. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. GYMNOTID.'E. 129 backwards. Colour yellowish-brown, with marbled markings ex- tending over the entire back and sides. Fins yellowish-brown, without markings. Seba's description and figure are good, and by them the species, which has been overlooked by all other authors, may be readily known. His specimen was 17 in. long. The Parisian one is not quite 11 in. in length. It was procured by Leschenault in the Mona, a river of French Guiana. P. 19 or 20; A. 220 or 223 rays. Total length Diameter of the eye ..... Distance bet
. Catalogue of apodal fish, in the collection of the British Museum. Eels. GYMNOTID.'E. 129 backwards. Colour yellowish-brown, with marbled markings ex- tending over the entire back and sides. Fins yellowish-brown, without markings. Seba's description and figure are good, and by them the species, which has been overlooked by all other authors, may be readily known. His specimen was 17 in. long. The Parisian one is not quite 11 in. in length. It was procured by Leschenault in the Mona, a river of French Guiana. P. 19 or 20; A. 220 or 223 rays. Total length Diameter of the eye ..... Distance between the tip of the snout and the eye „ to the gill-opening .... From thence to the anus ..... ,, to the beginning of the anal fin Height of the body ...... Transverse diameter of ditto .... Length of the pectoral fin ... ,, free part of tail .... 6. Rhamphichthys Mulleri, fig. 4. Fig. 4. l1-62 in. 0-08 „ if 0-47 „ /O-^ 1-30 „ 53-0 0-67 „ ^ 1-97 „ ^(5,s 0-87 „ 0-51 „ M.^ 051 „ !D.^ 2-01 „ 51-0 ^*w^-tA-V. B'uujn. The free part of the tail forms the third or fourth part of the total length, and the transverse diameter of the body scarcely exceeds one-third of its height. Descr. It is decidedly a more slender species than the preceding one, has a somewhat shorter head, and more lateral eyes. The muciferous pores of the head are less conspicuous, but the skin of the top of the head and round the eyes is granular. Colour pale yellowish-brown, with numerous spots on the sides of the head and under the lateral line. Dorsal aspect of the head and the back of an uniform black ; the fins also are black, with brown rays. P. 20 ; A. 220 rays. I am acquainted with a larger and a smaller specimen, both from Cayenne. The dimensions of the larger one are— Total length 20-57 in. Diameter of the eye 008 ,, s. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of t
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