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and flat, the lower jaw longer than the upper. The breadth 

 of the snout almost equal to the distance from the latter to 

 the eyes; 17 rays in the pectoral. The body is somewhat 

 compressed, the tail more so, but nearly as deep or broad as 

 the body. The head is short ; the distance from the apex of 

 the upper jaw to the base of the pectorals, being one-eighth 

 of the distance from the base of the pectorals to the ex- 

 tremity of the tail. 



The interval from the branchial aperture to the anus, 

 is equal to half the distance from the anus to the base of 

 the caudal, and the same measurement is also equal to the 

 distance from the snout to the commencement of the dorsal. 



There is a broad band of crowded conical teeth on 

 the vomer and at the apex of the jaws, with a narrow band 

 of similar teeth on the sides of the jaws. 



The eyes are placed over the angle of the mouth, at a dis- 

 tance from each other equal nearly to their distance from 

 the snout. 



The body seems to have been olive green or brown above, 

 minutely dotted, and yellowish white beneath ; the extremity 

 of the dorsal and anal fins being variegated with a narrow 

 dark border at the tail. 



Habitat. — ^Chusan. 



AnGUILLA MACROPTERA. t. XXV, fig. 1. 



An Eel with about 221 rays from the middle of the 

 caudal to the anterior extremity of the anal fin, with the 

 snout narrow and depressed, and the lower jaw narrower 

 and considerably longer than the upper, and about 17 rays 

 in the pectoral fin. The body is cylindric, the tail com- 

 pressed and rather narrow : the head is long, the distance from 

 the apex of the upper jaw to the base of the pectorals being 

 equal to one-seventh of the distance from the base of the 

 pectorals to the extremity of the caudal. 



