Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 485 
GENUS I. ANGUILLA, Cvuv. 
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, Lesveur. 
Body cylindrical, compressed posteriorly. Head equal to about one tenth the length of 
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. (2). C. (2). Length, 24 inches. 
Massachusetts, Lesurur, Storer. Connecticut, Linstey. New York, Mrrcuitu, 
Dexay. 
Anguilla vulgaris, Common Eel, Mrrcnitt, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. ¥., 1. p. 360. 
a3 3 Fresh-water Eel, Mrrenitt, Amer. Month. Mag., 1. p. 241. 
Murena Bostoniensis, Lesvevr, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 1. p. 81. 
oe O: Common Eel of Massachusetts, Storer’s Report, p. 158. 
Anguilla tenuirostris, Common New York Eel, Dexay’s Report, p. 310, pl. 53, fig. 173. 
Anguilla Bostoniensis (LEsuzuR), DEKAy’s Report, p. 313. 
Us as ff Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., rv. p. 279. 
2. Anguilla argentea, Lesurur. 
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. (2). C.(?). Length, 12 to 24 inches. 
Massachusetts, Lesueur, Storer. Connecticut, Linsury. 
Murena argentea, Lesveur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 1. p. 82. 
us u se Silver Eel, Srorer’s Report, p. 158, 
Anguilla argentea, Dexay’s Report, p. 313. 
3. Anguilla rostrata, Lesurur. 
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. (2). Length, from 18 to 24 inches. 
Lakes Cayuga and Geneva, Lesuvrur. 
Murena rostrata, Lesvevr, Journ. Acad, Nat. Sc., 1. p. 81. 
sé G3 Beaked Eel, Ricu., Fauna Boreal. Americ., m1. p. 267. 
Anguilla rostrata, Beaked Eel, Drxay’s Report, p. 312. 
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