CONGERIU£. 115 



Dorsal cominenciiig a very little beyond the end of the pectoral. 

 Diameter of the large eye equal to half the Icngili of the snout. 

 Vomerine teeth 9, small and irregularly placed. Mandible naked 

 at the symphysis, its branches covered anteriorly by four rows of 

 short teeth. 



Total length, 35-43 in. Length of tail, '.i0-8t in. 



Martinique (Paris Museum). New York {MitchiU). 



200. Conger Verreadxi. 

 Conger Verreauxi, Kaup. 



Tip of the narrow pectoral falling short of the commencement 

 of the dorsal. Colour of the tish, black, with a brownish lateral 

 line. 



Total length, 12 in. Length of tail, 074 in. To the gills, 

 loO iu. Length of i^ectoral, 0-47 in. 



201. Conger BRAsiLiENsis. 

 Conger brasiliensis, Kaup. 



Comes near to C. vuhjaris, but the dorsal begins nearly a length 

 of the pectoral beyond the tip of that fin. Vomerine teeth lying 

 close to the nasals, and beginning of the palatines, and rumiini; 

 into an acute angle on the roof of tlie moutli. The lai'ge eve is 

 contained once and a half in the length of the snout. 



Total length, 27-90 in. Length of the bodv, 9-82 iu. Length 

 of the tail, 18-08 iu. 



Brazils. 



202. Conger Orbignyands. 



Conger Orbignyauus, Vulenc. d'Orhiyny, Voy. t. 12, f. I. 



Dorsal low and commenciug the length of the pectoral behind 

 the tip of that fin. Diameter of the eye a little less than half the 

 length of the snout, and equal to the height of the dorsal. 



Total length, 26-37 iu. Length of tail, 16 12 in. Length of 

 the mouth, 1 2-99 in. To the eye, 9-4.!) in. To the gill-openiug, 

 3-70 in. Length of the pectoral, 9-84 in. 



Genus 45. MUR.ENESOX, McClelland. 



Having the snout eloiignted like that of the Gavial, and its nasal 

 l>one dilating like the bowl of a spoon, and projecting beyond the 

 nuxndible. The thin lips do not cover the front teeth. Fore nos- 

 trils issuing in short tubes near the narrowed part of the nasal 



