338 FISHES. 



/. ANGUILLA, Thunberg. Eels. 



1. A. rostrata, (LeS.) DeK. Common American Eel. 

 Distance between dorsal and anal shorter than head. U. 

 S., chiefly coastwise, but ascending all rivers and intro- 

 duced into the Great Lakes. {A. hostoniensis^ etc., of 

 authors.) But one species is recognizable in the North- 

 ern Hemisphere, according to a recent French writer, 

 M. Dareste, who unites our species with the European 

 A. vulgaris. 



