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Family XL VII. LEPTOCEPHALIDiE. The Conger Eels. 



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



lA'ptoccphalu:: ((ironow) Scopoli, lut. Hist. Nat., 453, 1777 (morrissi). 



594. Leptocephalua conger (Linnunis). Conger Eel. 



Atlantic <^cean; genorally common on both coasts, from Cape Cod to Brazil; 



also on coasts of Asia and Africa. 

 Miirnna conger Liuua'iis, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 245, 1758, Mediterranean Sea. 



595. Leptocephaliis caudilimbatus (Poey). 



Tropical parts of Atlantic; Peusacola to Cnba and Madeira. 

 Echclus caudUhnbatus Poey, Repertorio, il, 24'J, 1867, Cuba. 



Genus 157. CONGERMUR^INA Kaup. 



Congermurana Kaup, Apodos, 108, 1856 (balearica). 



596. Congerninrcena balearica (De la Roche). 



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

 raneau, Cuba, Brazil, St. Helena, Cape San Lucas, and the (ialapajjos. 



Murana balearica Do la Roche, Ann. Mus., xiii, 1809, 327, lig. 3, Balearic 

 Islands. 



597. Congermuraena macrura (Cilbert). 



(iulf of California. 



OphiKoma inacritrum Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1891, 351, Gulf of California, 

 at Albatross Station 3015. 



598. Congermuraena prorigera (Gilbert). 



Panama to Ecuador. 



Opiiisoma 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 & P>olhuan). 



One 8i)ecimen dredged at Albatross Station 2801, oft' Panama, 8 47' N., 



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

 OpMsoma nitens Jordan & Bollman, Proc. 1^^. S. Nat. Mus. 1889, 153, Panama. 



600. Congermuraena flava Goode & Bean. 



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



fathoms; also Blako Station 264, in 81 fathoms. 

 Congermurana flava Goode & Bean, Oceanic Ichthyology, 138, fig. 159, 1896, 



(iulf Stream. 



Genus 158. UEOCONGER Kaup. 



I'rocongcr Kaup, Apodes, 110, 1856 {lepturun). 



601. Uroconger vicinus Vaillant. 



])(H'p waters ofl" tlie coast of northern Africa; a Noung individual at AUia- 



tross Station 2161, in 146 fathoms. 

 Uroconger vicinus Vaillant, Exp<5d. Travaillenr et Talisman, 86, pi. 6, tig. I, 



1888, Banc d'Arguiu, oil" Soudan, off Capo Verde Islands. 



Family XL VIII. MUR.a3NESOCIDiE. 



Genus 159. MUR^NESOX McClelland. 



J/mjwhcsox McClelland, Calcutta ,]our. Nat. Hist., iv, 1843, 408 {trivuxiiidata). 



Sul)»r<'iiiis HIRKNESOX Mc( lolland. 



602. Muraenesox coniceps .loidan & Gilbert. 



Capo San Lucas to the coast of Colombia; generally common. 

 Murirnesox coniceps Jordan A: Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Muk. issi. 348, 

 Mazatlan, Mexico. 



603. Muraene.sox savanna (Cuvier). 



Cuba to l\io .Janeiro, not common; occasional in the Mediterranean Sea. 

 Murana sucanna Cuvier, Regno Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 350, 1829, Martini([ue. 



