REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 
FISHES. 
BEAN, BARTON A. <A from 
Chesapeake Bay. 
Forest and Stream, LXix, No. 
5, Aug. 3, 1907, pp. 178-179. 
An authentie record of the capture 
of Cyclopterus lumpus, in Chesa- 
peake Bay near Fortress Monroe. 
lump-fish 
——— On Ctenolucius Gill, a neglected 
genus of Characin fishes, with notes 
on the typical species. 
Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., 
No. 1588, Mar. 4, 1908, pp. 
701-7038, 1 fig. 
Establishing the Ctenolu- 
cius, for many years overlooked, 
genus 
(See also under Alvin Seale.) 
DICKERSON, Mary (CYNTHIA. (See 
under David Starr Jordan.) 
EIGENMANN, Car. H., 
FLETCHER. An annotated list of 
Characin fishes in the U. S. National 
Museum and the museum of Indiana 
and OGLE, 
University, with descriptions of new 
species. 
Proc. OU. 8&8. Nat. 
No. 1556, Sept. 
1-36, figs. 1-8. 
One hundred and twenty fishes are 
listed and the following are de 
scribed as new: Curimatus brevipes ; 
C. leuciscus Prochilodus 
Musi, SXXITI,; 
10, 1907, pp. 
boliviae ; 
beani; Parodon 
piracicabae : 
Paraguayensis : 7. 
Chei- 
rodon vibeiroi; C. micropterus ; Odon- 
Iphyocharar 
Holo- 
Leporinus parae; 
tostilbe microcephalus ; 
rathbuni; A. 
riddlei;  Hemigrammus — mi- 
cropterus; TH. tridens; IT. boulen- 
geri; H. anisitsi; H. santae; H. in- 
Astyanar rutilus 
gquensis ; A. emperador; A. orthodus ; 
1. atratoensis; A. megalops; Chara 
atratoensis, 
Stramineus : 
pristes 
CONSTANS nNiCare- 
The remarkable 
story of a Greek fish. the Glanis. 
GILL, ‘THEODORE. 
Geo. Washington Univ. Bull., 
vy, No. 4, Dee., 1906, pp. 5- 
18, figs. 1-3. 
After a_reference to the Wels 
(Silurus glanis), the various pas- 
sages of Aristotle relative to the | 
Glanis are reproduced. teference 3 
to them by Cuvier and Valenciennes, 
Apostolides, Smith, and PBoulenger 
connecting them with the Wels are 
noticed, The differences between 
the Wels and Glanis are then = con- 
trasted, and agreement is declared 
with Agassiz, Garman, Jordan, and 
REXIII, 
GInL, THropore—Continued. 
Hoffman, who recognized the 
Glanis as a very distinct species— 
Parasilurus aristotelis. It is for 
the first time illustrated by 38. fig- 
ures obtained from the Smithsonian 
Institution. 
———Le Tondule (Fundula eyprino- 
donta) of Carbonnier an Umbra. 
Science (n. s.), xxiv, No. 625; 
Dec. 21, 1906, pp. 818-819. 
The fish observed by Carbonnier 
was erroneously named and was an 
Umbrid, the Umbra pygmaea or Mud- 
fish of New York. 
——— The work of Pterophryne and 
the flying-fishes. 
s.), xxv, No. 628, 
1907, p. 63. 
nest attributed in 
Antennarid fish by lL. 
Agassiz was really the result of a 
flying-fish’s oviposition. The Pter- 
ophryne oviposits and makes a raft 
like the Angler (Lophius piscatoris). 
Neience (n. 
hhc bam ba ie 
The so-called 
1871 to the 
Note on the genus WKublia. 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 
Apr., 1907, p: 150. 
In contradiction of Tl. W. Fow- 
ler, it is claimed that the name 
Dules should be reserved for D. 
anriga and the second section should 
retain the name Wuhtia, given in 
1861. 
— [Parental care exercised by the 
Osteoglossoid fish NScleropages  for- 
MLOSUS, | 
s.), xxv, No. 648, 
1907, p. 863. 
Fuhrmann’s) observa- 
Neience (n. 
May 31, 
A note on 
tion. 
—_—__—- The relation- 
ship and. habits. 
lumpsucker, its 
Ninithsonian Mise. Colls., t, 
Quar. issue, Pt. 2, No. 1729, 
July 10, 1907, pp. 175-194, 
figs. 32-47. 
An necount of 
lumpus is given. 
The chief characteristics are noted 
of the family Cyclopterids, the 
genera indicated and figured, the 
characters and popular names_ re- 
corded. The general habits, the ovi- 
position and care of young by male 
parent, and the growth of young are 
detailed. Different views as to its 
economical value are compared. 
the Cyclopterus 
