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Family 69. SIMENCHELYID^. Snub-nosed eels 



Genus 187. SIMENCHELYS Gill. 



Simencbelys Gill, in Goode and Bean, Bull. Essex Inst., 1879, 27 {S. 



parasiticus Gill). 

 Conchognathus CoUett, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1889, 123 (C grimaldii 

 Collett) . 



518. Simenchelys parasiticus Gill. 



Offshore banks, in deep water, south of Newfoundland; also recorded 



from the Azores. 

 Simenchelys parasiticus Gill, in Goode and Bean, Bull. Essex Inst., 1879, 



27, Newfoundland banks. 

 Conchognathus grimaldii Collett, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1889, 122, 



Family 70. SYNAPHOBRANCHID.E 



Genus 188. SYNAPHOBRANCHUS Johnson. 



Synapliobranchus Johnson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1862, 169 {S. kaupii 

 Johnson — J/wra-na pinnata Gronow). 



519. Synaphobranchus pinnatus (Gronow). 



North Atlantic and western Pacific; common about the Madeiras, 

 Canaries, etc., and also about the banks of Newfoundland. 



Muraena pinnata Gronow, Cat. Fish., 1854, 19, locality unknown. 



Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, Proc. Zool. Zoc. Lond., 1862, 169, 

 Madeira. 

 Geius 189. HISTIOBRANCHUS Gill. 



Histiobranchus Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 255 {H, infernalis Gill). 



520. Histiobranchus batiiybius (Giinther). 



Northern and western Pacific in deep water; Bering Strait; off Japan 



and off Cape of Good Hope; one specimen obtained by Doctor 



Gilbert in Bering Sea in 1890. 

 Synaphobranchus bathybius Giinther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XX, 1877, 



445, and in Voy. Challenger, 254, PI. LXII, fig. 6, 1887, off Yeddo; 



North Pacific; Kerguclen Island. 



521. Histiobranchus infernalis Gill. 



Gulf Stream. 



Histiobranchus infernalis Gill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., VI, 1883, 255, 



Gulf Stream, at Albatross station 2037, 38° 30' N., 09° W., in 1,731 



fathoms. 



Family 71. ILYOPHIDiE. Ooze eels 



Genus 190. ILYOPHIS Gilbert. 



Ilyophis Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 351 (/. brunneus 

 Gilbert). 



522. Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert. 



One specimen froiii Chatham Island, Galapagos Archipelago, in 634 



fathoms. 

 Ilyophis brunneus Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 1891, 352, 



Chatham Island, Galapagos Archipelago, at Albatross station 2808 



in 654 fathoms. 



Family 72. MURiENESOCID^ffi 



Genus 191. MUR^NESOX McClelland. 



Murs!nesox McClelland, Calcutta Jour. Nat. Hist., V, 1844, 408 {M. 



tricuspidata McClelland) . 

 Branchyconger Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., II, 1865, 236 (Murama 



savanna Cuvier). 



523. Mursenesox savanna (Cuvier). 



Cuba to Rio Janeiro, not common; occasional in the Mediterranean Sea. 

 Mursena savanna Cuvier, Rogne Anim., ed. 2, II, 1829, 350, Martinique. 

 Conger brasiliensis Ranzani, De Novis Spec. Pise. Diss. Prima., IV, 



1838, 17, pi. 13, fig. 1, Brazil.. 

 Congrus curvidens Richardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, 1844, 111, no 



locality. 

 Conger limbatus Castelnau, Anim. Am6r. Sud, 1855, 83, pi. 43, fig. 3, 



Rio Janeiro. 



