698 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. 



" This, the ' common eel,' is abundant everywhere, and seems 

 equally at home in the rivers and small rivulets, with scarcely 

 sufficient water to cover them." 



A, vulgaris, Raf. [aeutirostris, Risso.) European Eel. 



Distance from snout to dorsal less ; from anal to dorsal more ; 

 head shorter, and pectoral as long as mandible. Accredited by 

 Giinther to New Jersey. 



LBPTOOBPHALUS, Gmel. 



(Conger. Mursena.) 



L. conger, L. (niger, vulgaris, C, ocddentalis and IsogncUha oceanica — 

 Abbott's Catalogue.) Conger Eel. Sea Eel. 



Jaws equal ; skin scaleless ; lateral line present ; gill openings 

 large ; short patch of teeth on vomer ; dorsal close behind pec- 

 torals ; cleft of mouth deep ; pectorals one-third as long as head. 

 Length, 4 to 8 feet ; darker above than A, rostrata. 



" This sea eel is not abundantly met with anywhere along our 

 coast." I 



SIMBNOHBLYS. Gill. 



S. paraaitioue. Gill. (A. macroeephala— Abbott's Catalogue.) Bull- 

 headed Eel(?). Pug-nosed Eel. 



Differs in having head blunt at snout; gill opening very 

 short ; teeth rounded, none on vomer, &c. ; buries in flesh of 

 halibut. New Foundland banks. It is doubtful if following 

 refers to this and not to a variety of one of preceding. 



" Occasionally a heavy-headed species of eel is taken in the 

 Delaware River and brought to the markets. A specimen of 

 this description was purchased by the writer in Trenton market 

 in August, 1865."— [C. C. A.J 



