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in series, ono of which contains teeth of equal size, and so closely set 

 as to form a cutting-edge. No canine teeth. Vomerine band of teeth 

 short. Pectoral and vertical fins well developed, the dorsal com- 

 mencing behind the root of the pectoral. Gill-opening large, ap- 

 proximate to the abdomen. The posterior nostril opposite to the 

 upper or middle part of the orbit, the anterior in a tube. Eyes well 

 developed. 



Seas of the temperate and tropical regions. 



The skeleton of Conger is distinguished from that of Anguilla by the 

 greater development of the transverse processes of the vertebra), 

 especially of the caudal. Tlae caudal vertebrae of AnguiUa have no 

 transverse processes. 



1. Conger marginatus. 



? Muraena tota cinerea, Forsk. p. 22. no. 9. 



? Conger cinereus, R'dpp. Atl. Fisch. p. 115, pi. 29. fig. 1. 



Conger marginatus, Valenc. in Vay. Bon. Potss. p. 201, pi. 9. fig. 1 . 



altipinnis, Kaup, in Wiegm. Arch. xxii. p. 72; ot Apod. p. 114 ; 



Giinth. in Fish. Zanz. p. 125. 

 noordzieki, Uleek. Act. Soc. Sc. Ind. Neerl. ii. Amhoyna, viii. 



p. 86; ovAtl. Ichth. Aur. p. 26, p]. 23. fig. 2, 



The dorsal fin begins conspicuously in advance of the extremity 

 of the pectoral. Posterior nostril slightly below the level of the 

 antero-posterior angle of the orbit. Upper jaw scarcely longer than 

 the lower. The vomerine teeth reach backwards to or somewhat 

 beyond the tip of the tongue. Greyish or blackish, vortical fins 

 with a black edge ; pectoral fin frequotttly with a black spot. 



Vert. 51/94, 



Indian Ocean and archipelago, 



a-6. Adult: stuffed, Zanzibar, From Lieut, -Col. Playfair's Col- 

 lection. 



c, d-e,f-g. Adult, half-grown, and young. Zanzibar. 



h. Half-grown. East-Indian archipelago. From Dr. Bleeker's Col- 

 lection. — One of the typical specimens of C. noordzieki. 



i. Adult : skeleton. Zanzibar. Presented by Iieut.-Col. Play fair. 



2. Conger vulgaris. 

 The Conger. 

 Kdyypof, Aristot. i. c. 5; ii. c. 13, 16, 17 j iii. c, 10; vi, c. 17; viii. 



c. 12, 13, 15 ; ix. c. 2. 

 Congre, Bellon. De AqucA^ p. 162 ; Rondel, i. p. 308. 

 Broncho, Salvian. p. 66. 

 Conger, TVill. Bid. Pise. p. Ill, tab. G. 6 ; Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 130, 



or ed. 1812, iii. p. 196 ; Yarrell, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 158 ; Cmch^ 



Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 340, pi. 238. 

 Muraena, sp., Artedi, Gen. p. 24. no. 2 ; Synon. p. 40. no. 2. 

 Muraena conger, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 426 ; Bl. v. p. 37, taf. 155 ; Bl. 



Schn. p. 487; Lacep. ii. p. 268; Donov. Brit.. Fish. v. pi. 119; 



JRisso, Ichth. Nice, p. 92 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 080 ; Grunui^. 



Syst. ed. Gray, p. 19 ; Pall. Zoogr. Ross.-Ass. iii. p. 72. 

 Murajna mjTus, Brdnn. Pine. Ma.ss. p. 12. 



