Vertebrata. 



Diplodus Ag. (Didynwdus Cope) and is of opinion that the name should be 

 Didymodus anguineus Garman. Holmwood read a paper on the Employment of the 

 Remora (Echeneis remora} by native Fishermen on the East Coast of Africa for 

 catching Turtle. Klunzinger (*) has published a critical revision of the Red Sea 

 Fish belonging to the order Acanthopteri veri Owen. A new subgenus Hyposer- 

 ranus and 12 new specific names are created, 5 for new and 7 for specimens 

 which have been incorrectly identified. Pereira-Guimaraes f 1 ) gives diagnoses 

 of 3 new species from Angola, and ( 2 ) a list of 38 fishes, with notes and syno- 

 nymy, from Madeira, the Azores and the African Possessions, in the Collection 

 of the Lisbon Museum. Sauvage (*) describes 3 new species of fish from France- 

 ville , Haut Ogooue , ( 2 ) two from Majumba , Congo, and ( 6 ) a new genus and 

 species of Siluridae (Laimumena borbonica) from Reunion. Vinciguerra gives a list 

 with more or less extensive notes of the 79 species of fishes collected by G. & 

 L. Doria in Tunis. 



d. America. 



Baird records Pseudotriacis microdon from Amagansett, N. Y. Bean among de- 

 scriptions of, and notes on, various known species of fish describes ( l ) Prionistius ma- 

 cellus, a new genus and species belonging to the Family Cottidae , from British 

 Columbia , ( 2 j a new species of Macrurus from Washington Territory , ( 4 ) a new 

 species of Coregonus from Alaska, and ( 5 ) Physiculus fulvus and Lotella maxillaris, 

 new species collected by the United States Fish Commission. The same author ( 3 ) 

 gives notes on Fishes observed at the head of Chesapeake Bay and ( 6 ) records 

 the occurrence of the Striped Bass in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Bean & 

 Dresel have published a catalogue of Fishes received from the Jamaica Museum 

 with descriptions of Pomadasys approximans n. and Tylosurus euryops n. Chapman 

 has notes on the habits of the Shad and Herring as they appear in the Potomac 

 River. Dresel makes remarks on some (16) Greenland Fishes. Dury has notes on 

 the Black and Oswego Bass (Micropterus dolomien and M. nigricans], FordJCG 

 gives a synopsis , with notes and synonymy , of the American species of Stroma- 

 teidae. Garman describes a new Shark, Heptranchias pectorosus. Gilbert (*) gives 

 a list of the (47) species collected in the East Fork of White River, Indiana, two 

 of which, Notropsis loops and Nocomis hyostomus, are described as new. A new 

 genus Serraria for Hadropterus scierus Swains, is also created. The same ( 2 ) 

 author describes a new fish Poecilichthys palustris, from Switz City Swamp, Greene 

 County, Indiana, and gives notes on 13 other species from the same locality. Goode 

 & Bean give notes on some Florida Fishes. Jordan has published a number of 

 contributions to the Ichthyology of Florida Keys in which several new species are 

 described. (*) A list is given of the species thus far found by Mr. Stearns in the 

 stomachs of the Snappers and Groupers on the Snapper Banks off Pensa- 

 cola , and Exocoetus volador and Gnathypops mystacinus are described as new. 

 ( 3 ) 171 species are enumerated from Key West, of which 49 are new to the United 

 States Coast, with the vernacular names used among the English speaking Fisher- 

 men of Key West, colour notes and other descriptive items. In addition to the 

 above number a list of 14 species is given on the Authority of Fishermen and 39 

 recorded by other authors , so that the number of species of Fishes now known 

 from Florida Keys is in all about 220. Narcine umbrosa is described as new. (") 

 contains notes on 16 species, Heterandria ommata and Elassoma evergladei being 

 new, from the Indian River, Florida. ( 9 ) Notes on 22 species from Egrnont Key, 

 Florida, in the collection of Yale College. The new species are Coecula bascanium 

 and Myrophis egmontis. ( 11 ) contains remarks on the Fishes observed during three 

 weeks of active work, and some additions to Poey's list of names in use among 

 Spanish Fishermen. The same author gives ( 4 ) an identification of the Figures of 



