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Paratypes: SNHM 27116, 223 mm., from Cebu, Philippines, 

 Aug. 27, 1931, Herre; SNHM 26848 (2), 212 and 278 mm., Dumaguete, 

 Philippines, June 18, 1931, Herre's Philippine Expedition. 



Diagnosis: Two rows of teeth laterally, pores in lateral line 37 to 

 38; vertebrae 127 to 135; pectoral rays 15 to 16. 



Description: The counts recorded first are for the holotype; 

 those in parentheses are for the paratypes. Length of head 124 (126 

 to 144); tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin 201 (202 to 224); tip of 

 snout to anus 359 (363 to 401) ; snout length 27 (27 to 34) ; diameter of 

 eye 20 (22 to 26) ; length of pectoral fins 46 (47 to 50) ; upper jaw (to 

 rictus) 39 (41 to 50) ; supratemporal pore 1; pores in lateral line 38 (37 

 to 38); preoperculo-mandibular pores 9; vertebrae 130 (127 to 135); 

 pectoral rays 16 (15 to 16); compressed teeth in upper jaw 38 to 45; 

 two rows of teeth laterally in jaw; premaxillary tooth-patch wider 

 than long; origin of dorsal fin 75 percent of pectoral fin length behind 

 posterior tip of pectoral fin (71.43 percent to 85.00 percent); pre- 

 orbital bone without ossification bridging across sensory canal at 278 

 mm. in total length. 



Geographical range: Philippine Islands, East Indies, and possibly 

 Fiji Islands. 



Remarks: This species is related to C. wilsoni from Australian 

 waters; however, it differs from it by having fewer lateral line pores, 

 pectoral rays and vertebrae. 



Pohl (1884, p. 40, fide Fowler, 1931, p. 316) records a specimen of 

 Conger midtidens from the Fiji Islands with origin of dorsal fin about a 

 pectoral fin length behind posterior tip of pectoral fin ; however, until 

 a specimen can be examined from that area I am referring it to this 

 species. 



Dr. Marshall of the British Museum has measured and made counts 

 on a specimen listed under Conger vulgaris by Giinther (1870, p. 39, 

 item 'T'.) The counts and measurements compare closely with 

 phUippinus. 



Conger wilsoni (Bloch and Schneider) 



FiGUEE 2,w; Plate 1,h 



Gymnothorax wilsoni Bloch and Schneider, 1801, p. 529 (type locality, New Hol- 

 land) . 



Conger wilsoni Castelnau, 1872, p. 193 (Hobart, Tasmania, and Hobson's Bay, 

 Victoria).— Waite, 1923, p. 72, fig. 54. 



Leptocephalus monganius Phillipps, 1932, p. 230 (Mongoniu, Doubtless Bay). 



Leptocephalus labiatus Griffen, 1936, p. 15. 



Leptocephalus wilsoni hesperius Whitley, 1944, p. 25, fig. 1, (Leighton Beach, near 

 Fremantle, Western Australia). 



Specimens studied: Four specimens, ranging in length from 289 to 

 1012 mm., from the following localities in Australia: Port Jackson, 

 New South Wales, USNM 47765, 47830, and 47764; Strickland Bay, 

 Rottnest Island, Western Australia, USNM 164518. 



