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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATION AT. MUSEVM. 



Snout long, rather pointed; vomerine teeth eompressed, with a ])asal 

 lobe in front and behind; teeth in the inner series of mandible similar 

 to those on the vomer, but smaller and rarely with basal lobes; teeth 

 of the outer series rudimentary, not bent outward. Dorsal inserted 

 close l)ehind ])ase of ptM-toral. Ashy-oray, sides silvery; dorsal and 

 anal with a broad black margin; pectorals pale, or sufl'used with dusky 

 on the under side. 



Length 4 to ♦> feet. A very large eel, with \ery strong teeth, widely 

 distril)uted in the East Indies and north to Japan. We folloAv Dr. 

 (xiinther in identifying th«» Japanese haiiio. with J/, eijiereiis, of the 

 lied Sea, finding no grounds on which to suspect difference. Our 

 numerous specimens are from Tokyo, Misaki, Tsuruga, Wakanoura, 

 Onomichi. Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. It is nnich used as food and 

 known l)y the nam(> of hunio {('im-rcux, asliy). 



8. OXYCONGER Bleeker. 



0.r(/roH|7<'c Bleekek, Atlas, Ichtli. Munt'ii. 18(57, p. 1^) {Ifptoi/iiatlnis). 

 Body compressed; snout nnich produced; teeth in each jaw in about 

 three series; the median series containing long, slendei* canines, wide- 

 set, some of them straight, some of them curved; vomer with series 

 of very small teeth. Pectorals slender, well developed. Dorsal 

 inserted over gill opening. Nostrils without tubes, the posterior in 

 front of the eye, at some distance from it. Japan. (oCvg, sharp; 



C"/l(/r/'.) 



17. OXYCONGER LEPTOGNATHUS Bleeker. 



('(tiiijf'r fi'/ilo(/iiiilliiis Ui.KKKKK, Act. Soc. liKlii-Xedrl., Ill; .lapan, IV, p. 27, Naga- 

 saki. 

 Oxyconger leptognatJni>< ( H'TNTnEK, ('at. Fishes, VIII, p. 49, 1870; same si)e<'iinen. 



Head 2,\, in truidv; tail shorter than rest of ))ody, about one-tifth 

 longer than trunk; cleft of mouth 1^ i'l head; about 12 canines on 



Fig. 9.— OXYCONGER I.F.I'TOGNATlirS. 



each side in each jaw; snout very sharp, 2^ in head; (\ve 3| in snout; 

 pectoral 4^ in head. Olivaceous, sides silvery, dorsal and anal each 

 with a broad black margin; pectoral i)ale; tip of tail white with a 

 black edging. Coasts of Japan, two sjx'ciuKMis known, the original 



