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Fishes now referred to A/utera monoceros have been described 
under very many different names, and it is highly probable that 
more than one species is included under this title. A species of 
this type has been described by Poey, from Cuba, under the name of 
Alutera giintherina. The latter species has not been since seen. It 
is scantily described, and if words and plates can be trusted, it differs 
from Dr. Smith’s fish in the higher spine and truncate caudal fin. 
It is probably not the same species, in which case two species of 
short-tailed Alutera exist in our waters besides the long-tailed A/utera 
schæpfi, punctata, and scripta. In any event this species is an inter- 
esting addition to our fauna, whether it be Alutera monoceros or a 
species distinct. DS. T 
Fishes of Kadiak Island. — Mr. Cloudsley Rutter, now assistant 
to the United States Fish Commission, made in May, 1897, a fine 
collection of the tide-pool fishes in the vicinity of Karluk. This col- 
lection is described in the Buletin of the United States Fish Commis- 
sion for 1898. Fourteen species are enumerated, two of which are 
new, besides a third, Meo/iparis rutteri, described as new by Gilbert 
and Snyder in Jordan and Gilbert's * Fishes of North and Middle 
America." 'The new species, which are well figured, are Sigmzstes 
caulias and Porocottus bradfordi. Sigmistes is a new genus allied to 
Oligocottus, with a smooth body, arched lateral line, and very long 
dorsal. The single preopercular spine is hooked upward. D, S. J. 
Fishes of the Congo. — Dr. G. A. Boulenger, of the British 
Museum, has issued the fourth fascicle on new fishes of the Congo, 
containing species of Polypteride, Clupeide, Mormyridz, and Cha- 
racinidz, with detailed descriptions and excellent plates. D, S. J. 
Fishes of Florida. — In the Report of the United States Fish Com- 
mission for 1899, Dr. B. W. Evermann and Dr. W. C. Kendall give 
a check list of the fishes of Florida, with references to all notices of 
the localities of each species, and also a complete bibliography. 
Five hundred and seventy-six species are enumerated, which shows 
the thoroughness with which that interesting region has been 
explored. The paper furnishes an admirable model as a faunal 
catalogue, and it has great value to the student of geographical 
distribution. D. S 
Günther on the Fish Collections of Linnaeus. — The account of 
the fishes, as given by Linnzus in the Systema Nature, is base 
