33G 
MR. F. r)AY ON NORFOLK EELS. 
rays to 0‘5 of an inch, those a little posterior to origin of anal 
U'4 inch. Length of pectoral fin 1'2 inches. 
Colours. — Greenish above the lateral-line, silvery white beneath; 
no distinct black line around the vent. 
This form agrees with Kaup’s description, except in wanting the 
black line around the vent, and may be his A. cuvieri he described 
from four examples Avhich came from Sicily. Dr. Gunther places 
this form as pertaining to A. vulgaris, Avith the remark, “ Hr. Kaup 
states that the diameter of the eye is contained only once in 
the length of the snout ; but in the figure the eye is represented 
exactly as it is in Cuvier’s ‘ Pimperneaux,’ the Anguilla cuvieri 
of Kaup.” Kaup considered that his A. cuvieri did not inhabit 
England, while an example 18 ’5 inches long had the diameter of 
the eye 0'28 inches; Avhereas in one of A. hihroni, 15.54 inches 
long, it Avas of similar length. This fish agrees Avith tAvo out of 
the three specimens in the Lritish Museum from the Mediterranean, 
18 and 19 inches respectively in length, and adverted to in the 
‘ Catalogue of Fishes,’ viii. p. 30. The third example is 23 '4 inches 
long, of the A. latirostris form, unless there has been a transposition 
of labels. 
2. Anguilla savignyi, Kaup, ‘Apodal Fishes,’ 1856, p. 34. 
Extreme length 
19 '8 inches, 
Length of body to vent 
8-4 „ 
Length of tail ... 
1D4 „ 
Length of head to gill-opening 
2 '5 ,, 
Diameter of eye 
0-4 „ 
Eye from end of snout ... 
0-4 „ 
Eyes apart 
0-4 „ 
From snout to dorsal fin 
5'5 „ 
Body two-thirds as thick as liigh ; tlic Avidth of the end of the 
snout 0'30 inches; lips rather thin; the angle of the mouth 
situated beneath the middle of the eye ; loAA^er jaAv slightly 
prominent. 
'Teeth . — Mandibular band Avith an enlarged older row Avhich do 
not extend to the symphysis, Avhile the posterior one is slightly 
curved backAvards; they are larger than in A. hihroni. 
Fins. — The dorsal commences 2‘G inches anterior to the vertical 
from the origin of tlie anal. Height of highest dorsal rays 0-8 of 
an inch; of anal 0’5 of an inch. Length of pectoral fin L3 inches. 
