46 CATALOGUE OF FISH. 



Total length, 23-04 in. Length of tail, 14-18 in. Length of 

 pectoral, r06 in. Height close to the anal, 1-38 in. 



Texas. 



91. Anguilla wabashensis. 

 Anguilla wabashensis, Kaup. 



Lips thin ; vomer elongated, and set with teeth backwards to 

 beneath the eye. Upper surface, greenish ; ventral aspect, yel- 

 lowish. 



Total length, 300-2 in. Length of tail, 17-12 in. Distance 

 from the tip of the snout to the dorsal fin, 10-63 in. From the tip 

 of the mandible to the corner of the mouth, 0-91 in., or equal in 

 length to the pectoral. From the tip of the snout to the eye, 0-63 

 in. To the gill-opening, 3-15 in. 



Wabash, a tributary of the Ohio (M. Lesueur). 



E. Australian sj^ecies. 



92. Anguilla Aucklandi. 



Anguilla Aucklandi, Bich., Ereh. S Terr. p. 113, pi. 45, f. 7-13. 



Diagn. Upper jaw and mandible equal in length. 



In this species the height of the body, and especially of the tail, 

 is greater than in australis ; and the end of the tail, with the fins 

 spread out, is more rounded ; the lips are less porous, and the 

 tongue more pointed. The teeth also are disposed in narrower 

 bands ; and the vomerine patch tapers more, and runs further back. 

 The most tangible difference, however, is in the origin of the dorsal, 

 which is considerably farther forward. The eye also is placed 

 rather before the corner of the mouth, not over it. The profile of 

 the forehead is more concave. 



Length of the fish, 20 in. To anus, 9 in. To gill-opening, 2^ 

 in. To beginning of dorsal, 6-8 in. Distance between gill-open- 

 ing and anus, 6| in. The dorsal begins before the anus almost 2 

 in., or 4^ in. posterior to the gill-opening. {Richardson.) 



Auckland Islands. 



93. Anguilla labrosa. 



Anguilla labrosa. Rich., Ereh. <& Terr. p. 113. 



The eel described below was taken by K. L. Sutherland, Esq., 

 Paymaster and Purser of the " North Star," in the South Seas ; 

 but the exact locality is not recorded, and we do not know whether 

 it be a fresh-water or marine fish. It has the general aspect of an 

 eel, and also the conspicuous tessellated scales which many of the 



