Echelus caudilimbatus Poey (1867, p. 247) and the related species, Conger macrops Giinther (1870, p. 40) and Leptocephalus harringtonensis Mowbray (1931, p. 1), were omitted from the genus Conger Oken as redefined by Kanazawa (1958).Modern workers have allocated these species to the genus Conger; however, they possess characters in common that are sufficiently distinctive to warrant the recognition of a new genus.'This new genus is here described with an appraisal of the species, three of which are new.The specimens in the collections of the following institutions form the basis of this study: U.S.
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Robert H. Kanazawa (1961) studied this question.
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