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Order R. CARENCHELI. Long-necked eels 



Family 67. DERICHTHYID^ 



Genus 184. DERICHTHYS Gill. 



Derichthys Gill, Amer. Nat., XVIII, 1884, 433 {D. serpentinus Gill). 



515. Derichthys serpentinus Gill. 



Gulf Stream. 



Derichthys serpentinus Gill, Am. Nat., XVIII, 1884, 433, Gulf Stream 

 at Albatross station 2094 in 1,022 fathoms. 



Genus 185. GORGASIA Meek and Hildebrand. 



Gorgasia Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool., XV, 1923, 

 133 {G. punctata Meek and Hildebrand). 



516. Gorgasia punctata Meek and Hildebrand. 



Panama. 



Gorgasia punctata Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool., 

 XV, 1923, 133, Chame Point, Panama. 



Order S. APODES 



Suborder ENCHELYCEPHALI 



Series ANGUILLOIDEI 



Family 68. ANGUILLID^. True eels 



Genus 186. ANGUILLA Shaw. Eels. 



Anguilla Shaw, Gen. Zool., IV, 1803, 15 (A. anguilla). 



Murxna Bleeker, Poey, etc. (taking as type Murxna anguilla, the first 



.species mentioned bv .\rtecli under Mursena). 

 Tribranchus (Peters) "MuUer, Abhandl., Akad. Wiss. Berhn, 1844 (T. 



anguillaris Feters^^ Anguilla australis Rich). 



617. Anguilla rostrata (LeSueur). American eel; Fresh-xcater eel. 



Atlantic coast of the United States; very abundant from Maine to 

 Mexico, ascending all rivers south of Canada and east of the Rocky 

 Mountains, individuals .sometimes resident throughout the Missis- 

 sippi Valley; common in the West Indies. 



Murxna rostrata LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1817, 81, Cayuga 

 Lake. 



Murxna bostonensis LeSueur, loc. cit., 81, Boston. 



Murxna serpentina LeSueur, loc. cit., 82, Newport, R. I. 



Mursena macrocephala LeSueur, loc. cit., 82, Saratoga, N. Y. 



Mursena argentea LeSueur, loc. cit., 82, Boston Bay. 



Anguilla chrysypa Rafinesque, Atner. Month. Mag. and Crit. Rev., 

 1817, 120, Lake George; Hudson River; Lake Champlain. 



Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, loc. cit., 120, Long Island. 



Anguilla laticauda Rafinesque, loc. cit., 445, Ohio River. 



Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohicnsis, 1820, 78, Tennessee and 

 Cumberland Rivers. 



Anguilla xanthomelas Rafinesque, loc. cit., 78, Ohio River. 



Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, loc. cit., 78, Ohio River. 



Anguilla tenuirostris DeKaj', N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 310, New York. 



Anguilla novaeorleansis Kaup, Apodal P'ishes, 1856, 43, fig. 33, New 

 Orleans, La. 



Anguilla punctaltssima Kaup, loc. cit., 44, Niagara River. 



Anguilla cubana Kaup, loc. cit., 44, Cuba. 



Anguilla novxterrx Kaup, loc. cit., 45, fig. 35, Newfoundland. 



Anguilla texana Kaup, loc. cit., 45, fig. 3<5, Te.xas. 



Anguilla wabashensis Kaup, loc. cit., 40, Wabash River. 



Anguilla tyrannus Girard, U. S. Mcx. Bound. Surv., Ichth., 1859, 75, 

 Rio Grande. 



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