. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 34 gill-opening from tho origin of the dorsal fin, two-fifths of its distance from the vent, and less than the distance between the com- mencements of the dorsal and anal fins. Lips moderately developed. The cleft of the mouth extends behind the eye, which is small. Tail longer than the body. Teeth equally small, forming flat broadish bands ; the vomerine band is scarcely broader than that of the max- illaiy. Uniform brown. South Africa. a. Adult: stuffed. From the Collection of Sir A. Smith
. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 34 gill-opening from tho origin of the dorsal fin, two-fifths of its distance from the vent, and less than the distance between the com- mencements of the dorsal and anal fins. Lips moderately developed. The cleft of the mouth extends behind the eye, which is small. Tail longer than the body. Teeth equally small, forming flat broadish bands ; the vomerine band is scarcely broader than that of the max- illaiy. Uniform brown. South Africa. a. Adult: stuffed. From the Collection of Sir A. Smith. 14. Anguilla aneitensis. The length of the head is contained once and a third in the dis- tance of the gill-opening from the origin of the dorsal fin, one-half of its distance from the vent, and conspicuously more than the distance between the commence- ments of the dorsal and anal fins. Snout depressed, rather broad, of moderate length, with the jaws even in front. Lips fleshy. The cleft of the mouth extends far behind the eye, which is rather small and situated above the third fourth of tho length of the mouth. Teeth equally small, arranged in broad flat bands ; the vomerine band is scarcely broader than that of the maxillary ; it tapers behind, extending nearly as far back as the maxillary band. Tail considerably longer than the body. Uniform brown, lighter below. Ancitcum. a. Twenty-one and a half inches long (tail I25 inches). Collected by Mr. McGillivray. 15. Anguilla amboinensis. Fetcrs, Monatsher. Ak. Wisn. Berl. 18G6, p. 523. Origin of the dorsal fin twice as far distant from the pectoral fin as from the vent. The length of the head one-third of the distance of the vent from the end of the snout. Angle of the mouth below the hind margin of the eye. Teeth small, in broad bands, that of the vomer rather narrower than that of the maxillary. Yellowish brown, spotted with dark brown. (Peters.) Amboyna. 16. Anguilla megastoma. Kemp, Apod. p. 50, fig. 42. Teolh equal in siz
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