Xo. 492] NOTES AXD LITERArURE 791 



In Arehivos do Museo Na(nonal (Rio de Janeiro, 11)07) Dr. Alipio 

 de .Aliranda Ribeiro hcfrius an elaborate account of the fishes of JJrazil. 

 ''rhe first |)art is devoted to niorpholoi^v and physiology. 'J'lie work is 

 well done, well ]mu\c(\, and with <ro()d illustrative plates. 



Ill the A,ni. Mao-. Xai. Hist. (XIX, 1907) Dr. G. A. Boulenger 

 diseuss(\s the variations of Sfrm)/rpi,s gigas, "a great sea-perch from 

 California and .hipan." He maintains that the two essential points 

 of distinction, the higher spines and the larger scales in the Japanese 

 form, Strrcolepis ixch in(i(/i\ as compared with the Californian S. f/iga,<t, 

 are both fallacious, 'rii;' spines arc nmch higher in the young fishes, 

 and the s< ale count is di-ccptive. 



I am still of the opinion that the two are distinct. The smallest 

 .specimen of .^icivolcpis kn..wn fn.nylapan or (^dH'ornia was taken 



th(- xonnu- of thr'.Iapaii. ^prci,- l.n.a.l K-n-thui^r Mripr. ot 



black, while the American form is irrepilarh blolrhrd. A >tn,|v of 



be finally s(-ttlcd. 



ing three new species of fishes from Ilonohilu. ( )n<- of tlicsc, Zanclu-s' 



