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Genus Coloconger Alcock 
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Coloconger aLCOCK, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 4, 
188S, p. 456. Type Coloconger ramiceps ALCOCK, mono- 
typie. 
Tail less than combined head and trunk. Head rather short. 
Snout short. Eye large, far advanced. Mouth cleft wide, extends 
little beyond middle of eye, jaws equal. Teeth uniserial in 
jaws, none on vomer. Tongue free. Nostrils large, front one 
subtubular, hins one superior or above front angle of orbit. 
Gill openings into pharynx wide slits. Gill openings separate. 
No scales. Lateral line axial. Vertical fins well developed, 
dorsal origin over pectoral base. Pectoral rather large, insert¬ 
ed within lower half of body depth. 
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