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Order Q. APODES. The Eels. 



Suborder ENCHELYCEPHALI. The Eels. 



Family XLIII. AITG-UILLIDiE. The True Eels. 



Genus 151. ANGUILLA Shaw. Eels. 



AnnuiUa Shaw, General Zoology, iv, 15, 1804 {angmlla). 



538. Anguiila chrysypa Rafinesque. American Eel; Fresh- water Eel. 



Atlantic Coast of the United States; very abundant from Maine to Mexico. 



ascending all rivers south of Canada and east of the Roclcy Mountains 



and resident throughout the Mississippi Valley ; common in the West 



Indies. 

 Anguiila c/t^v/sf/pa Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag. and Crit. Rev. 1817, 120, 



Lake George, Hudson River, and Lake Chauiplain. 



Family XLIV. SIMENCHELYIDiE. The Snub-nosed Eels. 



Genus 152. SIMENCHELYS Gill. 

 Simettchelys Gill, in Goode & Bean, Bull. Essex lust., 27, 1879 (parasiticus). 



589. Simenchelys parasiticus Gill. 



Offshore banks, in deep water, south of Newfoundland; also recorded from 



the Azores. 

 Simenchelys j'arasiiicus Gill, in (too le & Beau, Bull. Essex Inst., 27, 1879, 



Newfoundland Banks. 



Family XLV. ILYOPHIDiE. The Ooze BeLs. 



Genus 153. ILYOPHIS Gilbert. 



Iljjophis Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 351 {briinneus). 



590. Ilyopliis brunneus Gilbert. 



One specimen from Chatham Island, Galapago.s Archipelago, in 634 fathoms. 

 Ilyophis hrunneuH Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 352, Chatham Island; 

 Galapagos Archipelago, at Albatross Station 2808, iu 634 fathoms. 



Family XL VI. SYNAPHOBRANCHID.ai. 



Genus 154. SYNAPHOBRANCHUS Johnson. 



Synaphobranchus Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1862, 169 {kaupii). 



591. Synaphobranchus pinnatus (Gronow). 



North Atlantic .and western Pacific; common about the Madeiras, Canaries, 



etc., and also about the banks of Newfoundland. 

 Murama pinnata Gronow, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 19, 1854, locality unknov/n. 



Genus 155. HISTIOBRANCHUS Gill. 



Ristiohranchtis Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883, 255 (infernaUs). 



592. Histiobranchus bathybius (Giinther). 



Northern and western Pacific in deep water; Bering Strait; off Japan and 



off Cape of Good Hope; one siiecimen obtained by Dr. Gilbert in Bering 



Sea in 1890. 

 Synaphohranchus bathyhius Giinther, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., xx, 1877, 445, 



and in Voy. Challenger, 254, pi. 62, fig. b, 1887, off Yedo ; North Pacific; 



also between Cape of Good Hope andKergueleu Island. 



593. Histiobranchus infernalis Gill. 



Gulf Stream. 



Histiobranchus infernalis Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1883. 255, Gulf Stream, 

 at Albatross Station 2037, 38- 30' N., 69" W., in 1,731 fathoms. 



