SYNBRANCHUS. SYNBRANCHUS. 



Generic Character. 



Corpus anguilliforme. 

 Pinnte perforates nulloe. 

 Spiracul umunicum sub collo. 



Body eel-shaped. 

 Pectoral fins none. 

 Spiracle single, beneath the 

 neck. 



X H I S genus differs from the preceding merely 

 in the circumstance of the spiracle or branchial 

 orifice being single, and situated beneath the throat. 



MARBLED SYNBRANCHUS. 



Synbranchus Marmoratus. S. ollvaceo-fuscusy maculis nigri- 



cantibus variatus, corpore subtusjlavescente. 

 Olive-brown Synbranchus, marbled with blackish spots y the 



body yellowish beneath. 

 Synbranchus marmoratus. Block. 12. p. 75. t. 41 S- 



The general appearance of the animal is that of , 

 a Muraena : its length about two feet and a half: 

 head large, short, and thick: mouth moderately 

 wide, and furnished with several rows of small 

 conical teeth : tongue connate : lips fleshy : nostrils 

 simple, seated near the eyes, which are blue : the 



