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the delta of the Mississippi River. The fish was mentioned in the 
following language: * * * Steindachneria, a macruroid with a high 
differentiated first anal fin, has been obtained by the “ Albatross” in 
68 fathoms.” No specific name and no figures were published. 
We used Steindachneria for a silurid genus inhabiting the rivers of 
southeastern Brazil in a paper issued July 18, 1888 (Proc. Cal. Acad. 
Sei. 2d. Ser., Vol. 17). The name was defined and referred to a de- 
scribed species. Mr. S. Garman called our attention to the previous 
use of Steindachneria by Goode and Bean. An examination of Goode 
and Bean’s note showed that their name was a nomen nudum, neither 
described nor referred to any published species. On learning this we 
wrote Dr. Goode an apologetic note calling his attention to these facts 
and received the following in reply.“ Steindachneria has never been 
published, though the diagnosis of the genus has been lying in MS. for 
nearly two years. So we will change the name. It is not of the least 
consequence.” This was under date of Oct, 1, 1888. This intention 
to change the name was never carried out and in “Oceanic Ichthyo- 
logy ” (p. 419) which has just been received, Steindachneria is still 
retained for the macrurid and reference made to “Three Cruises of 
the Blake.” The name Steindachneria being preoccupied for the cat 
fishes I would suggest the name Steindachnerella for the macrurid to 
carry out the idea of honoring the Custos of the Imperial Zoological 
Museum of Vienna.—C. H. EIGENMANN. 
Mutilations of the Oregon Redfish.—The sores, frayed-out fins, 
and other mutilations which have been noticed upon the Chinook 
salmon and redfish by evéry one who has ever seen these fishes upon 
their spawning-grounds have been regarded by all as being due chiefly, 
if not wholly, to the injuries incident to the long journey from the sea. 
Coming so these Idaho lakes from the sea requires a journey of more 
than 1000 miles, and it is, in large part, through swift and turbulent 
waters and up dangerous rapids, cascades, and waterfalls against whose 
ragged and jagged rocky walls and bed the fish would often be thrown 
by the seething currents. That they could make this long and perilous 
journey unscathed could scarcely be believed. 
In the shorter coastal streams of Oregon, Washington, British Colum- 
bia, and northward, the same mutilations have been observed and have 
usually, without sufficient reason, been attributed to the same cause. 
Until now it has, therefore, generally been held that the injuries are 
received by the fish while en route to the spawning-grounds. Our con- 
tinuous series of observations at Alturas Lake during the entire period 
