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ON JAPANESE MARINE SHELLS AND FISHES. 



very wide range) ; and most of those enumerated occur also in 

 other parts of the Atlantic, Indian, aiad Pacific Oceans. Some of 

 them, like Serranus octocinctus, Centriscus gracilis, Lophotes, have 

 hitherto not been found in intermediate regions. 



It is a fact known for a long time that a great number of the 

 pelagic species spawn in the open sea, which will go far to ac- 

 count for their wide geographical range. 



Can I be of further assistance to you ? 



Yours very truly, 



A. GrUNTHEB. 



J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.S. 





Mediterranean 

 or Madeii-an. 



West Indies. 



Japan. 



Anthias oculatus 



■jf 



* 



* 



* 



* 



* 



Serranus octocinctus 



Scomber pneumatophorus 



* 



Echeneis reniora 



* 

 It 



brachvptera 



naucrates 



Caranx hippos 



Seriola dumerilii 



* 



lalandii 



* 



Centriscus gracilis 



Lophotes 





Macrurus 





Saiu'us myops 



* 



Albula conorhynchus 



* 



Elops saurus 



Conger vulgaris 



* 



Myrus 



Hippocampus antiquorum 





guttulatus ., 



* 



Monacanthus setifer 



* 



monoceros 



Orthagoriseus mola 



* 



Galeocerdo tigrinus 



* 



Zygsena malleus 



* 

 * 



Lamna cornubica 



Ehina squatina 



Rhinobatus columna3 





Trygon pastinaca 



» 



Pteroplatea hirundo 







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Zoological Department, British Museum, 

 December 17, 1873. 

 DEAB SiE, — I return the list of species of marine fishes 

 common to the North Atlantic and Japan. In Ichthyology the 



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