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ineis punctorum lucidorum plurimis caput corpusque percurrentibus ; prae.- 

 operculis et maxilla inferiore porosis. D. 2, 34; A. 26. Pacific Ocean, on 

 the west coast of Central America. 



ANACANTHINI. 



Ill the family of the Gadoiclei Valenciennes (Cauar.) has instituted a new 

 genus, Aselhis. A barbal cirrus, two dorsal fins, of which the anterior is 

 short, the posterior elongated, two anal fins, five rays in the veutrals. One 

 species, A. canariemis. D. 8, 43; A. 17, 17- 



Pltyrh I!,iibtiti!x, Val. (Canar.) D. 11, 60 ; A. 58. 



Macrourus (Lepidoleprus) sclerorJiyndi/is, Val. (Canar.) D. 11, 87; A. 72. 

 Snout short. 



Rhombeits ser/-a/"x, Val. (Canar.) Eyes siuistrorsal, separated by a space 

 equal to one diameter, the scales at the base of the dorsal and aual fins pro- 

 longed into minute points. D. 90; A. 57. 



Solea scriba, Val. (Canar.) Eyes dextrorsal, small. D. 81; A. 62. 



PHARYNGOGNATHI. 



Bellamy has described the Labrus lineatus, Eleming. (Annals, xiii, p. 77.) 

 L. nubilus, Valenc. (Cauar.) I). 19, 20 ; A. 3,* 9. 



In the genus Acantholabrus Valenciennes (Cauar.) has described two new 

 species : romeritits and romerm, the former differs from viridls iu having four 

 instead of five spines in the anal fins, the latter is allied to Crenilabrus 

 trutta, Lowe. 



In the family of the Labroidei ctenoidei, some new species 

 are described by Sal. Miiller and Schlegel in the Verhan- 

 delingen, &c. 



Amphiprion intermedim agrees with latidivius, even to the having a broad 

 band on the tail. 



Pomacentrus cltrysopoecil/is, Kuhl, v. Hasselt, new species. D. 13, 14; 

 A. 2, 12. Java. P. dlbifasdatus. D. 12, 14; A. 2, 12. Celebes. 



Gh/pldsodon breviceps. D. 13, 11. Head and snout very short, strongly 

 arched above. Sumatra. Gl.modesh/s. D. 13, 12; A. 2, 12. Back yellow, 

 fins bluish. Java. 



Peters has sent a number of specimens of a Chromidan, which he (Bericht 

 der Ac. zu Berlin, 1844, p. 32) describes as being nearly allied to the 

 Tilapia of Smith. J. Miiller, who communicated Peters's description to the 

 Academy, remarks (ib.) that he considers both Peters' fish, as well as the 

 Tilupia of Smith as not differing from Chromis niloticus, since the number of 

 fin-rays in this species varies exceedingly. It is also remarked that the 

 Chr. niloticus has cycloid scales, so that the character which is derived from 

 the scales is not constant in this family. 



