PARACONGER EELS—-KANAZAWA 5 
TasLe 1.—Measurements made on species of Paraconger for certain characters 
recorded in thousandths of total length 
Tip of snout to anus Length of head 
Species 
370 380 390 400 410 420 430 440 | 150 155 160 165 170 175 180 185 190 195 
379 389 399 409 419 429 439 449 | 154 159 164 169 174 179 184 189 194 199 
macrops 3 2 2) ee 
guianensis 1 — 2 1 1 1 2 
notialis 2 6 2 2 3 -—- 1! 
californiensis 2 1 1 3. 3 4 1 3 5 4 2 1 
caudilimbatus 1 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 
harringtonensis 1 1 
Length of upper jaw Diameter of eye 
Species % 
475 500 525 550 575 600 625 650 675 | 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 
499 524 549 574 599 624 649 674 699 | 249 274 299 324 349 374 399 424 
macrops 1 3 uf 1 — 2 1 1 
guianensis 1 = 2 1 3 1 
notialis 3 3 — 2 4 2 1 — 1 
californiensis 1 7 2 2 1 4 3 5 1 
caudilimbatus 2 2 1 1 —- — 1 2 3 1 1 
harringtonensis 1 1 
nostrils without tube adjacent to eye, on a level with lower edge of 
eye to mideye; teeth in jaws in one or two rows, outer row compressed 
with pointed tips, and in contact basally, forming a cutting edge, 
teeth in inner row when present conical; vomerine tooth patch short; 
premaxillary tooth patch squarish with conical teeth; gill opening 
large, upper edge at a level with upper edge to a quarter of pectoral 
fin base above pectoral fin base. A pair of large otic bulla present 
and ethmoidal lateralis ossified. Supratemporal pore 0 or 1, pre- 
operculo-mandibular pore 10 or 11, supraorbital pores 3 or 4, the 
fourth supraorbital pore absent; the first and second supraorbital 
pores are combined to form a single pore; the first infraorbital pore is 
located at the base of the upper part of each anterior nostril, the 
second pore is in a groove just in front of upper lip, the third and 
fourth infraorbital pores are absent, the fifth below mid eye and the 
sixth posterior to vertex of jaw, the seventh and eighth pores when 
present are postorbital pores, see figure 1; lateral line pores extend 
posteriorly from upper part of head to midside of body; pores in 
lateral line anterior to a perpendicular line through anus number 
from 30 to 53, pectoral rays 13 to 18, vertebrae 120 to 148; origin 
of dorsal fin above pectoral fin. 
Body uniform brownish or dusky, lighter ventrally; vertical fins 
dusky, lighter at base and at distal edge. 
