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from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of symbranchious fishes, exemplified by the genus Chilobranchus, and embracing those Symbranchia which have an eel-like form, a short abdomen, a long tail, and the anus advanced considerably in front of the middle of the abdomen. Two species are known as inhabitants of the Australasian seas.
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