198 LEPIDOSIRENID,. GASTEROSTEID^E. 



Class PISCES*. 



Family LEPIDOSIRENID^E. 



Genus PROTOPTERUS. 



1. Protopterus annectens, Owen. African Lepidosiren. 

 Hab. River Gambia. 



a, b. Purchased, May 24, 1865. 



c. Purchased, May 27, 1865. 



d. Purchased, Oct. 4, 1865. 



Family SQUALID^. 



Genus SCYLLIUM. 



2. Scyllium canicula (Linn.) . Small-spotted Dogfish. 

 Hab. British Seas. 



a. Purchased, Sept. 25, 1863. 



Family ACIPENSERID^E. 



Genus ACIPENSER. 



3. Acipenser sturio, Linn. Common Sturgeon. 

 Hab. European rivers. 



a. Purchased, July 26, 1863. 



b. Small example from the Elbe, purchased, 1864. 



Family GASTEROSTEID^E. 



Genus GASTEROSTEUS. 



4. Gasterosteus spinachia, Linn. Fifteen-spined Stickleback. 

 Hab. British Seas. 



* In this class it is not generally possible to keep a record of 

 individual specimens ; but the names of all the detenninable spe- 

 cies exhibited in the Gardens since Jan. 1st, 1862, are given 

 in their natural order. P. L. S. 



