Apodal Fishes of Bengal. 



Ord.— APODES. Linn. 



207 



Tribe.— ANGUILLIDES. Nob. 



The anus is near the middle of the body. The heart situat- 

 ed between the branchial apertures, which are double. Gills 

 pectinated, supported by bony arches. 



I. Fam.— ANGUILLIDiE, Nob. 



Pectoral fins distinct ; dorsal and anal fins united ; bran- 

 chial rays slender. Two nostrils on either side, one before 

 the eye, and the other near the end of the muzzle. 



I. Gen. — Anguilla, Cuv. 

 Dorsal commencing far back behind the pectorals, teeth 

 conical, sharp and disposed in bands. Anterior nostrils tubu- 

 lar. 



"Head convex at the crown, compress- 

 ed, but depressed towards the jaws. 

 Lower jaw longer than the upper, 

 mouth slightly cleft with a narrow 

 <^ band of small teeth on each side 

 of the jaws. Dorsal occupies more 

 than two-thirds of the back, and the 



I anal more than half the length. 



^Hab. — Europe. 



Head rounded behind, but flattened 

 before the eyes; jaws broad and 

 blunt, lower jaw broader and 

 longer* than the upper; mouth 

 widely cleft, teeth forming a broad 

 band on either side of both jaws. 

 Dorsal and anal fins broad. 

 ^_Hab. — Europe. 



Anguilla acutirostris. 

 Yarr. Brit. Fishes, ii. 284. 

 Murcena anguilla, Lacep. 11-284. 



Anguilla latirostris, Yarr. 

 British Fishes, ii. 298. 



< 



Anguilla mediorostris, Yarr. 

 British Fishes, ii. 301. 



Anguilla longicolla, Cuv. 

 Lacep. ii. 3./. 3. 



Jaws widely cleft but narrow, lower 

 jaw longer than the upper, pectorals 

 nearer to the head than in either 

 of the other species. 



Hab. — Europe. 



Upper jaw longer than the lower. 



Dorsal and anal fins narrow. 

 Hab. — Europe. 



2 E 



