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Genus Lep toee phal us Gemlin 
Leptoeephalus GMELIN,- Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, 1789, p. 1150. 
- ■ —i n gam -—h m —m ■ wHtOTtMnMMMCMMriv ■> 
Type Leptoeephalus morrissii GMELIN, monotypic. — GRONOW, 
Zoophylacii, 1763, p. 135, species non-binomial. — 
SCOPOLI, Introd. Hist. Nat., 1777, p. 453, atypic. 
Conge r SCHAEFFER, Stud. Ichth., 1760, p. 20. Atypic. (Type 
Muraena conger LINNAEUS, assumed tartonmy-inadmissible)• 
-- HOUTTUYN, Nat, Hist. Linn., vol. 7, pt. 1, 1764, p. 103* 
Type Muraena conger LINNAEUS, tautotypic (inadmissible). -- 
OKEN, Isis, 1817, p. 1182, a, (on CUVIER). Type Mura ena 
conger LINNAEUS, virtually. 
Morris B ERKENHOUT, Syn. Nat. Hist. Great Britjan, ed. 2, pt. 1, 
1789, p. 65. Type Morris sp. BERKENHOUT * Leptoeephalus 
mm*' '*>| J 111— - -*•» ^ I* m ■ 1 ■ '!■ 1M>w r ' Wi i »n^ ' Mu illn ■ »■—«' ■#— 
tae nio la M EUSC HEN. 
Helr nictls REFINESQ.UE, Ind. x tt. Sicil., 1810, pp. 49, 62. 
Type Helmicti s puncta t us RAFINESQUE, monotypic. 
Pterurus RAFINESQUE, Ind. Itt. Sicil., 1810, pp. 49, 62. Type 
Pterurus f lexuosu s RAFINESQUE, monotypic. 
Oxyurus RAFINESQUE, Carrat. Animal Plant. Sicil., 1810, p. 19. 
Type Ox yuru s vermiformis RAFINESQUE, monotypic. 
He lmichthys COSTA, Fauna Napoli, r ’esc., 1844, fasc. 45. 
Type Halmichthys diaphanus COSTA, monotypic. 
Leptocephalichthys SLEEKER, net. Soc. Sci. Ind. N e <^land, 
(Manadol), vol. 1856, p. 69. Type Leptocephalichthys 
hyps elosoma B leaker, monotypic. 
