PARACONGER EELS—-KANAZAWA 9 
25 to 45 percent of pectoral fin posterior to pectoral fin base, vertebrae 
127 to 181. 
CoLor IN ALCOHOL: Body and head light brown, paler ventrally; 
a dusky streak above and below eye; outer half of vertical fins dusky, 
whitish toward basal half and on distal edge; pectoral fins pale, dusky 
at base and on dorsal edge. 
GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE: Off the coast of French Guiana in 37 to 40 
fathoms of water. 
Remarks: This species is related to notialis but differs from it 
in having fewer lateral line pores. It differs from caudilimbatus and 
harringtonensts, the other members of the genus found in the western 
Atlantic in having fewer cephalic and lateral line pores and more 
pectoral fin rays and vertebrae. 
This species shows a greater degree of differentiation from the 
other species except macrops because of the fewer number of sensory 
pores. 
Paraconger notialis, new species 
PLATE 2D 
Conger macrops Cadenat, 1954, p. 566, region de Cayar, Senegal. 
?Conger macrops Buettikofer, 1890, p. 450, Liberia—Steindachner, 1894, p. 
87, Liberia.—Osorio, 1895, p. 247, Boni Alimento; 1898, p. 199, Cape Verde, 
Anno Boni. 
Houotyre: IFAN 839, 539 mm. in total length, collected May 
19, 1949, in 35 to 40 meters depth, Cétes, Senegal, by “G. Treca.”’ 
PARATYPES: Seven specimens ranging in total length from 389 to 
575 mm. from the following localities: Senegal, Cap de Naze, Travers, 
USNM 177891, IFAN 56-896 and 877; southwest of Cap de Naze, 
IFAN 55-1452; coast of Senegal IFAN 837 and 58-229, all collected 
by ‘‘G. Treca”’ in depth of 24 to 50 meters; coast of Angola collected 
by Numan, during the Baldaque da Silva expedition, MMF 3319. 
Description: The numbers recorded first are for the holotype; 
those in parentheses are for the paratypes. Tip of snout to anus 413 
(401 to 420); tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin 206 (196 to 220); 
length of head 170 (170 to 193); length of snout 31 (30 to 35); 
diameter of eye 31 (28 to 39); depth of head 78 (68 to 79); tip of 
snout to vertex of jaw 57 (53 to 60); length of pectoral fin 54 (55 
to 61); origin of dorsal fin above 63 percent (31 to 71 percent) behind 
base of pectoral fin base. Pores in lateral line 34 to 35 (34 to 40); 
pectoral rays 15 (13 to 16); vertebrae 132 (132 to 137, x-ray). 
CoLor IN ALCOHOL: Body and head dusky, lighter ventrally, vertical 
part of head from lower jaw to upper edge of gill opening pale, tip of 
lower jaw, dorsal part of head from snout to above eye dusky, around 
