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eye dusky, pectoral fins faintly dusky, outer half of dorsal and anal 
fins blackish, basal half whitish, and distal edge whitish. 
GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE: Coast of Africa from Senegal to Angola, 
in 24 to 50 meters depth. 
Remarks: This species is related to guianensis from off the French 
Guiana coast but differs from it in having more pores in a lateral line. 
Name derived from the Latin “notialis,” meaning southern. 
Paraconger californiensis, new species 
Figure 3, PLATE 24 
Leptocephalus caudilimbatus Breder, 1928, p. 2, Gulf of California, Conception Bay. 
Houotyrpe: USNM 177696, Mexico, Sinaloa, Gulf of California, 25 
miles southeast of Bahia Topolobampo, 22 to 27 fathoms, June 7 to 
13, 1956, Wayne Baldwin. 
Paratypns: USNM 177697, 2 specimens, data same as for holotype; 
UCLA W56-118, 6 specimens, data same as above; UCLA W52-12, 2 
specimens, Mexico, Sonora, Gulf of California, just south of entrance 
to Estero Soldado, January 27, 1952, B. W. Walker and party; USNM 
195854, Mexico, Sonora, Gulf of California, about 100 yards south- 
east of Estero Soldado, January 28, 1952, Walker and party; UCLA 
W57-116, Mexico, Chiapas, Bahia Chipequa, in 18 fathoms, March 3, 
1957, K. F. Mais; BOC 1149, Mexico, Gulf of California, Conception 
Bay, May 2, 1926, ‘‘Pawnee’’?; UCLA W53-132, Costa Rica, Cocos 
Island, Chatham Bay, December 27, 1952, D. Krieger; CNHM 
50909, Peru, Talaru Harbor, February 15, 1941, Mandel Expedition. 
Description: Tip of snout to anus 433 (370 to 439), first number 
for holotype, numbers in parentheses paratypes; tip of snout to 
origin of dorsal fin 182 (171 to 200); depth at head 79 (45 to 79); head 
length (to upper edge of gill opening) 162 (152 to 171); snout 33 (27 
to 36); diameter of eye 25 (22 to 33); pectoral length 58 (44 to 60); 
length of upper jaw (tip of snout to rictus of jaws) 52 (48 to 57); pores 
in lateral line 39 and 41 (38 to 46); supratemporal pore 0 (0); pectoral 
rays 17 (15 to 18); preoperculo-mandibular pores 11; postorbital pores 
1 or 2; vertebrae 138 to 148. 
CoLor IN ALCOHOL: In small specimens tiny dark specks cover the 
body except the lower half of head and body; dark specks on lower 
jaw and anterior half of upper. jaw; a row of dusky spots along lat- 
eral line and along base of.anal fin, which continues across abdomen 
to head; all fins pale. In large specimens body and head dusky, 
lighter ventrally; vertical fins blackish, paler toward basal half and 
on. distal edge; pectoral fins blackish, pale toward ventral and 
posterior edge. 
GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE: From the Gulf of California southward to 
Costa Rica and to Talara, Peru, in depth of 18 to 27 fathoms. 
