Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 269 



one half of the length of the lower jaw. Upper mandible scarcely exceeding one half of 

 the diameter of the eye in length. 



D. 15. P. (?). V. (.<). A. 16. C. (?). Length, (?) 



Caribbean Sea, Bancroft. 



Hemiramphus apicalis, Bennett, Sowerbj 's Zoological Journal, v. pp. 84, 69. 



GENUS ECHENEIS, Lin. 



5. Echeneis lunata, Bennett. 



Body elongated, scaly. Twenty-two to twenty-five bars on the disk ; caudal fin lunate ; 

 pectorals acute. Black on the upper and more anterior portion of the back ; of a dark gray 

 over the remainder of the body, with a lighter gray stripe from near the eye to near the 

 vent. All the fins of a dark gray. 



D. 30 or 32. P. 21. V. 6. A- 30 or 33. C. 16. Length, 34 inches. 



Caribbean Sea, Bancroft. 



Echeneis lunata, Bennett, Proceedings of Zoological Society of London, I. 1S30, 1531, p. 13-1. 

 " " Sowerby'sZoalogical Journal, v. p. -112, pi. 13. 



GENUS CONGER, Cuv. 



2. Conger Savanna (?), Cuv. 



Dorsal fin arises before the origin of the pectorals. Anterior teeth conical ; the side teeth 

 disposed in many series, those of the middle series the greater, parallelopiped, wedge-shaped, 

 those of the outer and inner series the smaller, granulated, rounded, and closely arranged ; 

 the middle series of those on the vomer the larger, triangular, somewhat recurved, com- 

 pressed ; those on the sides granulated. 



D. (?). P- (-')■ V. (?)■ A. (?). C. (?). Length, (?). 



Caribbean Sea, Bancroft. 



Called " Conger or Sea Eel," at Jamaica. 



Conger Savanna (Cuv.), Bennett, Proceedings of Zoological Society of London, I. 1830, 1831, p. ISJ. 

 " " " tk>wcrby's Zoological Journal, v. p. 41G. 



GENUS SCYLLIUM, Cuv. 



An anal and two dorsal fins ; the first dorsal fin placed behind or opposite, 

 but never before, the abdominal fins. Head short and blunt ; nostrils pierced 

 near the mouth, and continued by a fissure in the upper lip, forming valves. 

 Teeth small, triangular, pointed, with one or more lateral denticles at the base 



