362 Bulletin 47, United States Natiofial Museum. 



individual (No. 44240 U. S. Nat. Mus.) was obtained by the Aliaiross at 

 station 2402, Gulf of Mexico, 111 fathoms, lat. 28° 36^ long. 86° 50^ 

 (Goode and Bean.) (Named for the Albatross, Diomedea.) 



Hnplnnuu diiimediniim, Goodf. & Bean, Oceanic Iihthjology, 140, 1895, Gulf of Mexico. 



i6i. NEOCONGER, Girard. 



Neocowjer, GiRAuo, U. S. Mox. Bound. Surv., Ichth., 77, 1859, (mncrnnatvs). 



Body moderately elongate, not whip-like. Pectoral fins present ; verti- 

 cal fins rudimentary, passing around the tail, towards the end of which 

 they are more developed; dorsal beginning just before vent. Cleft of 

 mouth extending beyond the small eye ; maxillary teeth slender, in several 

 series ; vomerine teeth uniserial, forming a patch in front ; tail not much 

 longer than rest of body. Gill openings vortical, rather large. Two 

 species. (I'tof, new ; Conger.) 



a. Pectoral email ; Gulf of Mexico. mucronatus, 593. 



aa. Pectoral well developed, 3^/^ to 4 in head ; Pacific Ocean. vermiformis, 594. 



593. NEOCONGER MUCRONATUS, Girard. 



Head small, slender, pointed; upper jaw the longer; dorsal fin begin- 

 ning just in front of the vent, forming a membranous ridge until near the 

 tail, where it expands and becomes fin-like ; pectorals small. Dark red- 

 dish brown above, paler below. Coast of Texas. (Girard.) One speci- 

 men known ; the imperfect description not distinguishing it from N. 

 vermiformis, {mucronatus, mucronate.) 



Neocntitjer iimcronahis, GiRARi), U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Ichth., 77, 1869, St. Joseph Island, 

 Texas. (Coll. Wurdemann.) Gunther, Cat., vui, 49, 1870 ; .Tordan A Gii.hert, Synoiieie, 

 360, 1883 ; Jordan & Davis, I. c., 646. 



594. NEOCONGER VERMIFORMIS, Gilbert. 



Pectoral well developed, 3^ to 4 in head. Snout anteriorly short, 

 slightly projecting beyond mouth; mouth small, reaching slightly 

 behind eye; teeth small, conical, uniserial in jaws, biserial anteriorly 

 on the vomer, uniserial posteriorly ; gill slits vertical, longer than eye, a 

 little longer than isthmus; dorsal beginning half length of head in 

 advance of vent ; body not very slender, its depth 2^ in head ; head 3i 

 in trunk ; cleft of mouth 3i in head ; tail usually a little longer than rest 

 of body; tip of tongue slightly free. Color uniform yellowish olive on 

 body and fins, finely dotted with black. Lower California and Panama, 

 in about 30 fathoms ; several specimens known. Length 6 inches {vermis, 

 worm ; forma, shape.) 



Neoconger veniiiformis, Gii-bert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1890, 57, off Lower California, Alba- 

 tross Station 3035; (CoU. Gilbert); Jordan & Davis, I. c., 646. 



162. LEPTOCONGER, Poey. 



Leptoccmger, Poev, Anales Hist. Nat. Esp., 250, 1880, {perhmijns). 



This genus differs from Neoconger in the much slenderer form, the body 

 being whip-shaped as in Stilbiseus. Dorsal beginning between gill open- 

 ing and vent, {'/.enrdr, slender; Conger.) 



