. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 53. ANGUILLID^âANGUILLA, /⢠> , 361 1T3.âAWGUIE,r,A Thunberg. 'r Eels. (Thnnberg, Nouv. M6m. Stockh. aoout 1791: type Afurwna anguilla L.) â . Body elongate, compressed behind, covered with imbedded scales, which are linear in form, and placed obliquely, some of them at right anfjles to others. Lateral line well developed. Head long con- ical, moderately pointed, the rather small eye well forward and over the angle of the mouth. Teeth small, subequal, in bands on each jaw and a long patch on the vomer. Tongue free at
. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 53. ANGUILLID^âANGUILLA, /⢠> , 361 1T3.âAWGUIE,r,A Thunberg. 'r Eels. (Thnnberg, Nouv. M6m. Stockh. aoout 1791: type Afurwna anguilla L.) â . Body elongate, compressed behind, covered with imbedded scales, which are linear in form, and placed obliquely, some of them at right anfjles to others. Lateral line well developed. Head long con- ical, moderately pointed, the rather small eye well forward and over the angle of the mouth. Teeth small, subequal, in bands on each jaw and a long patch on the vomer. Tongue free at tip. Lips rather full, with a free margin behind, attached by a frenum in front. Lower jaw projecting. Gill-openings rather small, slit-like, about as wide as base of pectorals and partly below them. Nostrils superior, well separated, the anterior with a slight tube. Vent close in front of anal. Dorsal iuserted at some distance from the head, confluent with the anal around the tail. Pectorals well developed. Species numerous, in most warm seas, ascending streams, but mostly spawning in the sea. (Latin, angu- illa, an eel.) . 5§7. A. rostrata* (Lj Sueur) Dekay.âCommon Eel. Brown, nearly jilain, often tinged with yellowish; paler below. Dis- tance from snout to dorsal about one-third the length. Distance between anal and front of dorsal about equal to the length of the head. Head 8| in length, 2^ in distance from gills to vent. Pectoral shorter than mandible. L. 50 inches. Atlantic coast of the United States; very abundant from Maine to Mexico; ascemliug all streams and resident throughout the Mississippi Valley. Also recorded from China. (Murwna rontrata and hoatoniensis Le Sueur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. i, 81: An- gmlla bonlonivtms Giinther, vii, 31. Yar. T tcxana Kaup, from the Gulf of Mexico ia cliaraotcrized by its thicker lii)8: Anguilla tcxana Kaup, Apodal Fish. 45: Anguilla lyrannua Grd. U. S. Max. Bound. Surv. Icbth. 75.) * Another species has been accredi
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