Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. ,355 



uitjra, Risso, Ich. Nice, 93, 1810, (black variety), Nice. 



mVtt, MITCHILL, Jouru. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1818, 407, off New York. 

 Conger verus, Risso, Eur. Mer., in, 201, 1826, Nice. 

 ('<<;/'' rnljaris, CuviER, Regne Animal, Ed. 11, n, 350, 1829, France; GUNTHER, Cat., vm, 38, 



1870. 

 Conger rubescen*, RANZANI, De Novis Spec. Pise. Diss. Prima, 19, pi. v, fig. 5, 1838, Mediterra- 



nean. 



Opfnxotna obtnsa, SwAiNSON, Fish., Hep., and Amph., n, 395, 1839, Sicily. 

 Conger orbigniianns, VALENCIENNES, D'Orbigny, Voy. Am. Merid., Poiss., pi. 12, 1, 1839, South 



America. 



Conger occidental, DE KAY, N. Y. Fauna : Fishes, 314, pi. 53, fig. 172, 1842. 

 Congrus leucophieus, RICHARDSON, Voy. Erebus and Terror, Fishes, 108, 1844. 

 Conger verreauxi, KAUP, Apodos, 115, 1856. no locality. 

 Conger esculentns, POEY, Memorias, II, 346, 1860, Cuba. 

 Conger niger, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 362, 1883. 

 Leptocephalus conger, JORDAN & DAVIS, I. c., 664. 



581. LEPTOCEPHALUS CAUDILIMBATUS (Poey). 



Dorsal fin beginning above the middle of pectorals ; eye as long as 

 snout, 4^ in head ; gape extending to beyond the middle of the eye ; head 

 1 to If in trunk ; tail longer than rest of body ; pectorals 3 to 3i in head. 

 Brown, vertical fins with a broad black margin, which is again edged with 

 white ; the dorsal black anteriorly for & its depth. Tropical parts of 

 Atlantic ; Pensacola to Cuba and Madeira ; not rare, (cauda, tail ; limbatus, 

 margined.) 



Echelus caudilimbatus, POEY, Repertorio, n, 249, 1867, Cuba. 



Conger macrops, GUNTHER, Cat., vm, 40, 1870, Madeira ; Bahamas. (Coll. Hasslar.) 



Conger caudicula, BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 435, Pensacola. (Type, No. 30709. Coll. 



Silas Stearns.) JORDAN & GILBERT, I. c., 262. 

 Conger caudiUmbalus, POEY, Enumeratio, 152, 1875. 

 Leptocephalus caudicula, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 900, 1883. 

 Leptocephalus caudilimbatus, JORDAN & DAVIS, I. c., 666 



156. CONGERMUR^ENA, Kaup. 



Conger- Mursma,* KAUP, Apodes, 108, 1856, (balearica). 

 Gnathophis, KAUP, Aale Hamb. Mus., 1859, (heterognathtis). 

 Congromuriena, GUNTHER, Cat., vm, 40, 1870, (amended spelling). 

 Ophisoma, BLEEKER, JORDAN & DAVIS, etc., (acuta). 



This genus contains numerous species of small Congers, distinguished 

 by the more anterior insertion of the dorsal and by the greater develop- 

 ment of the muciferous cavities in the head. The species are very closely 

 related and not well known. (Conger; Murcena] related genera.) 



a. Snout more or less projecting beyond mandible. 



6. Vent submedian in position, the body and tail about equal in length ; upper jaw little 

 projecting. BALEARICA, 582. 



bb. Vent anterior in position, the tail much longer than rest of body. 



c. Snout short and heavy, blunt, projecting little beyond mandible. MACRURA, 583. 

 cc. Snout long and acute, considerably projecting. 



*By the rules of the American Ornithologists' Union, the generic name O-//./"' """'"" w o'd 

 be adopted. Ariosoma is ineligible because no type is expressed, and the diagnosis is valueless. 

 Ophisoma would by some beset aside on account of the prior Opkuomiu. OpMtoma was based 

 on two species, aenta and obtusa, the latter the common Conger Eel, and this group is really syn- 

 onymous with Conger. 



