486 Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
4. Anguilla serpentina, Lesuevr. 
Anterior part of body larger than the posterior. Pectorals very large. Head large, 
snout short. Color a dark copper-brown, which is lighter on the sides and belly ; the fins 
of the color of the body, though paler ; the dorsal fin arises nearer the pectorals than that 
of the A. argentea. 
D.(?). P.(2). A.(?). C.(?). Length, (?). 
Rhode Island, Lrsurur. 
Murena serpentina, Snake-Eel, LEsveur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 1. p. Sl. 
5. Anguilla macrocephala, Lesurur. 
Head very large and elevated. Snout short. Eyes large and prominent. Olivaceous- 
yellow above ; from the angle of the mouth a golden band extends beyond the pectoral 
fins ; beneath pure white. 
D. (2). P.(?). A-(?). C.(?). Length, (?). 
Saratoga Lake, New York, Lesvrur. 
Murzna macrocephala, Bull-head Eel, Lesveur, Journ, Acad. Nat. Sc,, 1. p. 82. 
Anguilla macrocephala, Bull-head Eel, Drxay’s Report, p. 313. 
6. Anguilla oceanica, Mircui.u. 
Jaws equal. Tail pointed. Above brown; on the sides pale; belly smutty. A dark or 
somewhat bluish border on the vertical fins. 
D. (?). P.(?). A. (2). C. (2). Length, 4 feet. 
New York, Mircurt. 
Anguilla oceanica, Sea-Eel, Mrrcum, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 1. p. 407. 
ce es cS cu Dexay’s Report, p. 312. 
As intimated by Dekay, in his Report, this will probably prove to be, upon further investi- 
gation, a species of Conger. 
7. Anguilla lutea, Rar. 
Head flattened above, abruptly elevated behind the eyes, ventricose beneath the throat. 
Lower jaw projecting. ‘Tail carinate at its extremity. Yellowish-brown on its sides and 
back, and whitish on the belly ; the two colors meeting abruptly on the sides of the abdomen. 
D.(?). P.(?). A.(?). C.(?). Length, 2 to 3 feet. 
Ohio, Kirrnuann. 
Anguilla lutea, Yellow Eel, Rar., Ichth. Ohien., p. 78. 
ae us sc  Kirtianp, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., rv. p. 234, pl. 11, fig. 2. 
Anguilla laticauda (?), Broad-tailed Eel, Rar., Ichth. Ohien., p. 77. 
