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Apodal Fishes of Bengal. 



Anguilla macroptera, Nob. 

 Calcutta Jour. Nat. Hist. iv. 

 t. xxv. /. 1. 



i 



Lower jaw narrower and consider- 

 ably longer than the upper. Head 

 narrow. Two uniform rows of ob- 

 tuse conical teeth on each side of 

 both jaws, as well as on the vomer. 

 The interval from the branchial 

 apertures to the anus, is equal to 

 half the distance from the anus to 

 the end of the caudal, and to the 

 whole distance from the extremity 

 of the muzzle to the commencement 

 of the dorsal ; 11 long slender carti- 

 laginous branchial rays. 



^.Hab. — Chusan and Ningpoo in China. 



Anguilla sinensis, Nob. 

 Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist, 

 t. xxv./. 2. 



C Three rows of obtuse short conical 

 teeth on each side of the upper 

 jaw, the middle row forming a cul- 

 minating ridge. A broad band of 

 similar teeth on the vomer and on 

 both sides of the lower jaw. 10 

 very slender branchial rays. 



I Hab. — Chusan and Ningpoo, China. 



/ Head flat, lower jaw longer than the 

 Anguilla elfhinstonei, Sykes.J upper, colour dark green, blotched 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 27th Nov. 1838. \ with black. 



I Hab. — Western India. 



Anguilla nebulosa, Nob. 

 t.v.f.2. 



fBody clouded with dark irregular 



» streaks. Dorsal commences before 

 the anterior- third of the body; the 



I anal commences before the middle. 



) The fin rays are, P. 20 : D. 306 : A. 

 248. Branchial rays long and slen- 

 der, 9 on each side. Scales naked, and 

 small, disposed in a tessellated form 

 not imbricated. Head narrow. 

 Hab. — Bengal and Arracan. 



Anguilla variegata, Nob. 

 Anguilla Bengalensis, Gray Hard. 

 Illust. Ind. Zool. t. xi./. 7 



( Head flai 



. I gated, 



(Hab.— G 



flat and triangular, body vari- 

 scales naked and tessellated. 

 Ganges at Behar. 



Anguilla brevirostris, Nob. 

 /. v./. 1. 





f Dorsal commences before the anterior 

 third of the back, and the anal fin be- 

 fore the middle ; colour above olive 

 green, below yellowish white ; the 

 fin rays are P. 18 : D. 290 : A. 240. 



LHad. — Bengal and Arracan. 



