668 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
Anguilla marginata Kaup, Apodes, 36, fig. 20, 1856 (Valentia). 
Anguilla microptera Kaup, Apodes, 36, fig. 21, 1856 (Bay of Algesirus). 
Anguilla ancidda Kaup, Apodes, 37, fig. 22, 1856 (Sicily). 
Anguilla altirostris Kaup, Apodes, 37, fig. 24, 1856 (Seine). 
Anguilla platycephala Kaup, Apodes, 38, fig. 25, 1856 (Baillon). 
Anguilla latirostris Kaup, Apodes, 38, fig. 26, 1856 (L’Orient). 
Anguilla vulgaris latirostris Reguis, Bull. Soc. d’Etudes, 126, 1881 (Provence). 
Anguilla nilotica Kaup, Apodes, 40, fig. 28, 1856 (Nile River). 
Anguilla cegyptica Kaup, Apodes, 40, 1856 (Nile). 
Anguilla eurystoma Heckel & Kner, SUsswasserfische, 325, 1858 (Dalmatica) ( fide 
Gunther). 
Anguilla liibernica Couth, Brit. Fish., iv, 328, pi. 235, 1865 ( fide Gunther). 
Anguilla vulgaris platirostris Doderlein, Att. Acc, Soc., 58, 1879. 
Anguilla vulgaris < blongirostris Reguis, Bull. Soc. d’Etudes, 126, 1881 (Provence). 
Habitat : Coast of Europe and Northern Africa (not found north of 
lat. 64° 30', nor in the Danube River, Black and Caspian Seas), Azores, 
Canary, and Cape Verde Islands. Perhaps also in the East Indies. 
Etymology : Anguilla , eel. 
We have regarded all the nominal species of Anguilla from Europe 
as identical, as no reliable specific differences have yet been indicated 
among them. We exclude Asiatic references, as we have had no satis- 
factory material for comparison, and other forms may exist. The eel 
is excessively common in southern Europe. We have specimens from 
Athens, Venice, Palermo, and Paris. 
123. ANGUILLA CHRYSYPA. 
- (The American Eel.) 
Murcena anguilla Schopf, Beobacht. Naturforscher, vn, 138, 1788 (New York) (fide 
Gunther) (not of L). 
Anguilla vulgaris Mitchill, Trans. Lit. & Phil. Soc., 360, 1814 (not of Shaw). 
Anguilla chrysypa Rafinesque, Amer. Mont. Mag. & Crit. Rev., 120, 1817 (Lake George; 
Hudson River ; Lake Champlain). 
Anguilla blephura Rafinesque, i. c., 120, 1817 (Long Island). 
Anguilla laticauda Rafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev., 445 (Ohio River). 
Anguilla aterrima Rafinesque, Ichthyologia Ohiensis, 78, 1820 (Ohio River). 
Anguilla xanihomelas Rafinesque, Ich. Ohiensis, 78, 1820 (Ohio River). 
Anguilla lutea Rafinesque, Ich. Ohiensis, 78, 1820 (Ohio River). 
Murcena rostrata Le Sueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1821, 81 (Cayuga Lake). 
Anguilla rostrata DeKay, Fish. N. Y., 312, 1842 (Cayuga and Seneca Lakes). 
Anguilla anguilla rostrata Meek, Bull. U. S. Fish. Com., 430, 1883. 
Murcena bostoniensis Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1821, 81. 
Anguilla bostoniensis DeKay, Fishes N. Y., 313, 1842 (northern coast). 
Murcena serpentina Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 82, 1821 (Newport, R. I.). 
Anguilla serpentina Storer, Syn. Fish. N. A., 486, 1845. 
Murcena macrocephala Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 82, 1821 (Saratoga, 
N. Y.). 
Anguilla macrocephala DeKay, Fishes N. Y., 313, 1842. 
Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, Fishes N. Y., 310, 1842. 
Murcena argentea Le Sueur, Journ* Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 82, 1821 (Boston Bay). 
Anguilla argentea DeKay, Fishes N. Y., 313, 1842 (northern coast). 
Anguilla novoeorleanensis Kaup, Apodes, 43, fig. 33, 1856 (New Orleans, La.) 
Anguilla punctatmima Kaup, Apodes, 44, 1856 (Niagara). 
