4. anguilla. 31 



of moderate size, as in the so-called A. hibronii. They differ 



from specimens from the Nile only in this larger size of the eye. 

 p-T. Adult. Propontis. From Mr. Millingen's Collection. 

 v-\\j. Young. Bahr el Kelb (Palestine). From the Collection of 



the Rev. H. B. Tristram. 

 (t>, Cf', b'-c', d'-f, (j'-V. Adult and half-grown. Lower Nile, 

 m', n, 0, p , q. Adult, half-grown, and young. 

 r'. Adult : Skeleton. Propontis. From the Collection of Mr. Mil- 



lingen. (Vert. 46/68.) 

 s . Adult : Skeleton. 

 t'. Skulls of several examples. 



9. Anguilla bostoniensis. 



Mursena anguilla, Schopff, Beobacht. Gas. ntrf. Freund. Berlin, \iii. 



p. 138. 

 Anguilla vulgaris, Mitch. Lit. 8r Phil. Trans. New Yoj-k, i. p. 360. 

 Murrena rostrata, Lesueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. PMlad. i. p. 81. 



bostoniensis, Lesueur, I. c. 



argentea, Lesueur, I. c. p. 82. 



macrocepliala, Lesueur, I. c. 



Anguilla lutea (Pajln.), Kirtland, Bost. Jotim. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 234, 



pi. 11. fig. 2.^ 

 tenuirostris, De Kai/, Nein York Faun. Fish. p. 310, pi. o3. 



fig. 173; ? Kaup, Apod. p. 44, fig. 34; ? Kner, Nornra, Fisch. 



p. 370. 

 hostcniensis, Ayres, Boston Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 279 ; Sforrr, 



Mem. Am. Acad. viii. p. 408, pi. 33. fig. 1. 



novaeorleanensis, Kaup, Apod. p. 43, fig. .33. 



punctatissima, Kaup, Apod. p. 44. 



cubana, Kaup, Apod. p. 44. 



Synonymy for extra -American Specimens. 



Anguilla japonica, Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 258, pi. 113. fig. 2 

 (mouth not good) ; Bleek. T / '' ^t. Genootsch. xxv. Nalcz. Japaii, 

 p. 51 ; Kiier, Novara, Fisc, 



The length of the head is conl.i I once and three-fourths in the 

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

 twice and one-half in its distance f'l ■ )m the vent. Distance between 

 the commencements of the dorsal ai^ 1 anal fins shorter than the head. 

 Lips rather narrow; lower jaw si; iitly prominent. Angle of the 

 mouth below the eye, which is rather small or of moderate size, 

 much shorter than the snout. Tail considerably longer than the 

 body. 



United States ; Japan ; Formosa ; China. 



a, h, c-d. Adult and half-grown. Boston, Massachusetts. 



e, f. Half-grown. Japan. 



(7. Half-grown. North China. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 



h. Half-grown. China. From the Collection of the East-India 



Company. 

 i, k. Several half-grown specimens. Formosa. 



