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ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF STILBISCUS. 
a. Head 7\ in trunk, 4f in tail ; snout 7 in head, its length somewhat greater than 
distance between gill-openings; eye If in snout, If in interorbital space; cleft of 
mouth reaching to posterior margin of eye; upper jaw 5 in head; height of 
gill-opening If in snout; teeth all uniserial, some of the anterior enlarged, 
canine-like; dorsal beginning Y\ length of head behind vent; length of first 
part about equal to head and pectoral; developed part of dorsal at tail con- 
tained If times in the head ; pectoral 6 in head. Upper part of head and body 
above lateral line brown; lower parts bright metallic-bluish silvery; dorsal 
and anal pale, the latter with a dusky stripe on each side of its base ; pectorals 
dusky ; caudal black Edwardsi, 90. 
90. STILBISCUS EDWARDSI. 
Stilbiscus edwardsi Jordan &, Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 549, 1888 (Green 
Turtle Cay, Bahama Islands). 
Habitat: West Indian fauna. 
Etymology: Named for Charles Lincoln Edwards. 
This species is known from a single specimen taken by Dr. C. L. 
Edwards at Green Turtle Cay, one of the Bahama Islands. 
Genus 26.— LEPTOCONGER. 
Leptoconger Poev, Anales Hist. Nat. Esp., 250, 1880 ( perlongus ). 
Type: Neoconger perlongus Poey. 
Etymology: AejcToq, slender; Conger. 
This genus is based on a single species, a little-known eel of the 
West Indian fauna. It is very close to Neoconger , from which it dif- 
fers mainly in the very slender body. 
ANALYSIS OF SPECIES OF LEPTOCONGER. 
a . [Head 4 in trunk ; tail about a third louger than rest of body ; gape 4 in head ; 
eye large, If in snout; snout pointed; teeth hooked, short and robust, subequal 
and unisonal, a few in front enlarged; lower jaw much shorter than upper; 
dorsal beginning just behind tip of pectoral. Violet brown, pale below ; dark 
points over the entire surface.] ( Poey Perlongus, 91. 
91. LEPTOCONGER PERLONGUS. 
yeoconger perlongus Poey, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 67, tab. 9, fig. 3-4, 1874 (Ma- 
tanzas). 
Leptoconger perlongus Poey, Ann. Hist. Nat. Esp., 250, 1880 (Matanzas). 
Habitat : West Indian fauna. 
Etymology : Latin, perlongus , very long. 
This species is known only from Poey’s description. 
Genus 27.— NEOCONGER. 
Neoconger Girard, U. S. Mex. Bound. Surv., Ichth., 77, 1859 ( Mucronatus ). 
Type : Neoconger mucronatus Girard. 
Etymology: Nso^ new; Conger. 
This genus, like the two preceding, is composed of small eels inhabit- 
ing considerable depths of water. Two species are known. 
