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REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. 



GILL, Theodore. The scorpa:>noid fish, 

 Neo.sehastes entarAs, as the type of a dis- 

 tinct genus. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvni, No. 1393, 

 Feb. 15, 1905, pp. 219, 220, text figs. 1, 2. 

 A Japanese Scorpanid having been referred 

 by Jordan & Starks to the genus Neosebastes, 

 a reexamination was made, which resulted in 

 a new definition of the genus and the separa- 

 tion from it of the N. entaxis as the type of a 

 new genus named Sebastosemus. 



On the generic characteristics of 



Prionotus stearnsii. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxviii, No. 1396, 

 Feb. 15, 1905, pp. 339-342, text figs. 1-4. 

 An "examination of various species of 

 Triglids " led to the recognition of two groups 

 which differed so much from the genus Pri- 

 onotus, to which they had been previously 

 referred, as to seem worthy of generic or sub- 

 generic distinction. One, typified bj' the 

 P. stearnsii, was named Colotrigla, and the 

 other, represented by the P. alatus, was 

 designated as Fissala. 



Notes on the genera of svnanceine 



and pelorine fishes. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. .Afus., xxviii, No. 1394, 

 Feb. 23, 1905, pp. 221-225, text fig. 1. 

 An examination of the Synanceinse led to 

 the recognition of four genera whose proper 

 names were Synanceia {verrucosa), Erosa 

 {erosa), Leptosynanceia {astrohlepa) , and 

 TracMcephalus {uranoscopus); the Pelorinae 

 (newly named Inimicinx) were divided among 

 Simopias and Inimicus; Simopias was pro- 

 posed as a substitute for Pelor (preoccupied). 

 In an appended Note on Scorpaena frondosa 

 that species is isolated as the type of a new 

 genus named Phinopias. 



A new introduction to tlie study of 



fishes. [Review of the Cambridge Natural 

 History, volume 7.] 



Science (new series) xxi, No. 539, April 

 28, 1905, pp. 652-661. 

 The seventh volume of the Cambridge 

 Natural History is reviewed under nine sec- 

 tions, treating respectively of (1) generalities, 

 (2) Ileniichordata, (3) Urochordata, (4) 

 Cephalochordata, (5) Pisciform Craniata, 

 (6) Cyclostoniata, (7) Elasmobranchii, (S) 

 Teleostomi, and (9) Methods. 



A new family is proposed for the leptocar- 

 dian genus Amphioxides, and named Amphi- 

 oxididse. 



The life history of the angler. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., xlvii, Quar. 



issue, n, pt. 4, May 6, 1905, pp. 590-516, 



pis. 73-75. 



(1) The characters of the family (Lophiidse) 



and genus (Lophius) to which the common 



Angler {Lophius piscatorius) belongs are 



GILL, Theodore — Continued. 



briefly noticed; (2) the popular names and (3) 

 geographical range are then considered; 

 habits are described in sections devoted to (4) 

 the general behavior of the fish, (5) its food, 

 and (6) its oviposition and embryology. 

 Data follow respecting (7) its food value and 

 the superstitions concerning it, (S) its rela- 

 tions to other species of the family of Lophiids, 

 and (9) its relations to the family of Anten- 

 na riids. 



The tarpon and lady-fish and their 



relatives. 



Smithsonian Misc. Colls., xlviii, Quar. 

 issue, vol. 3, pt. 1, No. 1576, May 13, 1905, 

 pp. 31-46, pi. 17-21. 



The tarpon is considered as (1) a member of 

 the family of Elopids and (3) a species of the 

 genus Me.galops contrasted with (2) the 

 species of the genus Flops; (4) the history of 

 the popular names is indicated; its habits are 

 noticed in sections devoted to (5) its range 

 and appearance on the American coast, (6) 

 its activity and food, (7) its breeding habits 

 and size, and (8) its economic position. In 

 conclusion, (9) a notice of the congeneric 

 ox-eye herring ( Megalops cyprinoides) is 

 given. 



The lady-fish, after a brief diagnosis of its 

 family (.Vlbulids), is considered with refer- 

 ence to (1) its range, (2) its food and manner 

 of feeding, and (3) its early stages, from a 

 translucent larval condition to the acquisi- 

 tion of its mature characteristics. In a final 

 section (4) its value as a food and game fish is 

 adverted to. 



The gisu, or Pterothrissus gisu of Japan, is 

 also briefly noticed. 



JORDAN, David Starr. Note on the sal- 

 mon and trout of Japan. 



Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., xxviii. No. Iii99, 

 May 9, 1905, pp. 365, 366. 



and SNYDER, John Otterbein. 



Description of a new species of fish (Apo- 

 gon evermanni) from the Hawaiian Islands, 

 with notes on other species. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxviii, No. 1386, Oct. 

 6, 1904, pp. 123-126. 



and STARKS, Edwin Chapin. On 



a collection of fishes made in Korea, by 

 Pierre Louis Jouy, with descriptions of 

 new species. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxviii. No. 1391, 

 Feb. 23, 1905, pp. 193-212, text figs. 1-U. 



SCHMIDT, Peter. On the Liparis (Tris- 

 h.egistus) owstoni Jordan and Snyder. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxviii. No. 1390, 

 Nov. 29, 1904, pp. 189-191, text figs. 1, 2. 



