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This shows the affinity of the black-striped fish with the Glesne of 
Ascanius and the S. Grillii of Lindroth, and I have no doubt that 
the slight dilatation at the end of the ventral fins in his figure is a 
mere enlargement of the membranous fringes above described. 
The following appear to be the synonyma of this species :— 
REGALECUS GLESNE. 
1. Ophidium Glesne, Ascanius, Mem. Soc. Copenh. ii. 419. 
Regalecus Glesne, Ascanius, Icon. ii. t. 11. cop. E. M. t. 358; 
J.J. (J. Jacob), An account of the rare fish, &c. 8vo, 1849, 
figures Illustrated London News, June 2, 1849, p. 384 fig. 
Regalecus remipes, Brunnich in Nya Samil. iii. 414. t. 13. f. 4, 5; 
copied by Walbaum, t. 3. f. 4. 
Gymnetrus remipes, Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 482. t. 88, altered 
from Ascanius; copied by Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 
Regalee Glesne, Lacep. il. 214, 215. 
Gymunetrus Ascanii, Shaw, Zool. iv. i. 1. t. cop. from Ascanius. 
Le Gymnetre Glesne, Valenciennes, Hist. Poissons, x. 365 & 366. 
From the figure of the Newlyn specimen. 
2. Gymnetrus Grillii, Lindroth, Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 
1798, 288. t. 8 (from a dry fish) ; Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 482 ; 
Valenciennes, Hist. Poissons, x. 370. 
3. Le Gymnetrus Banksii, Valenciennes, Hist. Poissons, x. 365. 
From the letter respecting the Filey specimen. 
4. Ceil Conin = Gymnetrus Hawkensii, Couch, Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 
77. part.; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 221. part. From the Newlyn 
specimen (not Bloch, Ich. xii. t. 423%). 
5. Gymnetrus Northumbricus (Hancock’s MSS. ?), 1849. 
Gymnetrus ? Marten in Jacobs’s Account of Rare Fish, 1849, 
p. 10. 
6. Sea Serpent, Ladies’ Newspaper, 12th May, 1849. 
M. Valencienes, by mistake, thinks that Ascanius described this 
fish first as Regalecus, and then as an Ophidium, but 1766 comes 
before 1772. The specific name of Glesne is derived from the name 
of the place on which the fish was found, near Bergen in Norway. 
The generic name of Regalecus, characterized in 1772, has the un- 
doubted priority over Gymnetrus of Schneider, and therefore ought 
to be used; neither are quite unexceptionable, the one being a mix- 
ture of Greek and Latin, and the latter as conveying a false cha- 
racter, for the fish has ventral fins; but I think it is not desirable to 
change names which have once been used for such reasons, though 
it is well to avoid giving names having the first objection, and the 
second should always be avoided. 
The Banksian copy of Pennant is very valuable to the British zoo- 
logist, and contains, besides the figures and letters here referred to, 
some shorter notes, the titles of which I here give, as they may be 
of use to persons residing at a distance from the library. 
Vol. I. Aylmer Bourke Lambert, letter on the Irish Wolf Dog. 
P. 224. Note on Grouse. 
