THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 193 



Family SYNAPHOBRANCHIM. 



SYNAPHOBRANCHUS Johnson. 



131. Synaphobranchus brachysomus Gilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



Family LEPTOCEPHALID.i. 



LEPTOCEPHALUS Gmelin. 



132. Leptocephalus marginatus Valenciennes. Pttsi solasulu. Hawaii; Samoa; New Guinea; 



East Indies. 



This conger eel, common throughout the Pacific, is abundant both at Samoa and Honolulu. It is 

 easily known by the black blotch on the pectoral fin. We have 8 examples from Samoa. 



CONGRELLUS Ogilby. 



133. Congrellus bowersi Jenkins. Hawaii. 



134. Congrellus neo-guinaicus (Bleeker). New Guinea. 



135. Congrellus fijiensis Ogilby. Fiji. 



Congrellus fijiensis Ogilby, Pro?. Lin. Soc. N.S.W. 1898, 288, Fiji. 



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



One specimen from Apia. Life colors, light olive, with dark cross-shades; pectoral plain; vertical 

 3ns with broad dark edge; an oblique, olive shade before eye. 



137. Congrellus aequoreus Gilbert & Cramer. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



PROMYLLANTOR Alcock. 



138. Promyllantor alcocki Gilbert & Cramer. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



METOPOMYCTER Gilbert. 



139. Metopomycter denticulatus Gilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



VETERNIO Snyder. 



140. Veternio verrens Snyder. Hawaii. 



Family MUR^ENESOCID/E. 



MTJR.ffiNESOX McClelland. 



141. Mursenesox cinereus (Forskal). Hood Bay; New Guinea; East Indies. 



Family MYRIDjE. 



MUR.ENICHTHYS Bleeker. 



142. Mursenichthys macropterus Bleeker. New Caledonia; East Indies. 



MYROPTERTTRA Ogilby. 



143. Myropterura laticaudata Ogilby. Fiji. 



Myropterura lalicaudata Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N". S. \V., 1897, '217, Fiji. 



Family NEMICHTHYIDjE. 



NEMICHTHYS Richardson. 



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

 Nemichthys scolopaceus, Peters, Berl. Mon. 1S70, 849, north of Papua in deep water. 



