APODAL FISHES OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. 
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Muraena Bleeker, Poey, etc. (taking as type Murcena anguilla , the first species men- 
tioned by Artedi under Murcena). 
Anguilla Kaup, Gunther, Gill, and of authors generally. 
Type : Murcena anguilla L. 
Etymology: Anguilla ^Eyxekuq), tbe original name of the eel. 
This genus is widely distributed through the waters of the North 
Temperate and Torrid Zone, being only absent in the Eastern Pacific. 
Unlike the other eels, its species freely enter fresh waters, and they are 
subject to great variations in form, size, and color, which have given 
rise to a host of nominal species. 
ANALYSIS OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN SPECIES OF ANGUILLA. 
a. Distance between origin of dorsal and vent § to 1J in head ; pectoral 3 to 3f in head ; 
head 2£ to 2\ in trunk; upper jaw 3f to \\ in head. Yellow, brown, or black, 
underparts paler Anguilla, 122. 
aa. Distance between origin of dorsal and vent 1£ to 2 in head ; pectoral 2f to 3f in 
head ; head 2 to 2£ in trunk ; body more robust and trunk slightly shorter than 
in anguilla , otherwise similar Chrysypa, 123. 
122. ANGUILLA ANGUILLA. 
(The Common Eel.) 
Murcena unicolor maxilla inferiore longiore Artedi, Genera Pise., 24, 1738. 
Murcena anguilla Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 245, 1758 (after Artedi). 
Anguilla vulgaris Shaw, Gen. Zool., IV, 15, pi. 1, 1804 (after Linnaeus). 
Anguilla vulgaris marina Rafinesque, Indice, 38, 1810 (Sicily). 
Anguilla vulgaris fluviatilis Rafinesque, 1. c. (Sicily). 
Anguilla fluviatilis Heckel & Kner, Siisswasserfische, 319, 1858 (Dalmatia) ( fide Gun- 
ther). 
Anguilla acutirostris Risso, Eur. M6r., hi, 198, 1826 (Nice). 
Anguilla vulgaris acutirostris Doderlein, Atti. Acc. Soc., 58, 1879. 
Anguilla mediorostris Risso, Eur. M6r., hi, 198, 1826. 
Anguilla vulgaris mediorostris Reguis, Bull. Soc. d’Etudes, 126, 1881 (Provence), 
Murcena eurhina Ekstrom, Fisch. Morko, 142, 1835 ( fide Gunther). 
Murcena platyrhina Ekstrom, Fisch. Morko, 142, 1835 {fide Gunther). 
Anguilla canariensis Valenciennes, in Webb & Berthelot, lies Canar., Poiss., 88, pi. 20. 
fig. 1, 1838. 
Anguilla platyrhynchus Costa, Fauna Napoli, Pesc., tab. 58 and 60, fig. 3, 1840 (fide 
Gunther). 
Anguilla septembrina Bonaparte, Cat. Pesc. Eur., 38, 1846 (Central Italy). 
Anguilla cloacina Bonaparte, 1. c. (southern Europe). 
Anguilla callensis Guichenot, Explor. Alger., Poiss., ill, pi. 7, fig. 1. 1850 (Calle, Algiers. ) 
Anguilla migratoria Kroyer, Danmark’s Fiske, in, 616, 1853 ( fide Gunther). 
Anguilla kieneri Kaup, Apodes, 32, fig. 15, 1«56. 
Anguilla vulgaris kieneri Reguis, Bull. Soc. d’Etudes, 126, 1881 (Provence). 
Anguilla cuvieri Kaup, Apodes, 33, 1856. 
Anguilla bibroni Kaup, Apodes, 33, fig. 16, 1856 (Sicily). 
Anguilla savignyi Kaup, Apodes, 34, 1856 (Naples). 
Anguilla capitone Kaup, Apodes, 34, fig. 17, 1856 (Naples). 
Anguilla vulgaris capitone Doderlein, Att. Acc. Soc., 58. 
Anguilla marina Kaup, Apodes, 35, fig. 18,' 1856 (Naples). 
Anguilla melanochir Kaup, Apodes, 35, fig. 19, 1856 (Tiber). 
