942 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. — [Vor. XXXV. 
redescribed with special reference to their anatomy. Among these 
are numerous types of species named in Bonaparte's Fauna Stalica, 
purchased for the academy by Mr. T. B. Wilson. 
The fishes recently noted by Mr. Fowler as from the Caroline 
Islands came from a coral reef called Caroline, or Thornton, Island, 
remote from the Carolines, and near Samoa. 
From Mazatlan, Mexico, Mr. Fowler describes a new genus of 
Hemiramphide with the form of Fodiator and the long beak of 
Hemiramphus. The species is called Hemiexocetus caudimaculatus. 
It is midway between the halfbeaks and the flying fishes. 
The generic name Odontostomus, applied by Cocco to a deep- 
sea fish, is preoccupied in mollusks. In place of Odontostomus, 
Mr. Fowler proposes the new name Evermannella. The family, now 
composed of the two genera, Evermannella and Omosudis, becomes 
Evermannellide. p; S.J 
Jordan and Snyder on New Fishes in the Museums of Japan. — 
In the Journal of the College of Science of the Imperial University of 
Tokyo(Vol. XV, Part II), Messrs. Jordan and Snyder have descrip- 
tions of nine new species of fishes in Japanese Museums of which 
no specimens are yet available except the original types. 
These species are : 
Acipenser &ikuchii, from Sagami Bay. 
Lepidopus aomori, from Aomori. 
Tetrapturus mitsukurii, from Misaki and numerous other localities. 
Tetrapturus mazara, from Misaki. 
Bentenia esticola, from Kashima. 
Ebisus sagamius, from Misaki. 
Reinhardtius matsuure, from Misaki. 
Trachypterus ishikawe, from off Tokyo. 
Trachypterus ijime, from off Tokyo. 
Of the two new genera, Bentenia is nearest Velifer and Pteraclis, 
and is distinguished by the anterior insertion of its dorsal and anal, 
each of which has one spine greatly enlarged. : 
Ebisus is a huge bass or jewfish, allied to Stereolepis but with 
the head unarmed and the teeth larger. It is locally known as 
Aburabozu, the “fat priest." 
Dr. Mitsukuri has illustrated the. paper by photographs of the 
type specimens, in so far as these are available. WSF 
