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Galapagos Islands by the Ilopkiiis-St.difnnl IvxjM'.lition of 1898; 

 184 species are recorded, with syiionvmy ami valuable notes on their 

 characters and geographical distribution, 'i'lic new sj)ecies has been 

 described in a jirevious paper. 



In the same Proceedings, Mr. Willinui 1'. Allen, also of Stanford 

 University, describes in great detail the lyuipiiatic system in the 

 large Californian Sculpin or Cabezon, Srorpcvnichlhi/.s' inarmoraius. 



In the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Dr. Loui.s 

 Dollo describes the abyssal fish, Bathydraco scotiw. 



In the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington (1905) 

 Dr. Seth E. Meek, records a collection of fishes from the Isthmus of 

 Tehuantepec. Cichlasoma zonatum, from Oaxaca, is flescribed as 

 new. Dr. Meek also describes two new species, Pimelodrlla eigeu- 

 manni from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Anisofremus iril/ltimsl tVoiu 

 Santos. 



In the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy for IDOo, Mr. 

 Henry \V. Fowler discusses a collection of ninety species of fishes 

 from the Baram Basin in Borneo. Most of these are fresh-water 

 species, several new genera and species being described. One goby, 

 Gigantogobius Jordan i, allied to Kleotris, readies a length of 26 inches. 



Numerous papers in the AidkiIs (in<l Mmio-Jtn' <<j Xntiinil History 

 by C. Tate Regan, treat of fishes. 'i1ie following- inaiter-s may l)e 

 noted: Regan records the European shark. Ilcxnurlms griscus, tVoni 

 Japan and concludes that the Calitornian s])ccies, Hexanchus cori- 

 nus is not distinct from ii. He <ii\(.s rexiews of various groups of 

 South American fishes, especially ( iehliihe and Loricariidjc. A new 

 white-fish, Coregnnus gnicilir.r, is described from the Lakes of Cumber- 

 land. A monographic review of the family Gahixiida^ is given by 

 Mr. Regan in tht^ I'roccidings of the Zoological Society of London. 



Dr. George .\. Houh-n^vr, a^ Ptv.ideut of the Zo.ilogical Section of 

 the Briti.sh Association for the .\.l\aneement of Sc-ience (1905), di.s- 



fishes. In th.^ Annals and Ma;ia-.inr oj Xafnral History, July, 1905, 

 Dr. Boulenger -ives a list of the fresh-wat.T fishe> of Africa with th(^ 



