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Tasie 2.—Counts and measurements recorded for the various species of Paraconger 
Lateral line pores Pectoral fin rays 
Species 
30 32 34." 36:38 40: “42: . 44° 46°« 48 50" 562) 13 14 151 16 7s 
Si 433 Sb cod oO cals 437174550 47 49) 51 bs 
macrops 6 3 1 3 2 
guianensis 2 3 2 1 1 1 3 
notialis 5 6 3 1 2 1 3 2 
californiensis 3 13 5 4 3 1 
caudilimbatus 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 1 
harringtonensis 1 1 1 1 
Number of vertebrae 
Species 
120 122 124 126 128 1380 182 1384 1386 1388 140 142 144 146 148 
121 123)" 1195, 127 | 129) 138i, 133) 135) 137 139 V4 143) 4b 49 
macrops 3 1 
guianensis 3 _— 1 
notialis 3 2 3 
californiensis 4 2 —_ 1 — 1 
caudilimbatus 1 2 1 
harringtonensis 1 
Distances of origin of dorsal fin behind insertion of pectoral fin recorded in 
percent of pectoral fin 
Species 
25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 
to to to to to to to to to to to to to 
29 34 39 44 49 54 59 64 69 74 79 84 89 
mMmacrops 1 1 — _— 1 1 _ 1 
guianensis 2 — _ _ 2 
notialis 1 -- 1 2 a 1 Pj — 1 
californiensis 5 1 2 1 _ — 2 —_ 1 1 1 1 
caudilimbatus 2 —_ 1 — 1 1 
harringtonensis 1 
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER GENERA: Paraconger has teeth very 
similar to Conger, but differs in other characters. Conger has the 
upper edge of the gill opening at a level near midbase of the pectoral 
fin, the otic bulla are absent, and the ethmoidal lateralis is not ossi- 
fied. Paraconger is closely related to Chiloconger Myers and Wade 
(1941, p. 65); however, the latter does not have compressed teeth in 
jaws, and all the teeth are conical and are in two or three rows. — 
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION: Paraconger is found in shallow 
waters from 7 to 40 fathoms in tropical and subtropical marine 
waters of the Atlantic and eastern Pacific Oceans as far as is known. 
Two species are found in the eastern Atlantic and three in the 
western Atlantic, and one is from the eastern Pacific, as is shown on 
the map, figure 2, p. 3. 
