250 PHYSOSTOMI. 



Genus II Conger, Cuvier. 



Gill-openings large and extending low down. Eyes large. Cleft of mouth wide 

 and reaching to at least so far as the centre of the eye. Posterior nostril patent 

 and opposite the middle of the front edge of the eye : the anterior nostril tubular. 

 Teeth in rows in both jaws, one of which in the tipper forms a cutting edge due to 

 their so closely approximating together : no canines : a short band on the vomer. 

 Dorsal fin commences behind the insertion of the pectoral : the pectoral and also the 

 vertical fins (which are continued round the tail) well developed. Scaleless. 



Geographical distribution. Seas of temperate and tropical regions. The 

 species found off our coasts has been recorded from the seas of such distant 

 countries as Japan and Tasmania. 



Berkenhout (Syn. i, p. 64) included the small-headed Mediterranean Conger 

 myrus among British fish, in which he was followed by Turton (p. 87), but the 

 authority for this is still wanting, consequently I have followed recent authors in 

 omitting to insert it. 



1. Conger vulgaris, Plate CXLII, fig 2. 



Congro, Belon. p. 162 ; Rondel, i, p. 308. Broncho, Salvian. p. 66. Conger, 

 Willugh. Hist. Pise. p. iii, t. G4 ; Ray, Syn. Pise. p. 37 ; Pennant, Brit. Zool. 

 (Ed. 1776) iii, p. 147 (Ed. 1812) iii, p. 196 ; Klein, MSS. iii, p. 26. Murasna, 

 sp. Artedi, Gen. p. 24, no. 2 ; Synon. p. 40, no. 2. 



Murcena conger, Linn. Syst. Nat. i, p. 426 ; Bloch, Ich. p. 999, t. civ ; Gmel. 

 Linn. p. 1135 ; Bonn. Ency. Ich. p. 35, pi. xxiv, f. 82 ; Bl. Schn. p. 487 ; Lacep. 

 ii, p. 268 ; Donovan, Brit. Pish, v, pi. cxix ; Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 92 ; Nilss. 

 Skand. Fauna, iv, p. 680 ; Gronov. ed. Gray, p. 19 ; Pallas, Zool. Ross.-Asi. 

 iii, p. 72. 



Anguilla conger, Mitchell, Lit. and Phil. Trans. N. York, i, p. 360 ; Shaw, 

 Zool. iv, pt. i, p. 20, pi. i ; Turton, Brit. Fauna, p. 87 ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 200 ; 

 Jenyns, Man. p. 478 ; Kroyer, Danm. Fisk. iii, p. 603, c. fig. 



Conger vulgaris, Cuv. Regne Anim. t. ii, p. 231 ; Yarrell, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1831, 

 p. 158, Brit. Fishes (ed. 1), ii, p. 304, c. fig. (ed. 2), ii, p. 402 (ed. 3), i, p. 68; 

 Paruell, Wern. Mem. vii, p. 388 ; Schleg. Fauna Japon. p. 259 ; White, Catal. 

 p. 112 ; Bleeker, Vehr. Bat. Gen. xxv, Japan, p. 53 and Atl. Ich. Mur. p. 26, 

 pi. v, f. 2 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv, p. 227 ; Schlegel, Dieren Neder. 

 p. 90, pi. ix, f. 2 ; Giinther, Catal. viii, p. 38 ; Canestrini, Fauna dTtalia, p. 200 ; 

 Collett, Norges Fiske, p. 199 ; Winther, Ich. Dan. Mar. p. 51 ; Giglioli, Catal. 

 Pesc. dTtal. p. 47 ; Moreau, Poiss. de la France, iii, p. 565. 



Conger niger and verus, Risso, Ich. Nice, p. 93 and Eur. Merid. iii, p. 201 ; 

 Kaup, Apodal Fish. p. 113. 



Echelus glaucus and macropterus, Rafin. Caratt. pp. 64, 65, t. xvii, f. 2. 



Congrtis vulgaris and leucophaius, Richard. Voy. Ereb. and Terror, Fish, 

 p. 107. 



Conger communis, Costa, Fauna Nap. Pesc. 



Conger occidentalis, De Kay, New York Fauna, Fish. p. 314, pi. liii, f. 172. 



Conger Linnei, Malm. Fauna, p. 591. 



Conger, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iv, p. 340, pi. cexxxviii. 



(Immature.) 



Leptocephalus Morrisii, Pennant, Brit. Zool. (Ed. 1776), iii, p. 158, pi. xxv (Ed. 

 1812), iii, pi. 212, pi. xxviii; Gm. Syst. Nat. i, p. 1150 ; Bl. Schn. p. 133, t. cviii, 

 f . 2 ; Montague, Wern. Mem. ii, p. 436, pi. xxii, f. 1 ; Leach, Zool. Misc. iii, p. 10, 

 pi. exxvi ; Fleming, p. 200 ; Deere, Lond. Mag. Nat. Hist, vi, p. 530 ; Yarrell, 

 Brit. Fishes (ed. 1), ii, p. 311, c. fig. (ed. 2), ii, p. 40S ; Jenyns, Brit. Vert. 

 p. 480 ; Peach, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1854 (2), xi, p. 238 ; Kaup, Apodal 



