Taenioco^^'' Her re 
-** -* —— 
T&enicconger chapmani HERNE, Philippine Journ# Sci., vol# 23, 
No. 2, 1923, p* 152, pi. 3. Duinaguete, Oriental Negros. 
Family XSNOCONGRIDAE 
Body elongated. Snout short. Eye advanced* Branchial clefts 
with small pharyngeal apertures* Frontals paired; palato-pterygoids 
formed as elongate laminae; caudal vertebrae without lateral processes. 
No scales# Dorsal and anal confluent with caudal. No pectorals* 
Differs from the Muraenidae in the small pharyngeal apertures of 
the branchial clefts, also absence of scales and pectoral fins* 
Analysis of genera 
al# Upper teeth biserial, lower quadriserial; tail twice length 
of rest of fish 
Xenoconger* 
2 
Upper and lower teeth uniserial; tail slightly longer than 
a 
rest of fish. 
Sndeconger. 
