cong1':rii).e. 115 



Dorsal conniienciiig a very littlo beyond llie end of the pecloral. 

 Diameter of the large eye equal to half the length of tiie 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, iiOSl in. 



Martinique (Paris ]\[nseum). New York [Mitchil]). 



'200. Conger Verreauxi. 



Conger Verreauxi, Kaup. 



Tip of the narrow pectoral falling short of the commencement 

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

 line. 



Total length, 1'2 in. Length of tail, 074 in. To the gills, 

 1-56 iu. Length of pectoral, 0-47 iu.^ ' r) r. rr ./.aao^.,/ .c^u.c^ A 



'201. Conger BRAsir,iENsis. 



Conger brasiliensis, Kaup. 



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

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

 close to the nasals, and beginning of the palatines, and running 

 into an acute angle on the roof of the mouth. The large eye is 

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



Total length, 27-90 in, Length of the body, 982 in. Length 

 of the tail, 18-08 in. a 



Brazils. 



202. Conger Orbignyanus. 



Conger Orbignyanus, Vulenc. d'Orh'ujmj, Voij. t. 12, f. 1. 



Dorsal low and commencing the length of the pectoral behind 

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

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



Total length, 2637 in. Length of tail, 1 (i 12 in. Length of 

 the mouth, J 2-99 in. To the eye, 945 in. To the gill-opening, 

 O-70 in. Lengih of the pectoral, 9-84 in. 



Genus 45. MUR^ENESOX, McClelland. ~ 



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

 bone dilating like the bowl of a spoon, and projecting beyond the 

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

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



