Apodal Fishes of Bengal, 



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Anguilla bicolor, Nob. 

 Chowloo Pamoo, Russell 

 Fishes? t vi. /. 1. 



lnd. i 



Anguilla arracana, Nob. 

 t. vi./. 2. 



Dorsal begins near the middle of the 

 back and occupies little more than 

 half the length. Head of about 

 equal breadth with the body. Teeth 

 like the pile of velvet. The fin 

 rays are P. 18 : D. 245 : A. 221. 



j Colour dark green above, below 



I white. 



^Hab. — Arracan. 



["Body clouded. Dorsal begins about 

 i two diameters of the body in front 

 I of the anal. Head depressed, but 

 <[ little wider than the body. The fin 

 I rays are P. 20: D. 275 : A. 141. 

 I Hab. — Sandoway on the Arracan 

 L Coast. 



II. Gen. — Conger, Cuv. 



Head conical, slightly depressed, muzzle round, with the 

 upper jaw a little longer than the lower. Dorsal commenc- 

 ing behind the pectoral fins ; anterior nostrils tubular. 



Conger vulgaris, Cuv. 

 Yarr. Brit. Fishes— \\ p. 304. 



p Head conical and depressed ; jaws 

 I furnished with strong teeth, form- 

 | ing a broad band on each side, 

 ! lips fleshy ; colour pale brown 



l 



above, and white below the lateral 

 line. Dorsal and anal edged with 



| black. 



L Hab. — Coasts of Europe. 



Conger myrus, Linn. 



Is smaller than the above, with a broad 

 band across the occiput, and two 

 rows of dots on the nape. Colour 

 all whitish. 



H ab. — Mediterranean. 



rThe upper jaw depressed, the lower 



j margin of the head straight ; co- 

 Conger balearis, Cuv. J lour greenish yellow. Dorsal com- 

 Laroach An. du Mus. xiii. t. 20. 3. j mencing over the branchial aper- 



I tures. 



I Hab. — Ivica 



["The upper jaw longer than the low- 



CONGER MYSTOX CUV I G * 5 "PP** Up ^^ ^ flabby - 



r i a j \/i ::• x ne J Pectorals situated high on the 



Larooch An. du Mus. xiu. t. 25. < v yA ., -, , & _ 



shoulder, the dorsal commencing 



a little behind them; colour grey. 



»- Hab. — Ivica. 



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