. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. pEL ^UCKS ON THE JhAMES. Orkr IV. PEYSOSTOMI. Family Group—Anguillina. Sharp-nosed Eel. fAngitilla vulgaris.) Angiiilla omnium aulorum, An Eel. Murana , maxilla inferiore longiori:, MurcBita anguilla, Common Eel, Anguilla vulgaris. Anguilla acu/irislris and mnliorns/ris, Anguilla hih<rnica. WiLLUGHBY, Hist. Pisc. p. log, tab. G. 5. .\rtedi, Gen. Pisc. p. 24, No. i. Lin., S\'s. Nat. i. p. 426; Block, Fisch. Deutschl. iii. p. 4, taf. 73. Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. igi. Flem., Brit. Anim. p. 199; Siebold, Siisserwasserf. p. 342;
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. pEL ^UCKS ON THE JhAMES. Orkr IV. PEYSOSTOMI. Family Group—Anguillina. Sharp-nosed Eel. fAngitilla vulgaris.) Angiiilla omnium aulorum, An Eel. Murana , maxilla inferiore longiori:, MurcBita anguilla, Common Eel, Anguilla vulgaris. Anguilla acu/irislris and mnliorns/ris, Anguilla hih<rnica. WiLLUGHBY, Hist. Pisc. p. log, tab. G. 5. .\rtedi, Gen. Pisc. p. 24, No. i. Lin., S\'s. Nat. i. p. 426; Block, Fisch. Deutschl. iii. p. 4, taf. 73. Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. igi. Flem., Brit. Anim. p. 199; Siebold, Siisserwasserf. p. 342; Gunther's Cat. viii. p. 28. Varrell, Brit. Fish. ii. p. 381 and p. 399; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 326, pi. 234 and 235. Couch, p. 328, pi. 235. Cliaradcrs of the Genus Anguilla.—"Small scales are imbedded in the skin. Upper jaw not projecting beyond the lower. Teeth small, forming bands. Gill openings narrow, at the base of the pectoral fins. The dorsal fin com- mences at a considerable distance from the occiput. Cosmopolitan, but not extending into the arctic ;—GDnther AS I think that I have already treated of most that can be said of interest in the natural history of the Eel, it will not be necessary for me to do more than to describe the species of Eels which occur in this country. There can be no doubt that Eels, like other fish, are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Houghton, W. (William), 1828-1895; Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1836-1917, ill. London [etc. ] : W. Mackenzie
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