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The same gentlemen in a later paper describe and figure all the 

 British gobies. Their plates will greatly aid in the identification of 

 these little fishes. 



In the Annuaire du Mush Zoologique at St. Petersburg (VIII, 

 1903), L. S. Berg discusses a collection of Cottoid fishes from Lake 

 Baical, with observations — unfortunately in Russian — on the clas- 

 sification adapted by Jordan, Evermann and Starks. Two new 

 genera, Baicalocottus and Batrachocoiius, are defined, with the genus 

 Procottus ofGratz. 



When the present writer was in Japan in 1900, the Imperial Museum 

 generously placed at his disposal all duplicates of new species of fishes 

 contained in the Museum. Those represented by single examples 

 could not be sent away, and these the director of the Department of 

 Natural History, Dr. Chiyomatsu Ishikawa, has undertaken to de- 

 scribe for the sake of completing the rich faunal list of Japan. 



In the Froceedings of the Imperial Museum, Dr. Ishikawa describes 

 the following new species, most of them with good figures: 



Zezera hilgendorji, Zacco mitsukurii, Leuciscus dorobae. Stromateoides 

 nozaivce, Heterognathodon dcedcrkini, Cirrhilahrns lyukyiieiisis, Amphip- 

 rion snyderi, Crenilabrus stejnegeri, Tetraroge kagoshimensis, Ilemu 

 tripterus nipponicus, Podothecus iokubire. 



Of these the Crenilabrus from the Riu Kiu Islands is the most inter- 

 esting, as that genus, largely represented in the Mediterranean, had 

 never before been recorded in other waters. The Tetraroge should 

 rather be referred to the genus Erisphex. 



In the Records of the Australian Museum (V, 1904) Mr. Edgar R. 

 Waite gives an account of his explorations of Lord Howe Island. 

 Seventeen known species of fishes were added to the fauna of this 

 interesting island. Ten new species were discovered, most of these 

 with a number of other interesting forms being li^ured hy Mr. W.iite. 

 The new genera are Xenogramma (deinpylida), All-.-ohins. Liin- 

 nichthys (Trichonotidae) and Lepadichthys (( Johiesocidn J'he 

 fauna as a whole, although distinctly tropical, is very different from 

 that of Hawaii or Samoa. 



In the same Records (V, 1904) Mr. Waite gives a list of the fishes 

 known from Lord Howe Island, 180 in number, with a bibliography. 

 The list is especially useful for comparison with faunal lists of the 

 South Seas, the genera being largely identical, the species different. 

 In this list Mr. Waite has taken special care to verify the dates of 

 publications. 



