EEL-FISHES. 
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Syn . 
THE COMMON EEL (sw. alen). 
ANGUILLA VULGARIS. 
Plate XLV, fig. 1. 
dorsal fin commences far behind the tips of the folded pectorals , being separated from the tip of the snout 
distance of more than twice the length of the head , and precedes the anal by a distance about equal to ( some- 
greater or less than ) the length of the head , the distance between it and the tip of the snout being about 
33 %, that between the anal and the same point about 40 — 45 %, of the length of the body. The jaw-teeth 
traight ( of an obtuse, conical form), or somewhat recurved at the tip, and set in quite continuous cards. 
Li. br. 10 — 12«; D. ca 245— 275; A. ca 205— 225; C. 10; 
— 20 6 ; Vert. 112 — 115 s . 
Murcena nnicolor; maxilla inferiore longiore, Art., Ichthyol., 
Gen., p. 24; Syn., p. 38 (ubi synon. vet. videantur): Spec., 
p. 66; Lin., Fna Suec., ed. I, p. 109. 
Murcena anguilla, Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. X, tom. I, p. 245; 
Fabr., Fna Groenl., p. 137; Bl., Naturg. Fisch. Deutschl., 
pt. Ill, p. 4, tab. LXXIII; Ahi. ( Ophichtus ), Spec. Ichtli. 
Mur. Opliicht. (disp. Ups. 1789), p. 11; Retz., Fna Suec. 
Lin., p. 311; Fab. {Murcena,), Fisch. 1st., p. 59; Pali.., 
Zoogr. Ross. A*'., tom. Ill, p. 71; Ekstr., Vet. Akad. 
Handl. 1831, p. 285 (= Mur. oxyrhina + Mur. platyrhina , 
p. 287); Nilss., Proclr. Ichthyol. Scand., p. 65 ( + Mur. 
latirostris); Id., Skand. Fna, Fisk., p. 661; Sundev., Stockh. 
L. Hush. Sallsk. Hand]., VI (1885), pp. 83, 92, 181; 
Wdgrn, Landtbr. Akad. Hand]. 1858, pp. 181 et 210; Ny- 
strom, laktt. Fnan Jemtl. Vattendr. (disp. Ups. 1863), p. 
20; v. Bemm. in Herkl., Bouivst. Fna Nederl., part. Ill, p. 
388; Olss., Ofvers. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1876, no. 3, p. 139; 
1882, no. 10, p. 51. 
Anguilla vidgaris, Turt., Brit. Fna, p. 87 ; Mitch., Trans. 
Lit., Phil. Soc. N. York, vol. I, p. 360; Flmng, Brit. 
Anim., p. 199; Costa, Fna Regn. Nap., Peso., pt. I, Mala- 
cott. Apod., Anguilla, p. 52 (+ Angu. platyrhyncJius, p. 
50, ex Cov., + Angu. acutirostris, p. 51, ex Yabr.), tabb. 
LIII — LX; Blanch, Poiss. cl. eaux douces Fr., p. 491 
(cujus formre: Angu. latirostris, p. 495, ex Risso, Ear. 
Mer., tom. Ill, p. 199, + Angu. rnediorostris, p. 496, ex 
Risso + Angu. oblongirostris, ibid., + Angu. acutirostris, p. 
467, ex Risso, 1. c., p. 198); Sieb., Siisswasserf. Mittel- 
eur., p. 342; Mgrn, Finl. Fiskfna (disp. Helsingf. 1863), 
p. 33; Gthr, Cat. Brit. Alas., Fish., vol. VIII, p. 28 
( + Angu. bostoniensis, p. 31, ex Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. 
Sc. Philad., vol. I, p. 81, + Angu. texana, p. 32, ex Kaup, 
+ Angu. latirostris, p. 32, ex Risso, + Angu. Kieneri, p. 
35, ex Kaup); Dareste, Arch. Zoo]. Exper., tom. IV (1875), 
p. 217; Coll., Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chrnia 1874, Tillasgsh., 
p. 196; 1879, no. 1, p. 99; N. Mag. Naturv. Chrnia, Bd 
29 (1884), p. 113; Winth., Naturh. Tidskr. Kbhvn, ser. 
Ill, vol. XII, p. 50; Fedders., ibid., p. 93; Mop,., Hist. 
Nat. Poiss. Fr., tom. Ill, p. 560; Bncke, Fisch., Fischer., 
Fisch z. O., W. Preuss., p. 173; Mela, Vertebr. Fenn., p. 
357, tab. X; Day, Fish. Gt. Brit., Irel., vol. II, p. 241, 
tab. CXLII, fig. 1; Mob., Hcke, Fisch. Osts., p. 143; Br.- 
Goode, Fisher., Fisher. Industr. U. S., sect. 1, p. 630, tab. 
239; Seeley, Freshw. Fish. Ear., p. 373 (+ Angu. eury- 
stoma, p. 380, ex Hckl, Kn.); Lillj., So., Norg. Fna , Fisk., 
vol. Ill, p. 375; Reut., Sundm., Finl. Fisk, tab. XXXIII; 
Car., Prodr. Face Medit., vol. II, p. 540. 
Murcena rostrata (+ bostoniensis ) Lesueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. 
Sc. Philad., vol. I, p. 81 (+ Mur. cirgentea + Mur. ma- 
crocephala , p. 82); Dek., N. York Fna, part. IV, p. 312 
(+ Angu. tenuirostris, p. 310); Jord., Gilb., Bull. U. S. 
Nat. Mus., no. 16, p. 361. 
Anguilla fluviatilis, Agass. (ex Cuv. ?), Rech. Poiss. foss., tom. 
V, p. 130, tab. F, fig. 2; Hckl, Kn., Siisswasserf. Ostr. 
Mon., p. 319 (+ Angu. eurystoma, p. 325). 
Anguilla canariensis , Val. in Webb, Berth., lies Canar., Poiss., 
p. 88, tab. 20, fig. 1. 
Anguilla japonica , Schleg. in Sieb., Fna Japon., Poiss., p. 
258, tab. CXIII, fig. 2. 
Anguilla callensis, Guich., Explor. Alger., Zool., V, p. Ill, 
tab. 7, fig. 1. 
Anguilla migratoria, Kr., Damn. Fisk., vol. Ill, p. 616 
(+ Angu. acutirostris, p. 642, ex Yarr. + Angu. latirostris, 
p. 656, ex Yarr.). 
Anguilla, Kieneri, Kaup, Cat. Brit. Mus., Apod. Fish., p. 32 
(+ Angu. Cuvieri + Angu. Bibroni, p. 33 + Angu. Sa- 
vignyi + Angu. capitone, p. 34 + Angu. rnorena + Angu. 
melanochir, p. 35 + Angu. marginata + Angu. microptera, 
p. 36 + Angu. ancidda + Angu. rnediorostris + Angu. 
altirostris, p. 37 + Angu. platycepjhala + Angu. latirostris, 
p. 38 + Angu. acutirostris, p. 39 + Angu. nilotica + Angu. 
cegyptiaca, p. 40 + Angu. callensis + Angu. canariensis, 
p. 41 + Angu. novceorleanensis , p. 43 + Angu. tenuirostris 
+ Angu. punctatissima + Angu. cabana, p. 44 + Angu. no- 
vceterrce + Angu. texana, p. 45 + Angu. wabashensis, p. 46); 
Carus, 1. c. 
Anguilla Linnei, Malm, Gbgs, Boh. Fna, p. 590 (+ Angu. 
latirostris, p. 591). 
“ Sometimes 9, according to Lilljeborg. 
,, 16, ,, ,, Kroyer. 
c „ 116, „ „ Day. 
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Scandinavian Fishes. 
