126 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1905. 



CULL, Theodore. The scorpaenoid fish, GILL, Theodore -Continued. 



Neo«ebastes entaris, as the type of a dis- briefly noticed; (2) the popular names and (3) 



, geographical range arc thru considered; 



tiiH'l genus. 



habits are described in sections devoted In (4) 



/'ror, r. S, A"/. Mas, XXVIII, Xn. 1393, 

 Feb. 15, I905,pp. 219,220,tex1 figs. 1.2. 



A Japanese Scorpamid having I n referred 



by Jordan .V Starks to the genus Neosebastes, 

 a reexamination was made, which resulted in 

 a new definition of the genus and the separa 

 tion from it. <>f IIk' A. i ntaris as the type of a 

 new genus named Scbastos( mus. 



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

 and mo its oviposition and embryology. 

 Data follow respecting (7) its food value and 

 the superstitions concerning it, (8) its rela- 

 tions toother species of the family of Lophiids, 

 and I'.i) its relations to the family of Anten- 

 na riids. 



On the generic characteristics of The tarpon and lady-fish and their 



Prionotus stearnsii. relatives. 



Proc. U. s. Nat. Mus., x.xvni, No. 1396, , Smithsonian Misc. Colls., xlviii. Quar. 



Feb. i:.. 1905, pp. 339 342, text figs. 1 4. issue, vol. 3, pt. l,No. 1576, .May 13, 1905, 



An ''examination of various species of pp.31 46, pi. 17-21. 



Triglids" led to the recognition of two groups The tarpon is considered as (1) a member of 



which differed so much from the genus Pri- <»'' family of Elopids and Co a species of the 



onotus, to wind: they had been previously genus Megalops contrasted with (2) the 



referred, as to seem worthy of generic or sub- species of the genus Elops; (4) the historj ol 



generic distinction. One, typified by the the popular names is indicated; its habits are 



'/'. stearnsii, was named Colotrigla, and the noticed in sections devoted to (5) its range 



other, represented by the /'. alatus. was and appearance on the American coast. (6) 



designated as Fissala. ' ,s activity and food, (7) its breeding habits 



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



X s "ti the genera of synanceine conclusion. (9) a notice of the congeneric 



and pelorine fishes. ox-eye herring {Megalops cyprinoides) is 



I'rm. U. s. Vat. \fus., xxvm, No. 1394, given. 



Feb. 23, 1905, pi'. 221 225, text fig. I. The lady-fish, after a brief diagnosis of its 



An examination of the Rynanceinre led to family I Ubulids), is considered with refer- 



the recognition of four genera whose proper 



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



names were Synanceja {verrucosa), Erosa off ling, and (3) its early stages, from a 



{erosa), Leptosynanccia {astroblepa), and translucent larval condition to the acquisi- 



Trachicephalus {uranoscopus); the Pelorinat tion of its mature characteristics. In a final 



(newly named Tnimicina I were divided among section (4) its value as a food and game fish is 

 Simopias and Inimicus; Simopias was pr< 



d verted I. 



posed as a substitute for Pelor (pr 'cupied). The gisu, or Pterothrissus gisu of Japan, is 



In an appended Not Scorpaena frondosa also briefly noticed. 



that species is isolated as the type of a new 

 ^eiius named Rhinopias. 



rORDAN, David Starr. Note on the sal- 

 mon and t rout of Japan. 



A new introduction to the study of 

 fishes. | Review of (he Cambridge Natural M:IV ,, p )0 - pp. ;;,,.-, ;;,,, 



1 [istory, volume 7.] 



Scienct t new series) xxi, No. 539, April 



Proc. !'. S. Nat. Mus.. XXVIII, No. 1399, 



and SNYDER. John Otterbein. 



28, 1905, pp. 652 661. Description of a new species of iisli (Apo- 



The seventh volume of the Cambridg 

 Natural llision i- reviewed under nine sec- 

 tions, treating respectively of (1) generalities, 

 (2) llemichordata, (3) I rochordata . I 

 Cephalochordata, (5j IMsciform Oraniata, 



6) Cyclostomata, (7) Elasmobranehii. (S 

 Teleostomi, and CD Methods. 

 A new family is propose, i [or i he leptoca r 



qon i vermanni) from I he Hawaiian Islands, 



with Holes oil oilier species. 



Proc. I'.S. Nat. Mus., xxvm, No. 1386, Oct. 

 6, 1904, pp. 123-121). 



and STARKS, Edwin Chapin. On 



; collection of fishes made in Korea, bv 



dian genus Amphioxidcs, and named Amphi Pierre Louis Jouy, with descriptions of 



oxidida . m , XN S p e cj ( s . 



The life histon of the angler. 1 ' 1 "" ' s - Ni "- Mus - XVV1 " No - |:; '"' 



onian vise. Colls xlvii. Quar FpK 23 i905, pp. 193-212, text figs. 1-11. 



SCHMIDT, Peter. On the Liparis (7m- 



, ii The characters of the family i Lophiidse ■ egistus) owstoni Jordan and Snyder, 



and genus (I.ophiux) to which the common Proc. C S. Nat. Mus. xxvm, V 1390, 



Vngler {Lophiui piscatoriux) belong! are Nov. 29, 1904, pp. 189-191, text figs. 1. 2. 



issue, ii, pt t. May 6, II 



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