LSI 



isli [)iint'(iirL's tliruiisiii its -ivliole i(.ii,utli. Eyes- large: li]is 

 large aiid fleshy. The tail ends in an acitie ii|i. Peetorals 

 obloiiu', with seveutecii ravs. The dorsal iiii is enjilinuuris 

 witli tlie eaiidal and anal. JJark olire-brown ahovo; cliin. 

 s])aee beliind peetorals, and all beneatli soiled white. Dorsal 

 anil anal oi'a deep l)laek-iii!e along tlieir margins. 



Fin-rays: — r. 17; !). C. <Sj A., 30^—55!). 



C\ on-anird, Miteh.. Jonrn. Ac. Nat. So. I'liil.-ul,, 1. [>. 107. 



(Jonnnon in tlie lower rotoinae, and in tlir parts of river; 

 within the reaeii <d" tide, brought to our niarkeis in large 

 niunl)er,s, and iiml a I'eadr ^sale. 



AcAi>. Col, I.. 



LVIII.— AXGllLJ.lD.E. 



AN({rn;LA^ Cuv. 



A . UOSToXIKXSIS. 



Tlie (Joninio!! Eel oi' Fie.s!i- Water Eel. 



J5ijdy eylindrieal, coniprc-ssetl behind; terminating in a 

 point. Head e<iual to about one-tenth the length ol'the body, 

 eom[>res,sed above, tapering to a blunt point at the snout. 

 Lips fleshy: Iomxm' jaw sligiitly hnigest. Ureenish, (n- olivc- 

 bi'own aboAe: yellowish, oi' yellowish-white beneath: I're- 

 nuentl\ with a ieddish tinge along the margin of anal tin. 



Fin-rays: ~r. in: 1). (\ ^- A., Jod — lOO. 



J. /ins/iiiiicn-si.s, Ayi'es, I'oston Jonrn. N'al. Hist., IV, p. 

 2T'.l: Storer, Mem. \m. Aer.d., Vltl, ]>. 4(18, pi. :;;!, tig. J. 



— hdva (Ihiiin..) Ivirlland, r.^-!. -^.'li'n. Nat. Hist., ]\', 

 p. 2o4, [d. 11, lig. -1. 



— ■ tcaiiifostris^ HoKay, New \'ork l-'ann., Fishes, p. lUU, 

 ]d. 7)'.], iig. 17->. 



This is the e'lmnion e^d oi' onr ereeks and snjall rivulets 

 being tbiind sometimes In lai-e;r nomlier!-- amniig fjii. r®ek,s at 



