280 THE LARVA OF THE EEL. 
and anal fin dotted with black points ; tail pointed ; greatest 
height one ninth of the total length. 
Spalanzani.—Blunt head, almost imperceptible teeth ; body nar- 
rower in proportion to length. 
punctatus.—A round vermiform body ; points along the lateral line, 
oblique pairs of dots along the edge of the belly ; anus before 
the middle of the body, and a row of indistinct points on the 
anal fin. Specimen came from Messina. 
diaphanus.—Anus nearly in the middle of the total length, dorsal 
fin commencing somewhat before the anus ; 4°37 inches long. 
Also from Messina. 
Kéllikerit.—A blunt caudal fin with distinct rather long rays ; body 
not higher vertically than the head. Also from Messina. 
Gegenbaurt.—Has a similar tail, but the height of the body is 
ereater. Also from Messina. 
Bibroni.—Similar to the last, but anus behind the middle of the 
body. From Messina. 
Yarrellii.—Similar, but anus still further back. From Messina. 
stenops.—Stout teeth and large eyes closely approximated to one 
another. Probably from Messina. 
longirostris—Has long jaws and distinct teeth, and the body 
broadening suddenly in the vertical plane behind the head. 
From Messina. 
teenia.—A. round head, large projecting globular eyes, short snout, 
much-elongated broad body. Specimens from India and the 
Maldives. 
brevirostris.—No dots ; fourteen teeth in each jaw; small slender 
tail sustained by visible rays ; eyes black ; total length 3°15 
inches, Locality Messina. 
He also distinguished acuticaudatus, Dusswmieri, dentex, marginatus, 
lineo-punctatus, and capensis. In a later paper, published in 1860, 
Kaup identified L. Spalanzani, Risso, with Morristi, and described 
two other species of Leptocephalus under the names Haeckels and 
Kefersteint. 
Kefersteini.—Seven roundish spots composed of points along the 
intestine; anus a little behind the middle of the body ; head 
extremely small, with very fine teeth. From Messina. 
Haeckeli.—Head small and pointed,tail only one eighth the length of 
the body. Resembles brevirostris, but the snout is longer, the 
body not so high, and the tail less pointed. From Messina. 
In my former paper I referred to the remarks concerning 
Leptocephalidee contained in Dr. Giinther’s Catalogue, vol. vin, 
p. 138. It is there suggested that Myrus, Ophichthys, and perhaps 
also Murzena have their Leptocephaline forms. Pointing out that 
