312 REPORT — 1845. 



Tribus Apodes. 

 Fam. Anguillidje. 



Anguilla avisotis, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulphur, p. 104. pi. 51. 

 f. 1. Icon. Reeves, 222; Hardw. Malac. 288. Chinese name, Woo 

 urli shen, "Crow-ear eel" (Birch); Woo urh sken, "Black-eared eel" 

 (Reeves). 

 Hab. Canton. 



Anguilla clathrata, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulphur, p. 104. 



A specimen from Canton exists in the Cambridge Philosophical Institution, to which it was 

 presented by the Rev. George Vachell. 

 Hab. Canton. 



Anguilla sinensis, M'Clelland, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist. iv. p. 406. 



pi. 25. f. 2. and No. 18. p. 208. July 1844. 

 • Hab. Chusan. The British Museum possesses a specimen of Dr. Cantor's. 



Anguilla macroptera, M'Clelland, I.e. p. 407. pi. 25. f. 1. et No. 18. 

 p. 208. 

 Hab. Chusan. 



Congrus tricuspidatus, M'Clelland (Murcenesox), Calc. Jour. N. Hist, 

 iv. p. 408. t. 24. f. 1. and No. 18. p. 210. Richardson, Ichth. of Sulph. 

 p. 105. pi. 51. f. 2. Icon. Reeves, a. 41 ; Hardw. Malac. 295. Chinese 

 name, Ho shen, " Stork eel" (Birch); "Hook-billed eel" (Reeves). 



Specimens collected by the Rev. George Vachell and Sir Everard Home exist in the mu- 

 seums of the Cambridge Philosophical Society and College of Surgeons. 

 Hab. Chusan. Ningpo. Canton. 



Congrus lepturus, Richardson, Ichth. of Sulph. Voy. p. 106. pi. 56. 

 f. 1-6. 

 Hab. Canton. 



Congrus fasciatus, Gray, Cat. Br. Mus. Icon. Reeves, 284; Hardw. 

 Malac. 291 et 293. dupl. 



In this Conger the vent is a little before the middle of the fish, and the dorsal fin com- 

 mences over the centre of the ventrals. There is a pair of tubular nostrils or cirrhi on each 

 side of the snout, and a pair of small holes or pores on each side of the mesial line in the in- 

 terorbital space. The ground colour is ochre-yellow with irregular purplish-black blotches 

 on the dorsal and back, and descending to the middle of the sides. Several of these blotches 

 or bars enclose spots of the ground colour. The top of the head is purplish-black, and three 

 dark spots are placed in a triangular position on the hind head. The cheeks, under part of 

 the head and the anal have the bright ochraceous ground tint, the edge of the latter being 

 dark. The dorsal and ventrals are mountain-green, the blotches on the former forming part 

 of the bars which cross the back. The breadth of the head is equal to half its length, which 

 is an eighth part of the whole length of the fish. Snout rather obtuse, gill-openings lateral. 

 The rays of the caudal fin are shown at the tip of the tail, otherwise this might have been 

 taken for an Ophisurus, which it resembles in its banded markings. 



Hab. Chinese sea. 



Ophisurus dicellurus, Richardson, Ichth. of Voy. of Sulph. p. 106. pi. 48. 

 f. 2-4. 



Sir Everard Home presented a specimen to the College of Surgeons. 

 Hab. Mouth of the river Yang tze keang. 



Ophisurus colubrinus, Linn. Gmel. (Murccna), Boddaert apud Pall. 

 Beytr. ii. p. 56. t. 2. f. 3 ; Cuv. Regn. An. ii. p. 351. La murcenophis 

 colubrine, Lacep. v. p. 641. pi. 19. f. 1. Murcena annulata, Thunberg, 



