EELS OF THE GENUS CONGER — KANAZAWA 257 



Diagnosis: Two rows of teeth in jaws, lateral line pores 38 to 40, 

 pectoral rays 17 to 18, vertebrae 146 to 147. 



Description: Tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin 185 to 194; length 

 of head 119 to 139; tip of snout to anus 349 to 379; diameter of eye 15 

 to 23; length of snout 26 to 34; length of upper jaw (to rictus) 40 to 

 46; length of pectoral fin 42 to 47; supratemporal pore 1 ; preoperculo- 

 mandibular pores 9; vertebrae 146 to 147 (50 to 51 precaudal plus 95 

 to 96 caudal); vomerine teeth 25 to 46; premaxillary teeth 12 to 36; 

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

 than long; preorbital bone has ossification developed across sensory 

 canal (pi. 1,h) ; origin of dorsal fin from 26 percent to 71.5 percent of 

 pectoral fin behind posterior tip of pectoral fin. Additional counts 

 and proportional measurements are recorded in tables 1-6. 



Geographical range : From Moreton Bay, Queensland, southward 

 to Tasmania and New Zealand, and westward to Fremantle, Western 

 Australia. 



Remarks: This species is related to C. oceanicus but differs in the 

 origin of dorsal fin being more posterior in position and by having a 

 greater number of compressed teeth in upper jaw (fig. 2). 



Griffen (1936) in his revision of the eels of New Zealand, lists 2 

 species from that area and distinguishes the 2 species by the origin of 

 dorsal fin and the thickness of the body. 



Conger verreauxi Kaup 



Conger verreauxi Kaup, 1856a, p. 72 (type locality Australia). 



Conger vulgaris Giinther, 1870, p. 39, items "x" and "y," (Tasmania). 



[?] Conger labiata Castelnau, 1879, p. 396 (Port Jackson, New South Wales). 



Leptocephalus conger Waite, 1911, p. 164 (between Timaru and Porangahan Bay 



on east cost of New Zealand) . 

 Leptocephalus lahiatus Phillipps, 1932, p. 229, fig. 3. 



Leptocephalus verreauxi Griffen, 1936, p. 15. , 



Conger wilsoni Waite, 1921, p. 49, fig. 74; 1923, p. 72, fig. 54. 



Specimens studied: A specimen in the British Museum, examined 

 by Dr. Marshall, and Kaup's type from the original description. 



Diagnosis: Two rows of teeth in jaws; vertebrae 152 to 156; 

 origin of dorsal fin about over the posterior tip of pectoral fin; diameter 

 of eye small. 



Description: Length of head 131 to 143; tip of snout to origin of 

 dorsal fin 202; tip of snout to anus 377 to 412; snout length 39; diame- 

 ter of eye 11; length of pectorals 39 to 59; origin of dorsal fin 9.43 

 percent of pectoral fin behind posterior tip of pectoral fin forward; two 

 rows of teeth in jaws laterally, 54 to 55 precaudal and 97 to 102 

 caudal vertebrae. Additional counts and proportional measure- 

 ments are recorded in tables 1-3, 5, 6. 



