PARACONGER EELS—KANAZAWA ll 
Remarks: P. californiensis is the only species with 11 preoperculo- 
mandibular pores. This species and guianensis have the greatest 
number of pectoral rays. It and macrops have the greatest number 
of vertebrae. It is related to harringtonensis but differs in having 
more pectoral rays and a shorter length of head. 
Paraconger caudilimbatus (Poey) 
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Echelus caudilimbatus Poey, 1867, p. 249, type locality Cuba; 1870, p. 322. 
Ophiosoma caudilimbatus Poey, 1868, p. 424, Cuba. 
Conger macrops Giinther, 1870, in part, p. 40, Bahamas. 
Conger caudilimbatus Poey, 1876, p. 152, Cuba.—Ginsburg, 1951, p. 489, Alabama, 
Dauphin Island; Florida, Pensacola, Key West; Cuba. 
Conger caudicula Bean in Goode and Bean, 1882, p. 435, Pensacola.—Jordan and 
Gilbert, 1882, p. 262; 1883, p. 900. 
Leptocephalus caudilimbatus Jordan and Davis, 1892, p. 666.—Jordan and Ever- 
mann, 1896, p. 355, pl. 57, fig. 149. 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: Nine specimens ranging in total length from 
77 to 331 mm., from the following localities: Florida, Key West, 
USNM 131526; Pensacola, USNM 33000, 30709 (type of Conger cau- 
dicula), 30710 (skeleton); Salerno, USNM 121606; Alabama, Dauphin 
Island, BOC 3937; Texas, south of Galveston, USNM 158903; 
Bahama, north of Green Cay, 2 specimens, ANSP, station No. 299. 
Description: Tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin 186 to 211, tip 
of snout to anus 409 to 438, length of head 162 to 176, depth at head 
43 to 69, tip of snout to rictus of jaw 53 to 68, length of snout 28 
to 42, diameter of eye 31 to 39, pectoral fin length 46 to 63; pores in 
lateral line 37 to 44, supratemporal pore 1, postorbital 2, preoperculo- 
mandibular pores 10; pectoral rays 13 to 15; vertebrae 121 to 124 
(in 4 specimens), 48 precaudal and 74 caudal vertebrae; origin of 
dorsal fin from 44 to 67 percent of pectoral fin length behind pec- 
toral base; posterior nostrils in front of eye on level of lower edge 
of pupil, rictus of jaw below posterior edge of pupil of eye; dorsal 
rays 181 to 213, anal rays 140 to 152. 
Coitor In ALcoHOL: Head and body dusky, lighter ventrally; tip 
of lower jaw dusky; vertical fins dusky, lighter at base and at distal 
edge. 
GEOGRAPHICAL RANGE: Florida, Salerno, Key West, Pensacola, 
coast of Alabama to Galveston, Texas, from Bahamas to Cuba in 
13 to 388 fathoms. 
Remarks: This species is closely related to harringtonensis, but 
differs from it in the presence of a supratemporal pore, in the shorter 
vertical fins, and in having fewer dorsal and anal rays. 
Dr. E. A. Lachner has examined the cotype of Conger macrops 
Gunther, British Museum No. 1855.9.19.1270, from the Bahamas, 
