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the pectorals ; anteriorly half as high as height of body or less, 

 posteriorly somewhat higher. Pectorals 3.5 about 4 in length 

 of head, with 9 11 rays. F*or the teeth in the jaws see genus. 

 On the intermaxillary plate an irregular group of 8 10, 

 behind which about 2 pairs of teeth, followed on the vomer 

 by a series of very small teeth, which is anteriorly a single, 

 posteriorly a double one, reaching as far as about the inner 

 series of the maxillary teeth. Ventral distance of gillopenings 

 from each other equal to their width. Bluish-gray above, vertical 

 fins edged with black. Length more than 300 mm. [A specimen 

 from DAY'S collection in the Leiden Museum seen by us]. 



Habitat: Sumatra (Siboga) ; Java; Celebes!. Philippines, 

 China Sea, Seas of India, Sea of Oman. 



In shallow, costal water. 



2. Uroconger braueri nov. nomen. 



? Uroconger vicinus Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. X. 1892, p. 363. Descript. 



Cat. of Ind. Deep-sea fish 1899, p. 200 (nee Vaillant). 

 Uroconger leptiirus Brauer, Deutsche Tiefsee-Exp. Tiefseefische 1906, p. 124 



(nee Richardson). 



Height 12 16; head 7 7.5. Trunk more than 2 ] / 2 times 

 in length of tail. Eye 6.2 7, in snout 1.7 1.9, 1.6 in inter- 

 orbital space. Cleft of mouth extending to below middle of 

 eye. Dorsal beginning nearly above base of pectorals. Pectorals 

 less than half length of head, with 17 rays. For the teeth in 

 the jaws see the genus. Teeth on intermaxillary plate in 2 

 series, the posterior series large; behind them on the vomer 

 one or two large ones, at some distance followed by a- small 

 one, sometimes behind that an other small one on each side. 

 Ventral distance of gillopenings from each other greater than 

 their width. Lateral line very conspicuous, above it on nape and 

 trunk short, black threads. Colour of alcohol specimens brownish, 

 head and ventral surface bluish-black, somewhat viridescent. 



Habitat: West coast of Sumatra in depths from 660 903 

 metres. East coast of Africa in depths from 977 1019 

 metres. - [U. vicinus Alcock, Bay of Bengal (869 metres); 

 Arabian Sea (786, 1063 metres)]. 



5. Poeciloconger Giinther. 



(GiiNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, p. 673). 



Scaleless. Head pointed, without muciferous cavities. Cleft 



