ANGLESEY MORRIS. 



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APODAL 

 MALACOPTERYG1I. 



MUR&NID&. 



THE ANGLESEY MORRIS. 



Leptocephalus Morrisii, Anglesey Morris, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 212, 



pi. 28. 

 ,, ,, ,, MONTAGU, Wern. Mem. vol. ii. p. 



436, pi. 22, f. 1. 



,, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 200, sp. 111. 



,, ,, Le Leptocephale, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 358. 



Generic Characters. Head small and short ; teeth numerous ; pectoral fins 

 and gill-opening very small ; body compressed and very thin, tape-like ; dorsal 

 and anal fins small, united at the tail, forming a point. 



THIS species was discovered in the sea near Holyhead by 

 Mr. William Morris, who sent the specimen to Pennant, by 

 whom it was named after his friend. Pennant subsequently 

 sent the same specimen to Gronovius, who described it under 

 the generic name of Leptocephalus , in reference to the small 

 size of the head. 



Any doubts which might formerly have been raised as to the 

 real existence of such a species, to which Colonel Montagu 

 has alluded, must have ceased to exist, as this fish has now 

 been taken and recognised in various localities. Pennant in 

 his first description, perhaps from the state of his specimen, 

 was not aware of all the characters this delicate fish possesses; 

 but Colonel Montagu has well described and given a figure 



