•290 NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF FISHES, 



the conclusions whicli these several distinguished authors have 

 come to or acquiesced in as to the identity of the Atlantic and 

 Pacilic types, since by comparing the description of Dr. Gilbert 

 vi^ith my specimen of ba/earicus, we find that in the latter, in 

 addition to the differences noted by Gilbert, the head is compara- 

 tively much larger, the gill-slit much longer, and the pectoral fin 

 shorter. 



In none of these latter papers, however, is the Indo-Malayan 

 C. anago mentioned, and if Dr. Gilbert's suggestion as to the 

 identity of that species with ba'earicus is correct, it follows that 

 the latter has not only an extraordinarily wide range, but also 

 that it is very variable in its characters. In my opinion, how- 

 ever, aiKigo is a distinct species which should possibly be kept 

 apart from nnagoide^i, while the differences pointed out by Gilbert 

 between the Atlantic and Pacific short-tailed forms, in addition 

 to those which I have referred to above, are sufficient to warrant 

 their separation, and the latter, not having as yet received a 

 distinctive title, might be known henceforth by the name of its 

 discoverer. 



3. CuNGRELLUS ANAGO. 



= Conger anago, Schlegel, Faun. Japon. Poiss. p. 259, 

 pi. cxiii. f. 1, 1850. 

 Hab. — Japan. 



3(1!. CONGRELLUS ANAGOIDES. 



= Conger anagoides, Bleeker, Yerh. Batav. Gen. xxv. 1852, 

 p. 76. 

 Hab. — India to Malaysia. 



4. CoNGRELLUS FIJIENSIS, Sp.nOV. 



Body rather slender, its depth 24 in the length of the head and 

 17 in the total length. Length of head If in that of the trunk 

 and 6^ in the total length. Snout obtusely pointed, f longer 

 than broad, projecting well beyond the lower jaw, its length 4 in 

 that of the head. Eye large, as long as the snout. Cleft of 

 mouth extending to the vertical from the middle of the eye, its 



