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caudal, and posterior of anal edged with black (in two other specimens the whole of the margin of the 
caudal is black, also); anterior portion of pectoral fin with a dusky spot, posterior portion reddish. 
Teeth in lower jaw strong, pointed, in a single series except in anterior portion; similar teeth in a 
single series in upper jaw except an oval patch at anterior angle. 
Conc/er marginatus Valenciennes, Voy. Bonite, Poiss., 201, pi. 9, fig. 1, 1841, Sandwich Islands; Gunther, Challenger Report, 
Shore Fishes, 61, 1880 (reefs at Honolulu) ; Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, lix, 1900, 514 (Laysan). 
Conger noordzicTci Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerl., ir, 1857, Amboina, 86; Bleeker, Atlas, iv, Mur. 26, pi. 23, fig. 2. 
8. Congrellus bowersi Jenkins, new species. 
Head 2.83 in length to anus, 6.16 in total; depth 2.6 in head; tip of snout to anus 1.25 in distance 
from anus to tip of tail; snout 4.5 in head; eye 4 in head; cleft of mouth nearly 3 in head; teeth 
small, sharp, in many series on anterior portions of both jaws and on vomer, in 2 series on posterior 
portion of jaws; origin of dorsal slightly in front of gill-opening; about 47 pores in lateral line before 
the anus; pectoral 3.3 in head. 
Fig. 1 . — Congrellus bowersi Jenkins, new species. Type. 
Color in life, very pale brown, white below; a narrow silvery line with golden reflections along 
lateral line, a broader band below this from axil to caudal fin; membrane over branch iostegals 
golden with dusky shade toward chin; cheeks and opercles each with a silvery patch; margins of 
dorsal, caudal and anal black; tip of tail white. 
Similar to C. anago (Schlegel) from Japan, with specimens of which species in the collection made 
by Jordan & Snyder in Japan, in 1900, mine have been compared. 
Common at Honolulu where it is used by the natives as food and is exposed for sale in the mar- 
ket, and where I obtained 8 specimens from 8 to 11 inches in length. The specimens are numbered 
254, and 2044 to 2050. 
The species is named for Hon. George M. Bowers, U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. 
Type,' No. 50689, U. S. N. M. (original No. 254), Honolulu. 
Family VI. 0PHICHTHYID4J. 
9. Microdonophis macgregori Jenkins, new species. 
Head 5 in trunk; head and trunk 1.75 in tail; eye 2 in snout, and about equaling interorbital; 
snout 5.5 in head; gape 3 in head; pectoral 3.5 in head; body cylindrical, slender; tail tapering, 
ending in a blunt, horny point; head elongate, somewhat compressed; snout small, produced beyond 
the mandible; eye small, nearer angle of mouth than tip of snout; mandible broad, lip of upper jaw 
