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earlier g/aucus. To this American species Regan gives the new name 
of Trachynotus palometa. Porthmeus is a synonym of Lichia, while 
Hypodis Rafinesque, not mentioned by Regan,is a synonym of 
Trachinotus. 
Regan re-describes Holocentrus osculus Poey, and describes Centro- 
fomus argenteus, a new species, allied to C. ensiferus, from Barbadoes 
and Guiana. C. mexicanus he regards as identical with Centropomus 
parallelus. 
The following new species are also described by Mr. Regan: 
Clupea (Opisthonema) bulleri from Las Peñas in Jalisco; Zngraulis 
argentivittatus from Las Peñas; Pseudoxiphophorus pauciradiatus 
from Orizaba; Zoogoneticus maculatus from Rio Santiago;! Chara- 
codon geddesi from Lake Tezcoco, Mexico; Heros octofasciatus from 
British Honduras; Zeros callolepis from Santo Domingo de Guz- 
man, Mexico; Pristigaster (Opisthopterus) effulgens from Ecuador; 
Ophichthys (Pisodontophis) brevimanus from Ecuador; Piabucina 
astrigata from Ecuador; Piabucina pleurotenia from Venezuela; 
Trichomycterus vittatus from Peru; Trichomycterus retropinnis from 
Colombia; Trichomycterus meride from Venezuela; Pimelodus 
(Pimelodella) teniophorus from Matto Grosso; Pimelodus (Pimelo- 
della) griseus from Ecuador; Haplochilus peruanus from Peru; 
Belone (a Tylosurus) fluviatilis from Ecuador; Centropomus atridor- 
salis from Ecuador; Corvina (a Sciena) crawfordi from Montevideo ; 
- Acara saparensis from Ecuador; Gobius (Awaous) guentheri from 
Ecuador;? Chasmodes maculipinna from Ecuador; Chetodon dixoni 
from the New Hebrides; Draconetta acanthopoma from the deep 
waters of the North Atlantic. 
Draconetta is considered by Mr. Regan, probably correctly, as an 
ally of Harpagifer. The nominal family of Draconettidz is there- 
fore not to be separated from the Harpagiferidz, and is a close ally 
of the Nototheniide. 
A considerable collection made at Rio Janeiro by Dr. Geeldi is 
the subject of an important paper. The following are the chief 
additions : 
` Raia cyclophora new species; Murena helena a Mediterranean 
! Fundulus labialis and. F. guatamalensis are probably not species of Zoogen- 
eticus as has been suggested by Dr. Meek. : 
* Gobius latus O’ Shaughnessy is not identical with G. favus nor with G. banana. 
Gobius or Awaous banana, the West Indian species, should not be identified with 
Gobius (Awaous) taiasica, a Brazilian species which is probably the same as 
Awaous latus. 
