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GENUS I. ANGUILLA, Cuv. 



The dorsal commencing considerably behind the pectorals, and uniting with 

 the anal to form the caudal. Lower jaw the longer. Mouth with a row of 

 teeth in each jaw, and a few on the anterior part of the vomer. 



1. Anguilla Bostoniensis, Lesueur. 



Body cylindrical, compressed posteriorly. Head equal to about one tenth the length ot 

 the body. Lower jaw slightly projecting. Pectorals short and subovate. Greenish or olive- 

 brown above ; yellowish or yellowish white beneath, frequently having a reddish tinge along 

 the margin of the anal fin ; in the smaller specimens, the opercula, throat, and abdomen, an- 

 terior to the vent, are of a bluish slate-color, with scarcely a tint of yellow. 



D. (?). P. (?). A. (?). C. (.'). Length, 24 inches. 



Massachusetts, Lesueur, Stoker. Connecticut, Linsley. New York, Mitchill, 



Dekay. 



Anguilla vulgaris, Common Eel, Mitchill, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., i. p. 360. 



u Fresh-water Eel, Mitchill, Amcr. Month. Mag., n. p. 241. 

 Murana Bostoniensis, Lesoeub, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., I. p. SI. 



„ 11 Common Eel of Massachusetts, Storer's Report, p. 158. 



Anguilla tenuirostris, I Ml m in New York Eel, Dekay's Report, p. 310, pi. 53, f. 

 An „ u; is (Lesueur), Dekay's Report, p. 313. 



°„ .. " Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., IV. p. 279. 



2. Anguilla argentea, Lesueur. 



Body much compressed. Pectorals very near the head. General color a silvery gray ; 

 darker upon its upper portion, with a clear satiny-white abdomen. Lateral line exceedingly 

 distinct, appearing to divide equally the darker-colored back from the beautiful lighter ab- 

 domen. 



D. (>)• P- (?)■ A.. (.')■ C (?)■ Length, 12 to 24 inches. 



Massachusetts, Lesueur, Storer. Connecticut, Linsley. 



Murana argentea, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., i. p. 82. 



,, i! " Silver Eel. Storer's Report, p. 153. 



Anguilla argentea, Dekay's Report, p. 313. 



3. Anguilla rostrata, Lesueur. 



Body tumid in the centre, and narrowed to a point at both extremities. Snout elongated, 

 pointed, and straight. Upper parts varied with gray and olive, sometimes of a slate-blue, 

 lower parts white; dorsal and anal fins reddish, which color deepens as it approaches the 

 tail ; pectoral fins small, acute, and bluish. 



D. (?)• P- ('■)■ A. (?)• C (.')• Length, from 18 to 24 inches. 



Lakes Cayuga and Geneva, Lesueur. 



Muncna rostrata, Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., l. p I 



„ ii Beaked Eel, Rica., Fauna Boreal. Americ., in. p. 267. 



Anguilla rostrata, Beaked Eel, Dekay's Report, p. 312. 



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