Class IV. GLUTINOUS HAG. 109 



GENUS VII. HAG. 



Eyes none. 



Body slender carinated beneath. 

 Mouth at the extremity, cirrated. 

 Jaws both pinnated. 



Tail surrounded by an adipose or rayless fin, 

 extending under the belly. 



Gastrobranchus coecus. G. livi- Mus. Ad. Fred. I. 91. tab. 1. Gluti« 



dus subtus pallidior, ore cir- viii.jT. 4. nous. 



ris octo. Shaw. Gen. Zool. Lampetra ca;ca. Wil. icht. 



v. part. ii. 264. tal. 134. 107. Raiipisc. 36. 



Myxine glutinosa. Gm. Lin. L'Aveugle. Block icht. xii. p. 



3082. 51. tab. 413. 



Mull. prod. Z. D. 227. Le Gastrobranche aveugle. De 

 Fabric. Faun. Groenl. 344. la Cepede. Hist, des Pois- 



Putaohl. Faun. Suec. 2086. sons. 1. 525. 



Br. Zool. iv. 33. 



[THIS singular fish which, in the former edition 

 of the British Zoology, was ranked among 

 the Vermes, is restored to the order in which 

 Ray had placed it, who justly observes, that 

 it resembles the Lamprey in almost every re- 

 spect, except in being deprived of the organs of 

 vision. Its usual length in these seas, is from 

 four to eight inches, but in the Indian Ocean it 

 grows nearly to the size of the common eel. 



Ed.] 



