KKI.-Fl.SlllvS. 



102;^ 



THE COMMON EEL (s\v. alkn). 



AXcniJ.A \ri/;Ai(is. 



I'latc XLV, liu. 1. 



The dors((l _fiii commences far behind the tips of the folded pectorals, beinf/ separated from the tip of the snout 

 by a distance of more than twice the lenc/th of the head, and precedes the anal by a distance about equal to (some- 

 what (jrvater or less tlian) the Iciuith (f the head, the distance between it iinil the tip of the snout being about 

 29 — .5.7 %, tlud hettrvcn the anal and the same point about 40 — 45 %, of the lenfith of the l)ody. The jaw-teeth 

 strait/ht (of an nhfiise, eoniad form), or someu-Jiat recurred at the tip, ((nd set in (juite continuous cards. 



li. hi: Ul— 1'2"; I), ci 

 P. 17—20''; I './•/. 112 — 11; 



'.lh\ A. ca 205- 



V. 10; 



Hyn. Mnvana miicdlor; iiia.xilhi iiitVrion,- Imigiore. Am., /i/it/ii/ol., 

 Geii: p. 24; Hi/n., p. 38 (uLii isynon. vet. videantiir): ^'/jcc, 

 p. lili; Li.s-., Fiia A'»ec-., ed. 1, p. 100. 

 Maroji.K iiiKjuUla, Lin., ^'//s/. Nat., ed. X, toiu. I. p. 24.^; 

 F.uui.. Fna Groenl, p. 137; Ht,., Natunj. Fisch. DeutsrhL. 

 pt. III. p. 4. tab. LX.XIII; Aiir. (( iphichtus), .Spec, /i-htli. 

 Miir. (Jp/iirht. (disp. Ups. 17^0). p. 1 1 ; Ketz., Fiki dun: 

 Lin., p. 311; F.ab. {Miirana), Fisch. Isl., p. o'j; P.\i,i,., 

 Zoui/i: Ross. As., toiii. III. p. 71; Ekstr., Vet. Akad. 

 Handl. 1831, p. 285 (= Mur. o.ryrhiita + Mm: platijrhina, 

 p. 287); NiLSs., Prodr. Ichthyol. Scand., p. 65 (+ Mur. 

 latirostris); Id., Uka'id. Fiki, Fi.'^l,:, p. 661; Sundev.. Stoddi. 

 L. Hush. Sallsk. Handl., VI (18S5), pp. K3, 92. 181; 

 Wdgrn, Landtbr. Akad. Plaudl. 1858, pp. 181 et 210; Ny- 

 STRUM, faktt. Fniin Jemtl. Vattemb: (disp. Ups. 1863), p. 

 20; V. Bemm. in Herkl., Boiiwst. Fiia Nederl., part. Ill, p. 

 388; Olss., Ofvers. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1876, w. 3, p. 139; 

 1882, tio. 10, p. 51. 

 Auguilhi vidtjaris, Turt., Bi-it. Fna, p. 87; Mitch., Trans. 

 Lit.. PbiL Soc. N. York, vol. I, p. 360; Flmng, Brit. 

 Aniin., p. 199; Cost.\, Fna Reyn. Xap., Peso., pt. I, Mala- 

 cott. Apod.. Anyuilla, p. 52 {+ Angu. platyrhynchus, p. 

 50, ex Cuv., + Anyu. acutirostria, p. 51, ex Y.4RR.), tabb. 

 LIII — LX; Blanch, Poiss. d. eau.v douces Fr., p. 491 

 (ouJHs format; Anyu. latirostris, p. 495, ex Risso, Eur. 

 Mer., toni. Ill, p. 199, + Anyu. mediorostris, p. 496, ex 

 Risso + Angu. oblongirostris, ibid., + Anyu. aculirostris, p. 

 467, ex Risso, 1. c, p. 198); Sieb., Siissivasserf. Mittel- 

 eur., p. 342; Mgr.n, Finl. Fiskfna (disp. Helsingf. 1863), 

 p. 33; Gthr, Vat. Brit. Mas., Fish., vol. VIII, p. 28 

 (+ Anyu. bostoniensis, p. 31, ex Lesleur, Jouru. Acad. Nat. 

 So. Pbilad., vol. I, p. 81,+ Anyu. texaiia, p. 32, ex K.up, 

 + Anyu. latirostris, p. 32, ex Risso, + Angu. Kieneri. p. 

 35, ex Kaup); Dareste, .\rcli. Zool. Exper., torn. IV (1875), 

 p. 217; Coll., Forb. Vid. Selsk. Chrnia 1874, Tilla;gsh., 

 p. 196; 1879, no. 1, p. 99; N. Mag. Naturv. Chrnia, Bd 

 29 (1884), p. 113; Wixrii., Naturh. Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. 

 Ill, vol. XII, p. 50; Fedders., ibid., p. 93; Mor., Hist. 



Sat. Poiss. Fr.. loni. Ill, p. 560; Bncke, Fisch., Fischer., 

 Fisch;. 0., II'. /'rcHss.. p. 173; Mela, Vertebr. Fenn., [i. 

 357. tab. X: Day. Fish. Gt. Brit., Irel., vol. II, p. 241. 

 tab. CXLII, tiK- 1; Mup,., Hoke, Fisch. Osts., p. 143; Br.- 

 Goode, Fisher., Fisher. Industr. U. &'., sect. 1, p. 630, tab. 

 239; Seei-EY, Freshw. Fis-h. Eur., p. 373 (+ Angu. eiiry- 

 .'■■tuina, p. 380, ex HcKL, Kn.); Lillj., Sv., Norg. Fna, Fisk., 

 vol. III. p. 375; Reut., Sundm., Finl. Fisk, tab. XXXIII; 

 Car., Prodr. F,<rc .^hdit.. vol. II, p. 540. 



Miiraina rostrala (+ bostoniensis) Lesueur, Jouru. Acad. Nat. 

 So. Pliilail., vol. 1, p. 81 (+ Mur. argentea + Mur. mo- 

 crocephala. p. 82): DiiK., .V. York Fna, part. IV, p. 312 

 (+ Angu. tenuirustris. p. 310); Jord., Gu.b.. Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., no. 16, p. 361. 



Aiiyinlhi jlnviatilis, Agass. (ex Cuv.?), Rech. Poiss. foss., torn. 

 V, p. 130, tab. F, tig. 2; Hckl, Kn., sSusswasserf. Ostr. 

 Moil., p. 319 (+ Angu. eury'stoma, p. 325). 



Anyiiilla caiiariensis, Val. in Webb, Berth., lies Canar., Poiss., 

 p. H8, tab. 20, tig. 1. 



Aiigui/la japonica, Schleg. in Sieb., Fna Japan., Poiss., p. 

 258, tab. CXIII, fig. 2. 



Exjdor. Alger., Zool., V, p. 111. 



Guicn. 



Damn. Fisk., vol. Ill, i.. 616 

 642, ex Yarr. + Angu. latirostris. 



Angiiilla callen.'<is, 

 tab. 7. tig. 1. 



Angiiilla inigratoria, Kn., 

 ( + Anyu. acutirostris, p 

 p. 656, ex Yarr.). 



Angiiilla Kieneri, Kaup, Val. Brit. .Mus., Apod. Fish., p. 32 

 ( + Angu. Vuvieri + Angu. Bibroni, p. 33 + Angu. Sa- 

 vignyi + Angu. capitone, p. 34 + Angu. morena + Angu. 

 nielanochir, p. 35 + Aiiyu. marginata + Angu. microptera, 

 p. 36 4- Anyu. aiicidda + Angu. mediorostris + Angu. 

 altirostris, p. 37 + Angu. platycephala + Angu. latirostris, 

 p. 38 + Angu. acutirostris, p. 39 + Anyu. nilotica + Angu. 

 ceyyptiaca, p. 40 + Angu. callensis + Angu. canarienais, 

 p. 41 + Angu. novieorleaneyisis, p. 43 + Angu. tenuirosiris 

 + Angu. punctatissima + Angu. cubana, p. 44 + Angu. no- 

 voeterroE + Anyu. texana, p. 45 + Angu. tvabashensis, p. 46); 

 Carus, 1. c. 



Anguilla LinnJi, Malm, Gbgs, Boh. Fna, p. 590 ( + Angu. 

 latirostris, p. 591). 



