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Genus Poecilo con ger G tint her 
Poeclloconger GUNTHER, Proc. Sool. Soc. London, 1871, 
p. 673. Type Poeciloconger f asciatus GTJNTHSR, mono- 
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typic. 
Body compressed, less than tail. Head pointed, without 
nuciferous cavities. Snout long. Lye moderate, well advanced. 
Mouth cleft moderate, reaches helow eye. Teeth villiform, in 
narrow bands in jaws and on vomer. Nostrils small, anterior 
without tube. Gill openings rather wide, close together. 
Vertical fins confluent, dorsal begins well before pectoral. 
Pectoral moderate. 
