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Conger marginal-its Valenciennes in Eydoux & Soul. Voyage Bonite, Zoologie, 



1841, p. 201. 

 Conger altipinnis Kaup, Archiv fur Naturgeschichte XXII. 1856, p. 72. Cat. 



Apodal Fish 1856, p. 114. 

 Conger Noordzieki Bleeker, Act. Soc. Scient. Ind. Neerl. II. 1857. Achtste Bijdr. 



vischfauna Ambon, p. 86. Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 26. 

 Conger marginatus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 38. 

 Conger cinereus Klunzinger, Verhandl. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien XXI. 1871, p. 607. 

 Leptocephalus nystromi Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 1901, p. 853. 

 Leptocephalus marginatus Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm. XXIII 



(1903) 1905, p. 76. 



Conger marginatus Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, 1910, p. 393. 

 Conger cinereus Max Weber, Siboga-Exp. Fische, 1913, p. 43. 



Subcylindrical, posteriorly compressed. Head somewhat de- 

 pressed, its profile nearly straight. Height about 20, head 

 about 9. Tail less than twice length of head and trunk. Eye 

 5 ! / 2 , longer than high, nearly i 1 /^ in snout and nearly ! / 3 longer 

 than interorbital space. Jaws equal or the upper one slightly 

 prominent. Mouthopening reaching conspicuously behind middle 

 of eye. Posterior nostrils slightly before eye, somewhat below 

 the level of its upper border. Dorsal commencing above or 

 somewhat behind the middle of the pectorals. Pectorals 2 ! / 2 3 

 in length of head. Grayish, lower surface lighter. Vertical fins 

 edged with black. Pectoral fins in adult specimens frequently 

 with a black spot (perhaps in males). Young specimens in life 

 with an indication of crossbands. Length nearly 1000 mm. 



Nom. in dig.: Navia (New Guinea, Hood bay). 



Habitat: Sumatra (Benkulen) ; Java (Prigi, Patjitan) ; Celebes 

 (Badjoa); Flores; Pulu Serbete!; Timor; Ambon; NusaLaut!; 

 Batjan; Ternate!; New Guinea (Humboldt bay!, Hood bay). 

 New Caledonia, Lord Howe Island, Samoa islands, Sandwich 

 islands, Japan, Red Sea, East Coast of Africa, Mauritius, Bourbon. 



2. Conger conger (L.). 



Muraena conger Linne, Syst. nat. ed. X. 1758, p. 245. 



Conger vulgaris Cuvier, Regne anim. 2. ed. II. 1829, p. 350. 



Conger vulgaris Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 26. 



Conger vulgaris Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 29 (s. syn.). 



Subcylindrical, posteriorly compressed. Height 17 to 22, head 

 7 9. Tail less than twice length of head and trunk. Eye 5'/ 2 9> 

 about twice in snout. Jaws nearly equal, the upper jaw some- 

 what longer. Posterior nostrils on a level with the antero- 

 superior angle of the orbit. Mouthopening reaching conspicu- 



