6G4 
Heteroconger polyzona Bleaker 
Heterooonger polyzona BLEEKER, Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, 
" r °~* P* °32 t pi• Amboyna. — GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit, 
i..us., /ol. >, lo 0, p, 44 (type). ~~ VffiBER and BEAUFORT, Fishes 
Indo Austral. Archipelago, vol. 3, 1916, p. 2?2 (type). 
Genus Taenioo onger Her re 
Taenioconger HERRE, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 23, No. 2, August 
1 > P• 1 • ~ype l aeniooonger chapmani HERRE, monotypic. 
Body greatly elongate, slender, subcylindrical, tail greatly compress¬ 
ed. Head small short. Cnout short, blunt, obtuse. Eye large, well ad¬ 
vanced. Mouth superiorly terminal, oblique. Teeth very small, pointed, 
subequal, close set, in bands in jaws and on vomer. Hind nostrils in 
iront oi eyes, about level with their upper edge. Gill opening nearer 
back than belly, greater than pectorals. Dorsal begins close behind 
gill openings, confluent \vith other vertioal fins around end of long tail. 
Pectoral minute, close behind gill opening. Coloration uniform. 
