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Genus ANGUILLA Shaw. 
The Eels. 
Anguilla chrisypa Rafinesque. 
Fel. Bull Headed Eel. 
Head 7%; depth 1424; snout 5% in head; eye 934; mouth 
3%; interorbital space 714; pectoral 3%; space between origins 
of dorsal and anal 1%. Body rather robust, elongate, and com- 
pressed behind. Head conic, long, moderately pointed. Eye 

Eel. Angmila chrisypa Rafinesque. 
small, well forward over angle of mouth. Lower jaw protrud- 
ing. ‘Teeth small, subequal, in bands in jaws and long patch on 
vomer. Tongue free at tip. Lips rather full, margin free be- 
hind and attached by frenum in front. Nostrils superior, well 
separated, and anterior with slight tube. Gill-openings small, 
about as wide as base of pectoral and just below in front. Scales 
imbedded, linear and placed obliquely, some at right angles to 
others. Lateral line complete. Dorsal inserted near first third 
in length. Pectoral broad, upper margin straight. Brown, pale 
below. Length 19 inches. Anglesea. 
Abundant at all seasons of the year. The largest example 
which came under my notice was taken many years ago, which 
roughly estimated, measured about 4 feet, though it is not alto- 
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