SYNBRANCHUS. SYNBRANCHUS. 



Generic Character. 



Corpus anguilliforme. II Body eel-shaped. 



Pinnee perforates nullae. Pectoral fins none* 



Spiraculumumcumsubcollo. Spiracle single, beneath the 



neck. 



HIS genus differs from the preceding merely 

 in the circumstance of the spiracle or branchial 

 orifice being single, and situated beneath the throat. 



MARBLED SYNBRANCHUS. 



Synbranchus Marmoratus. S. olivaceo-fuscus, maculis nigri- 



cantibus variatus, corpore subtusflavescente. 

 Olive-brown Synbranchus, marbled with blackish spots j the 



body yellowish beneath. 

 Synbranchus marmoratus. Slock. 12. p. 75. t. 418. 



THE general appearance of the animal is that of 

 a Muraena : its length about two feet and a half: 

 head large, short, and thick: mouth moderately 

 wide, and furnished with several rows of small 

 conical teeth: tongue connate : lips fleshy: nostrils 

 simple, seated near the eyes,, which are blue : the 



