698 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



" This, the ' commou eel/ is abundant everywhere, and seems 

 equally at home in the rivers and small rivulets, with scarcely 

 sufficient water to cover them." 



A. vulgaris, Raf. {acutirostris, Risso.) European Eel. 



Distance from snout to dorsal less ; from anal to dorsal more ; 

 head shorter, and pectoral as long as mandible. Accredited by 

 Giinther to New Jersey. 



LBPTOCBPHALUS, Gmel. 



(Conger. Muraena.) 



L. conger, L. {niger, vulgaris, C, occidentalis and Isognatha oceanica — 

 Abbott's Catalogue.) Conger Eel. Sea Eel. 



Jaws equal ; skin scaleless ; lateral line present ; gill openings 

 large ; short patch of teeth on vomer ; dorsal close behind pec- 

 torals ; cleft of mouth deep ; pectorals one-third as long as head. 

 Length, 4 to 8 feet ; darker above than A. rostrata. 



" This sea eel is not abundantly met with anywhere along our 

 coast." 



SIMBNOHBLYS, Gill. 



S. parasiticus. Gill. [A. macrocephala — Abbott's Catalogue.) Bull- 



headed Eel (?). Pug-nosed Eel. 



Differs in having head blunt at snout; gill opening very 

 short ; teeth rounded, none on vomer, &c. ; buries in flesh of 

 halibut. New Foundland banks. It is doubtful if following 

 refers to this and not to a variety of one of preceding. 



'' Occasionally a heavy-headed species of eel is taken in the 

 Delaware River and brought to the markets. A specimen of 

 this description was purchased by the writer in Trenton market 

 in August, 1865."— [C. C. A.] 



