anguineus

The "frilled shark" (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) grows to around 2 metres in length and is characterized by its eel-like appearance, three-pronged teeth, caudal fin lacking a bottom lobe and six gill slits (six sets), among other items.

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It is to be presumed that careful dredging will bring to light many more: the pools are said to produce a small black fish, local as the Proteus anguineus of the Styrian caves, to mention no other.

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Its eyes also have become small and are deeply hidden in the muscles, although they are by no means as much degenerated as in the _Proteus anguineus_, and are still possessed of a lens and a retina.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Various

_Proteus anguineus_, a kind of salamander, of a pale rose color, endowed with gills and found in the Adelsberg grotto in Austria.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Various

On the other hand, one may suppose, and this is the more probable explanation, that the _Proteus anguineus_ is descended from a kind of salamander, which possessed perfectly developed eyes in the beginning, and that the imperfect organ of vision in the descendants living in the dark caves is the result of gradual degeneration.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 Various

It is to be presumed that careful dredging will bring to light many more: the pools are said to produce a small black fish, local as the Proteus anguineus of the Styrian caves, to mention no other.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855