26 3 



Congromuraend anago Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 42. 



Congronmraena anago Day, Fish. India 4. 1878 1888, p. 660. 



Congrellus anago Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XXIII. 1901, p. 855. 



Height 1 6 18; head 6 6 ! / 5 , i 4 /s m trunk; tail but little longer 

 than head and trunk. Eye large, 4 5, about as long as snout. 

 Upper jaw somewhat prominent. Cleft of mouth reaching about 

 middle of eye. Teeth acicular, not forming a cutting edge, the 

 maxillary band anteriorly in 2 or 3, posteriorly in one or two 

 series; teeth on intermaxillary plate arranged in a semilunar 

 patch, completing anteriorly the maxillary bands but separated 

 from them by a narrow interspace. Vomerine teeth forming a 

 conical patch, beginning anteriorly with an oval group of small 

 teeth, followed by a few bigger ones, forming a tapering band, 

 ending in a single series and not reaching farther than the 

 anterior half of the maxillary band. Mandibulary band ante- 

 riorly with several, posteriorly with one or two series. Pectorals 

 about thrice in head. Dorsal beginning above base of pectorals 

 or somewhat behind. Light or dark brownish. Vertical fins in 

 specimens seen by us, without a broad black margin. Length 

 more than 300 mm. 



Nom. in dig. : Ladu (Menado); Totodi (Batjan). 



Habitat: Pulu Weh near Sumatra!; Singapore; Celebes 

 (Menado); Ambon; Batjan; Banda; Moluccos in general!. 

 From coast of Coromandel to Malay Archipelago [Day]; Japan. 



3. Congrellus neoguinaicus (Blkr.). 



Conger neoguinaicus Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-neerl. VI. 1859, Bijdr. vischfauna 



N. Guinea p. 22. 



Ophisoma neoguinaicum Bleeker, Atl. Ichth. IV. 1864, p. 28. 

 Conger neoguinaiczts Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VIII. 1870, p. 43. 

 Conger neoguinaicus Bleeker, Arch, neerl. Haarlem XIII. 1878, p. 56. 

 Congermuraena neoguinaica J. D. Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales 1898, p. 286. 



Only one specimen known, which when BLEEKER received 

 it, was in a very bad state and is now preserved in the British 

 Museum. According to BLEEKER it is distinguished from C. anago 

 (Schlegel) by the jaws, which are of equal length, and having 

 the vomerine teeth only in 2 rows and having a diffuse silvery 

 longitudinal lateral band. G0NTHER says I.e. p. 43: "Conger 

 neoguinaicus Bleeker (Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Neerl. VI. Nieuw 

 Guinea, p. 22), or Ophisoma neoguinaicum Blkr. (Atl. Ichth. 

 Mur. p. 28), is founded on an example so badly preserved that 



