40 MUB.'ENIDiE. 



nat. de Cuba, ii. i). 246, is most probably identical with this species ; 

 but it is stated that the angle of the mouth extends nearly to the 

 posterior margin of the orbit, whilst in the common Conger it scarcely 

 reaches beyond the middle of the eye. 



3. Conger multidens. 



? Ano'uilla oceanica, MitchiU, Jaurn. Ac. Nat. Sc. Fhilnd. i. p. 407. 

 Conger multidens, Casteln. Anitn. Amer. Slid, Poiss. p. 84, pi. 44. 



fig. 1 ; Kaitp, Apod. p. 114. 

 'i Conger brasilionsis, Kavp, Apud. p. 115. 



The dorsal fin begins the length of the pectoral behind the ex- 

 tremity of that fin. Uniform brown, vertical fins with a black edge, 

 llio Janeiro. ? Coast of New York. 



4. Conger macrops. 



Eye very large, equal in length to the snout, and two-elevenths 

 of the length of the head. Lij)s very broad. The posterior nostril 

 is small, before the middle of the eye ; the anterior is a small tube. 

 Upper jaw longer than the lower ; the cleft of the mouth extends 

 to below the middle of the eye. The patch of intennaxillaiy teeth 

 nearly square ; vomerine teeth in a short band tapering behind. The 

 outer series of teeth of the maxillary and mandible is composed of 

 forty-two small, slightly truncated teeth. The length of the head 

 is contained once and two-thirds in that of the trunk ; tail longer 

 than the body. Tlie dorsal fin commences above the middle of the 

 pectorals. Coloration uniform. Vertical fins with a broad black 

 margin, which, again, is edged with white ; anteriorly the dorsal fin 

 is black for two -thirds of its depth. 



Bahama Islands ; Madeira. 



a. Fourteen inches long. From the Haslar Collection. 



An example from Madeira, 19 inches long, is in the Liverpool 

 Museum. 



Echehis caudoUmbatus, Poey, Report. Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. p. 240 

 (with an outline figure of the head), does not appear to belong to 

 Echelus or to the group Mipinn, the posterior nostril being described 

 and figured as a very small aperture situated in front of the eye, 

 approximate to the lip. Also the lips are double. The fish would 

 appear to belong to this group, and to be allied to C macrops. 



6. CONGROMUKiENA*. 



Congermur;ena, Kaup, Apod. p. 10b. 

 Gnalhopliis, Kaup, Aale Ilamh. Mus. p. 7. 

 Opliisoma, (Swainson) Bleak. All. Ichth. Mur. p. 27. 



Scaleless. Bones of the front part of the head with large muci- 

 ferous cavities. Cleft of the mouth narrow, not extending back- 

 wards beyond the middle of the eye. All the teeth small, fine, 



* 1. Anguilla iiiyriasler, Brccvuort, U. S. Kxpcd. Japan, Fish. p. 2b2, pi. 11. 

 fig. 2. — Japan. — Known from a very bad drawing only. 



