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Family XL VII. LEPTOCBPHALIDiB. The Conger Eels. 



Genus 156. LEPTOCEPHALUS (Gronow) Scopoli. Conger Eels. 



Leptocephalus (Gronow) Scopoli, Int. Hist. Nat., 453, 1777 (morrissi). 



594. Leptocephalus conger (Linna?u8). Conger Eel. 



Atlantic Ocean; generally common on both coasts, from Cape Cod to Brazil; 



also on coasts of Asia and Africa. 

 Murcma conger Liunanxs, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 245, 1758, Mediterranean Sea. 



595. Leptocephaln.s caudilinibatus (Poey). 



Tropical parts of Atlantic; Pensacola to Cuba and Madeira, 

 Echelus caudilimhatus Poey, Repertorio, ii, 249, 1867, Cuba. 



Genus 157. CONGERMTJE.ffi:NA Kaup. 



Congermurama Kaup, Apodes, 108, 1856 (balearica). 



596. Congermuraena balearica (De la Roche). 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific ; known from the Mediter- 

 ranean, Cuba, Brazil, St. Helena, Cape San Lucas, and the Galapagos. 



Murama balearica De la Roche, Ana. Mus., xiii, 1809, 327, fig. 3, Balearic 

 Islands. 



597. Congermuraena macrura (Gilbert). 



Gulf of California. 



Opltii^oma n>acri(nim Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 351, Gulf of California, 

 at Albatross Station 3015. 



598. Congermuraena prorigera (Gilbert). 



Panama to Ecuador. 



Ophisoma prorigerum Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 350, coast of Ecuador, 



at Albatross Station 2792, in 401 fathoms; also at station 2799, near 



Panama. 



599. Congermuraena nitens (Jordan & Bollman). 



One specimen dredged at Albatross Station 2801, oft' Panama, 8-' 47' N., 



79" 29' 30" W., in 14 fathoms. 

 Ophisoma nitens Jordan «fc Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 153, Panama. 



600. Congermuraena flava Goode & Bean. 



Albatross Stations 2121 and 2122, in 31 to 34 fathoms; Station 2402, in 111 



fathoms; also Blako Station 264, in 84 fathoms. 

 Congermurama fiai^a Goode & Beau, Oceanic Ichthyology, 138, fig. 159, 1896, 



Gulf Stream. 



Genus 158. UROCONGER Kaup. 



Uroconger Kaup, Apodes, 110, 1856 (lepturus). 



601. Uroconger vicinus Yaillant. 



Deep waters oft" the coast of northern Africa; a young individual at Alba- 

 tross Station 2161, iu 146 fathoms. 



Uroconger vicinus Vaillant, Exp6d. Travaillenr et Talisman, 86, pi. 6, fig. 1, 

 1888, Banc d'Arguiu, off Soudan, off Cape Verde Islands. 



Family XLVIII. MURiENESOCIDiE. 



Genus 159. MUR^ENESOX McClelland. 



Mura^ncsoj- McClelland, Calcutta Jour. Nat. Hist., iv, 1843, 408 (iricuspidata). 

 Subgenus MURjEXESOX McClelland. 



602. Muraenesox coniceps .Jordan & Gilbert. 



Ca])e San Lucas to the coast of Colombia; generally common. 

 Muranesox coniceps Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 348, 

 Mazatlau, Mexico. 



603. Muraenesox savanna (Cuvier). 



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

 Murcma savanna Cuvier, Rfegne Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 350, 1829, Martinique. 



