838 FISHES. 



/. ANGUILLA, Thunberg. EELS. 



1. A. rostrata, (LeS.) DeK. COMMON AMERICAN EEL. 

 Distance between dorsal and anal shorter than head. U. 

 S., chiefly coastwise, but ascending all rivers and intro- 

 duced into the Great Lakes. (A. bostoniensis, etc., of 

 authors.) But one species is recognizable in the North- 

 ern Hemisphere, according to a recent French writer, 

 M. Dareste, who unites our species with the European 

 A. vulgaris. 



