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ORDER IV. MALACOPTERYGII APODES. 



The FOURTH ORDER of bony fishes with soft fins, 

 is named MALACOPTERYGII APODES, because the 

 ventral fins, or those which may be considered as 

 representing the feet, entirely disappear. The order 

 is made up of one natural family of anguilliform 

 fishes, some of which are remarkable for their form, 

 and others, of exotic origin, for their powerful elec- 

 trical properties. 



XXII. FAMILY OF THE EELS. 

 MUR^ENID^E. 



Representatives in British Fauna. Gen. 7 5 &p* 1 1 



Gen. 30. ANGUILLA. Sp. 192. A. acutirostris. Sharp-nosed Eel. 



193. A. latirostris. Broad-nosed do. 



194. A.mediorostris.Smg do. 



91. CONGER. . . \95.C.vulgaris. Conger-eel. 



92. MURJSNA. . . 1 96. M. Helena. . The Murtena. 



93. LEPTOCEPHALUS. 197. L. Morisii. . Anglesey Morris. 



94. OPHIDIUM. . 198. 0. imberbe. . Beardless Ophi- 



dium. 

 199. 0. larbatum. Bearded do. 



95. ECHIODON. . 200. E. Drummon- Drummond's 



dii Echiodon. 



9fi. AMMODYTES. 201.4. Tobiamis. Sand-eel. 



202. A. Lancea. . Sand-launce 



When it is stated that the type, or most charac- 

 teristic representative, of this family, is the Com- 

 mon Eel, one of the most familiarly known of our 



