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MARINE FAUNA OF ST. ANDREWS. 
Clupea alosa, L.; Gthr. op. cit. vii. p. 433. 
Not uncommon. In the stomach of a large specimen caught 
in the Taj were Confervas , Pesmids, and a quantity of vege¬ 
table debris. 
Fam. Mursenidae. 
Subfamily Mvtuehihx: P laty schist je. 
Group Anguillina. 
Genus Anguilla (Thunberg), Cuv. Rhgne Anim. 
Anguilla vulgaris , Turt.; Gthr. op, cit. viii. p. 28. 
Abundant in the streams joining the sea, and occasionally 
between tide-marks; but the latter occurrence is rare in con¬ 
trast with the western and southern shores. 
Anguilla latirostris ) Itisso ; Gthr. op. cit. viii. p. 32. 
Not uncommon in similar localities. A curious instance of 
the fatal effects of the voracity of this fish was found in the 
Swilken burn. A specimen about 20 inches long had seized 
the head of another not much shorter than itself, and attempted 
to swallow it. In its struggles the victim’s tail also entered 
the mouth of the larger, and passed out at the left gill-slit, 
so that several inches were free (Plate VIII. fig. 11). The 
body of the victim thus formed a large loop which could 
not be swallowed, while the impaction of the head and tail, 
and the direction of the teeth of the large specimen, pre¬ 
vented the ejection of the prey. The marauder became 
exhausted, and was captured at the edge of the stream ai. 
the sands. 
Genus Conger, Cuv. 
Conger vulgaris , Cuv.; Gthr. op, cit. viii. p. 38. 
Abundant in deep water. 
