476 Reviews — Tertiary Fishes. 



material for comparison ; and the same remark applies to the 

 Gobiidae. Sparidse, as might be expected, are widely distributed ; 

 and the Cataphracti seem to be represented in the German Middle 

 Oligocene by the genera Trigla, Peristedion, and Agonus. These 

 determinations, as Dr. Koken points out, add considerably to the 

 material available for a discussion of the distribution of the Tertiary 

 Teleostean Faunas in Europe ; and the author is finally tempted to 

 devote no less than seventeen pages to a treatise on otolites in 

 reference to their bearing on the classification of Fishes. 



Dr. Kramberger's new work is of a different character from that 

 of Dr. Koken, being based upon a series of remains of skeletons, 

 which are beautifully figured in the accompanying plates. It is 

 unfortunately written in a language that few can read ; but the 

 scientific diagnoses and principal headings are also given in Latin 

 and thus made accessible to all. There are seven short chapters 

 relating to as many fish-faunas, chiefly Tertiary ; and several new 

 species are determined. The first chapter deals with Cretaceous 

 species from Lesina, already described under the names of Clupea 

 lesinensis, Scombroclupea macropJithalma, Thrissops microdon, Hemielo- 

 popsis Suessi, and H. gibbus. The second chapter is more extensive 

 and relates to the marine fishes of the Aquitanian Formation of 

 Styria. Here several new species are determined and named re- 

 spectively Labrax latus, L. Mojsisovicsi, L. sagorensis, Sparnodus 

 inflatus, LicJiia alta, Zeus Hoernesi, and Z. robustus. A supposed 

 Leuciscus {L. eibiswaldensis, sp. n.) is also represented by an im- 

 perfect skeleton from the freshwater beds of Eibiswald in Styria, 

 associated with Leuciscus macrurus, Ag., and Gobius brevis, Ag. sp. 

 Teeth from the Miocene of the neighbourhood of Agram are dis- 

 cussed in chapter iii. and referred to Chrysophrys, Aetobatis, 

 Hemipristis serra, and Sphyrna cf prisca. The fish-remains of the 

 well-known Sarmatian beds of Croatia form the subject of chapter iv. 

 and include some new forms, notably Syngnathus affinis, Apostasis 

 (gen. nov. Acronuridarum) Sturi, A. croatica, Scomber [Auxis) 

 sarmaticus, Blennius fossilis, Aiherina sarmatica, and Labrus (Creni- 

 labrus) Woodwardi. The generic name Metoponichthys is relegated 

 to the synonymy of Pronntigonis among the Carangidae. Chapters 

 V. to vii. are brief notes on fragments, of which the most striking 

 are the remains from the late Tertiary beds near Sofia, Bulgaria, 

 described under the new specific name of Lucioperca Skorpili. 



Thanks to the explorations of Prof. Dr. D. Lovisato, of Cagliari, 

 some information concerning the Miocene fish-fauna of Sardinia is 

 now forthcoming. In the memoir quoted above Prof. Bassani has 

 employed the new material not only for detailed descriptions but 

 also as the basis of an elaborate treatise on the distribution of some 

 of the commonest Tertiary Selachian teeth. Gar char od on megalodon, 

 G. auriculatus, Galeocerdo aduncus, G. minor, Hemipristis serra, 

 Lamna salentina (including " Gtodus Lawleyi"), Notidanus primi- 

 genius, Odontaspis contortidens, 0. cuspidata, GxyrJiina Jiastalis, Sphyrna 

 prisca, and a species of Squatina are recognized among the Selachian 

 teeth ; and unsatisfactory fragments of dentition of Teleostean fishes 



