Plate II. 

 Leptocephalus morrissii Scopoli ~ Leptocephalus conger. Figs. 3, 3a, 3b. 



This plate shows the young of the Conger eel. 



One specimen 86 mm. long. Albatross station 2588. 



Body gradually tapering from the head to behind the anus, where the depth is 10.33 



in the length; fins very low; tail pointed; head pointed; jaws equal; profile nearly 



straight; nostrils approximated; pectoral well developed; three or four pigment cells 



over the eye; two chromatophores below the pectoral; a series of eight pigment spots 



above the alimentary canal; a pigment spot beneath the alimentary canal opposite the 



second one above; a row of pigment cells along the base of the anal, beginning about 



two segments behind anus and extending to caudal; several chromatophores at base of 



caudal and two at base of dorsal near tail; none at base of any other dorsal rays or 



along the back; sides with a series of linear spots on the myocomma beneath median 



line; segments 69+73. 



* These plates and descriptions are taken from the paper by Eigenmann and Kennedy, Bull. U. S 

 Fish Com., XXI, 1902, pp. 84, 90. 



