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116050, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 1 specimen, 271 mm. 



116051, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 1 specimen, 805 mm. 

 52470, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



Figure 186, p. 377, in volume 3 of Weber and do Beaufort's "Fishes 

 of the Indo-Australian Archipehigo," 1916, Is a good representation 

 of my specimens. There is no overlapping in color pattern between 

 ■firtibriata and undulata. 



GYMNOTHORAX THYRSOIDEA (Richardson) 



Figure 4, i 



Muraena thyrsoidca Richardson, The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Sulphur, 

 Fishes, p. Ill (non pi. 49, fig. 1), 1844. 



116057, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 6 specimens, 151 to 

 291 mm. 



116059, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19. 1939, 8 specimens, 120 to 280 mm. 

 116056, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23-25, 1939, 1 specimen, 198 mm. 



116060, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 11 specimens, 53 

 to 413 mm. 



116058, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 34 specimens 74 

 to 224 mm. 



52238, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



Family CONGRIDAE 



Genus CONGER Schaeffer 



Conger Schaeffer, Epistola . . . de studii ichthyologicl . . ., p. 20, 1760 

 (type, Muraeva conger Linnaeus; tautotypic). — Houttuyn, Natuurlyke 

 historic of uitvoerige beschryving der dieren, planten en mineraalen . . . 

 van den Ileer Linnaeus, vol. 7, p. 103, 1764 (type, Muraena conger 

 Linnaeus; tautotypic). 



CONGER CINEREUS Ruppell 



Figure 5, 6 



Conger cincreus Ruppell, Atlas zu der Reise im nordliche Af rika, Fische, p. 115, 

 pi. 20, fig. 1, 1828. 



115970, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 1 specimen, 300 mm. 

 115907, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 1 specimen, 175 mm. 



115968, Tutuila Island, reef at Pagai, June 4, 1939, L. P. Schultz and Frank 

 Taiga, 1 specimen, 583 mm. 



115969, Tutuila I.'^land, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 19 s^pecimens, 175 to 

 485 mm, 



52298, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



52460 (recorded as Congrellus guttulatus by Jordan and Scale, but upon 

 careful examination I find it cannot be that genus ; part of the tail was lost 

 and later regenerated, which helped Jordan and Scale place it in the genua 

 Congrellus ; the teeth were never examined, as I had to cut the jaws to open 

 the mouth), Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



