LEPTOCEPHALUS. MORRIS. 



Generic Character. 



Caput parvum, angustum. 

 Corpus tenuissimum, com- 



pressum. 

 Pinna pectorales nullae. 



Head small, narrow. 

 Body very thin, compress- 

 ed. 

 Pectoral fins none. 



ANGLESEA MORRIS. 



Leptocephalus Morrisii. L. corpore tenuissimo. 



Leptocephalus. Gro?wv. Zoophyl. No. 40p. t. 13. f. 3. 

 Anglesea Morris. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. p. 13Q.pl. 25. 



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T was in the British Zoology of Mr. Pennant that 

 this small fish, the only one of its genus yet ob- 

 served, made its first public appearance under the 

 name of the Morris, having been first discovered on 

 the coast of Anglesea by a gentleman of that name. 

 Gronovius, to whom Mr. Pennant had some time 

 before communicated it, distinguishes it by the title 

 of Leptocephalus. The description given by Mr. 

 Pennant is as follows : The length was four inches ; 

 the head very small; the body compressed side- 

 ways; extremely thin, and almost transparent; 

 about the tenth of an inch thick, and in the deepest 

 part about one third of an inch : towards the tail it 

 grew more slender, and ended in a point : towards 



