THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 193 



Family SVXAPHI (BRANCH ID.i;. 

 SYNAPHOBRANCHlffS Johnson. 



131. Synaphobranchus brachysomus ( iillifit. Ilffp ;^eu> nf Ihiwaii. 



Family LEIT0CEPHALII).4:. 

 LEPTOCEPHALDS Gmelin. 



132. Leptocephalus marg-inatus Valeiic-ieniies. Piisi soiiisulii. Hawaii; Samoa; New Guinea; 



East Indie.-. 

 Tlii^ conirer eel, eonanon throughout the Paeific, is abundant both at Samoa and Honolulu. It is 

 ea.«ily known by the black blotch on the pectoral tin. We have S examples from Samoa. 



CONGRELLUS Ogilby. 



133. Cong-rellus bowersi Jenkins. Hawaii. 



134. Congrellus ueo-guinaicus (^Bleeker). New (.uiinea. 



135. Congrellus fijiensis Ogilby. Fiji. 

 Cmti/rdlusjijiaisis Ognby. Pro?. Lin. Soc. N.S.W. 1898,288, Fiji. 



136. Congrellus gruttulatus (Giinther). Samoa; Fiji. 



()ne specimen from .\pia. Life colors, light olive, with dark cross-shades; pectoral plain; vertical 

 (ins with Ijniad dark edge; an oblique olive shade before eye. 



137. Congrellus sequoreus Gilbert & Cramer. Deeji seas of Hawaii. 



PROMYLLANTOK Alcock. 



138. Promyllantor alcocki (iiibert e^ Cramer. Keeji seas of Hawaii. 



METOPOMYCTER Gilbert. 



139. Metopomycter denticulatus ( ;illii-rf. 1 p seas of Hawaii. 



VETERNIO Snyder. 



140. Veternio verrens Snyder. Hawaii. 



Family MIH.-FNFSOCID.E. 

 MURa:NESOX McClelland. 



141. MurEsnesox cinereus ( Forskal ). Hood Bay: New (iuinea; Fast Indie.?. 



Family MVK'II).+;. 

 MtrRa;NICHTHYS Bleeker. 



142. Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker. New Caledonia; Fast Indies. 



MYEOPTEBURA Ogilby. 



143. Myropteruia laticaudata Ogilby. Fiji. 

 .V;/TOj./ti«m/n//raiu/u(o Ogilby, Pnic. Linii. .«oc N. s. W.. J,S97. 247, Fiji. 



Family .\EMICHTHVIU.€. 

 NEMICHTHYS Richardson. 



144. Nemichtliys scolopaceus Richardson. North of Papua in deep water; open seas. 

 .Vt iiiirlilhys scolopaceus, Peters, Berl. Mon. 1870, 849, nortli of Papua in deep wati-r. 



