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Character C. orbignyanus C. conger 



Eye diameter 12 to 17 20 to 28 



Head length 122 to 150 143 to 168 



Eye into snout 2.06 to 2.90 times 1.36 to 2.11 times 



Pectoral rays 16 to 17 17 to 19 



Origin of dorsal in rela- one-tenth to 1 pectoral one-fifth in front to one- 



tion to pectoral fin fin length behind third behind 



tip 



The origin of dorsal fin in relation to pectoral fins in the specimens 

 I have examined are from one-tenth to two-thirds pectoral fin length 

 behind posterior tip of pectoral fin; however, in literatm-e it has been 

 described as 1 pectoral fin length behind. 



Dr. E. A. Lachner has examined the type of Conger multidens 

 Castelnau (in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, No. 

 8428), 704 mm. in total length, and states that lateral line pore counts 

 from a vertical from anus anteriorly was 43 on the right side and 45 

 on the left side, which places this species in the synonymy of C. 

 orbignyanus. 



Conger conger (Linnaeus) 



Figures 2, 3; Plate 1,l 



Muraena conger Linnaeus, 1758, p. 245 (based on Artedi; type locality, Med- 

 iterranean Sea). 



Conger vcrus Risso, 1826, p. 201 (Nice). 



Conger vulgaris Yarrell, 1831, p. 158.— Bleeker, 1864, p. 26.— Giinther, 1870, 

 p. 38 (in part).— Day, 1880-1884, p. 250.— Moreau, 1881, p. 565.— Stassano, 

 1890, p. 32 (Spanish Sahara).— Vinciguerra, 1893, p. 333.— Chabanaud and 

 Monod, 1926, p. 249 (Port-Etienne).— Duncker et al, 1929, p. f.60. 



Congrus vulgaris Lowe, 1837, p. 192 (Madeira). — Richardson, 1844-1848, p. 107. 



Conger rubescens Ranzani, 1840, p. 82, pi. 12. 



Leptocephalus conger Fowler, 1912, p. 9 (in part). — Jordan and Gunn, 1899, p. 339. 



Conger conger Fowler 1923a, p. 33 (Funchal Bay).— Nobre, 1935, p. 383.— 

 Cadenat, 1937, p. 437.— Navarro, 1942, p. 196; 1943, p. 125 (Cabo Bojadar, 

 Cabo Blanco).— Fowler, 1936, p. 268 (in part). 



Specimens studied: 25 specimens, from 83.5 to 87.7 mm. in total 

 length, from the following localities: Sardinia, USNM 143454 (2); 

 Naples, Italy, USNM 48482 (2), 48470, SNHM 20614 (3); Nice, 

 France, MCZ 9326, 9332 (2); Madeira, USNM 6522, SNHM 24032; 

 Azores, USNM 94503; Canary Islands, SNHM 10566, 10586; Bergen, 

 Norway, USNM 17488; Europe, USNM 43123, 43587, MCZ 2554 

 (4), 2468A (2). 



Diagnosis: Pores in lateral line 44 to 47; pectoral rays 17 to 20; 

 diameter of eye 20 to 28; origin of dorsal fin from 19.30 percent 

 before to 33.74 percent behind pectoral fin tip. 



Description: Distance from tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin 186 

 to 222 ; length of pectorals 37 to 70; supratcmporal pore 1 ; preoperculo- 

 mandibular pores 9; compressed teeth in upper jaw 25 to 62, in lower 



