Vertebrata. 



Family Batrachidae. 



Jordan ( 2 ) p 41 gives notes on Porichthys porosissimm C. & V., and identifies it 

 with plectodon J. & Gilbert. 



Batrachus cirrhosus Klz. is figured by Kllinzinger ( ! ) pi. 13 fig. 4 

 Thalassophryne caeca n. Queensland: De Vis ( l ] p 546. 



Family Pediculati. 

 Jordan ( 9 ) p 45 has notes on Antennarius ocellatm Bl. & Schn. 



Family Cottidae. 



Platycephahts longispinis n. Port Jackson ; Macleay ( 4 ) p 170. 



Lepidotrigla mulhalli n. Port Jackson; id. (-) p 460. 



Prionistius n. Differs from Triglops in its much slenderer form ; in the absence of a 

 series of bony tubercles along the bases of the dorsal fins : in the elongation of the 

 exserted pectoral rays, so that the lower portion of the fin is considerably longer 

 than the upper ; in the presence of serrations on all spines and on the first soft 

 ray; and in the emargination of the caudal fin. For macellus n. Carter Bay, Bri- 

 tish Columbia; Bean ( ! ) p 355. 



Family Pegasidae. 

 Gill ( 6 ) has notes on the position, etc. of this family; pi 66. 



Family Gobiidae. 



Jordan (") has notes on Lepidogobius gulosus Girard; p 324. 



Grant has published a revision of Sicydium and Lentipes, in which the species 

 of the former are divided into groups characterized by differences found in the 

 teeth of the upper jaw; 24 species are described as valid, of which 5 are new. 

 S. plumieri Bl. p 156 pis. 1 1 fig. 1 and 12, fig. 5, acutipinne Guich. p 159, 

 and stimpsoni Gill p 166 pi. 12 fig. 4, are described; id. antittarum n. p 157 

 pi. 12 fig. 3, Barbadoes, brevifile n. p 158 pi. 12 fig. 1, Cameroons, gymnog aster 

 n. p 158 pis. 11 fig. 2 and 12 fig. 6, Mazatlan. salvini n. p 159 pi. 12 fig. 2, 

 Panama, pugnans n. p 160 pis. 11 fig. 3 and 12 fig. 7, Samoa; id. 



Lentipes concolor Gill fig. 9 and seminudus Gthr. fig. 10, described and teeth figured; 



id. p 171 pi. 12. 

 Gobius ivuerdemanni Girard is redescribed by Jordan ( 6 ) p 321 congoensis n., 



Congo; Sauvago (-) p 205 woodcut princeps n. and u-atkinsoni n. p 685, stiff - 



maticus n. and marginalia n. p 686, pauper u. andfestivus n. p 687, annulatus n. 



p 688, concolor n. and flavescens n. p 689. Queensland; De Vis ( 1 ). 

 Lebetus orca Coll. is noted by Collett (*) p 61 pi. 1 figs. 1 and 2. 

 Gobiosoma ceiithaecum n. Key West, Florida; Jordan & Gilbert p) p 29 histrio 



n. Guaymas, Mexico; Jordan ( 5 ) p 260. 

 Gobiodon axillaris n. p 448 flavidus n., lineatus n. and inornatus n. p 449, Bank \s 



Group, and punctularum n. p 449. Probably South Sea Islands; De Vis ( 2 ). 

 Eleotris dumerili nom. n., for maculata Dum. (nee Bloch), Congo ; Sauvage ( 2 ) p 205 

 mimus u. and hwnilis n. p 690, longicauda n. p 691. concolor n., robustus u. 



and laticeps n. p 692 and cavifrons n. p 693. Queensland: De Vis ( l ) . 



