GATAI.OGU \i 



OP 



F I 8 H E S. 



Subclass l. TELEOSTEI. 



(CONTINUEB.) 



OrdtT IV. PHYSOSTOMI. 



(CONTINUED.) 



Fam. 26. GYMNOTID.E. 



Gymnotini, Miill. ^- Trosvh. Hor. Ichthyol. iii. p. 18 ; Reinhardt, Vid. 

 Meddel. naturli. Foren. KJobenh. 1852 (1853), p. 135 ; or in Wicc/m. 

 Arch. 1854, p. 167. 



Head scaleless ; 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 sliort 



