margin of the eye, which 

 is rather small, much shorter than the snout. Tail considerably 



* It is rather difficult to arrive iit ;i safe eonelusion with regard to certain spe- 

 cimens described by Dr. Kaup under specilie names, as the measurements given 

 are evidently frequently erroneous. 



