FISHES. APODES. 1-4. 81 



ORDER I. APODES. APODAL. 



1. ANGUILLA. JEW. 



1. h.vulgaris. Olive-brown, more or less silvery under- 



neath : lower-jaw longer than the upper. 



Common Eel. Shaw Zool. \\ . p. 15. tub, i. 



Body in stagnant waters blackish, yellowish beneath, fometimes 

 varitd with brcnvn lines, very slippery : head i'mnll, narrowed on 

 the forepart : nostrils fmull, round, with another lengthened one 

 beneath each eye : teeth fmall, sharp, numerous : iris golden, pupil 

 blackish: aperture of the gills femihmar : jaws with feveral 

 minute pores each side : trunk a little compressed : lateral-line 

 straight : skin covered with foft oblong fcales : pecloral-Jins fmall, 

 oval, paler, with about 19 rays : dorsal, caudal, and anal united. 



2. A. Conger. lirown, silvery beneath : lateral line 



speckled with white : lower-jaw rather shorter thaa 

 the upper. 



Conger Eel. Shaw Zoo!, iv. /. i. Will, ichth. t. G. 6. 



Much refembles the last, except in being of a larger size, fome- 

 times growing to 10 feet long and weighing 100 pounds and up- 

 wards : body with whitish patches on the sides : lateral-line \>roa.<( j 

 iris silvery : edges of the dorsal and anal tins black : pectoral-Jins 

 19 rayed. 



3. A. Myrus. Dusky, with elongated snout: fin surrounding 



the body whitish edged with black. 



Rondeletian Eel. Arted.-Gen. 24. syn, 40. 



Head narrowed on tbe fore-part : sides marked with a few yellow 

 specks: u^ptr-lip with 2 s!;ort tentacula : each side the neck a 

 branchial uriiicc. 



2. OPIIIS. Sea Serpent. 



4. O. maculuta. Silvery, with dark-brown spots. 



Spc-tted Sea Serpent, {ihaiu Zool. iv. p. 22. lab. 2, Block t. 154. 



Body 3 or 4 fc-et long, slender, silvery-white with a triple row oX 

 dark-brown oblong {'puts : hfad slender : eyes moderate : mouth wide: 

 teeth curved inwards : pectoral-fins fmall, white ; tail naked, round, 

 jointed. Berkcnhout. 



3. ANAIUCIIAS. Wolf-fah. 



5. A. Lupus. Livid brown, with transverse darker 



bands 



kavenous Wolf-fish. Brit. Zool.\\\. t. 24. Donovan's Fishes, t. 24. 



Body 4-7 feet long, tapering, compressed : hfad strong, sloping ; 

 mouth wide : tteih 5 or 6 in each jaw, conical, and standing far out, 

 with lesser-ones within them ; grinders cloi'e to the canine teeth in 

 the upper-jaw, but detached in the lower : eyes oblong, iris silvery, 

 pupil black : shin slippery : vent large, nearer the head : pe ctoral-fn 

 j8-raycd : dorsal reaching from the hind-part of the head nearly to 

 the tail, yy-rayed ; nn.al extending as far as the dorsal, 46-niyed . 

 tail rounded of 13-18 rays. 



4. AMMODITES. Launce. 



6. Ammodites Tobianm. 



>and Launce. Br. Zucl. iii. t. 25. Donovan's Fishes t. 30. 



Lody 9 or 10 inches long, slender, fquare, rounded at the sides : 

 lower- juiu longer than the upper : throat with 2 oblong rough bones: 

 eyes i'mall, iris> iiivcry, pural black : ^ill-cover silvery, of 4 pisccs ; 



