34 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



TELEOSTOMI. APODES. 



LEPTOCEPHALIDAE. 



Muraena conger Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 245. 



"OCEANO EUROPAEO." 



Leptocephalus gracilis Storer, Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist., p. 76, 

 1845, vol. 2. Mem. Amer. acad., 1867, vol. 9, p. 256. [Young.] 



Me. — Cherryfield (Storer 1845, 1846, and Wheatland 1852); 

 Old Orchard (Norton coll. 1906). 



Mass. — Nomans Land (Storer 1839); Xahant (Storer 1867 and 

 B. S. N. H., Cook coll. 1858); North Truro (Kendall coll. 1896); 

 Falmouth; Woods Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 1898). 



R. I.— Near Block Island (Mitchill 1818); Narragansett Bay 

 (R. I. Fish comm. 1899). 



MURAENIDAE. 



71. Muraena retifera Goode & Bean. 



Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. nat. nuis., 1882, vol. 5, 435. 

 "Charleston, S. C." Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. 

 mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 401; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 65. fig. 173. 



Mass. — Tuckernuck Island (Smith 1900). 



ISOSPONDYLl. 

 ELOPIDAE. 



72. Tarpon atlanticus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Tarpon. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 

 409; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 67, fig. 177. 



Megalops atlaniicus Cuv. & Val., Hist. nat. poissons, 1846, vf)l. 



19, p. 398. "GUADALOUPE." 



Ma.ss. — South Dartmouth; Quisset; Menemsha (Smith 1898); 

 Marthas Vineyard; Woods Hole (Sherwood & Edwards 1901). 



