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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
[PART IV. 
America, and India to Australia ; Chilobranchus (1 sp.), Australia 
and Tasmania. 
Family" 86. — MtTILENIDiE. (26 Genera, 230 Species.) 
“ Marine or fresh-water fishes, with cylindrical or band-like 
bodies and no ventral fins.” 
Distribution. — The seas and fresh waters of temperate and 
tropical regions. This family is divided by Dr. Gunther into 
two sub-families and nine sections. The genus Anguilla, com- 
prising our common Eel and a number of species from all parts 
of the world, is the only one which is found in fresh water, 
though even here most of the species are marine. Anguilla and 
Conger are the only British genera. 
Family 87. — PEGASIDiE. (1 Genus, 4 Species.) 
“ Small marine fishes, covered with bony plates, and short 
opposite dorsal and anal fins.” 
Distribution. — Indian Ocean and seas of China and Aus- 
tralia. 
Order V. — L OPHOBRANCHII. 
“ Fish with a segmented bony covering, long snout, and small 
toothless mouth.” 
Family 88. — SOLENOSTOMIDiE. (I Genus, 3 Species.) 
“Marine Lophobranchii, with wide gill openings and two 
dorsal fins.” 
Distkibution. — Indian Ocean, from Zanzibar to China and 
the Moluccas. 
