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In the same Bullein, Dr. M. X. Sullivan discusses in detail 

 the digestive tract in sharks. 



In the same Bulletin (Vol. XXVI, 1907), Evermann and 

 Goldsborough give a catalogue of the Fishes of Alaska, with 

 many plates, based primarily on the collections made by the 

 Albatross in 1903, under the direction of Jordan and Evermann. 

 The following new species are described and figured: 

 Polistotrema deani Blennicoltus clarki 



Sebastodes sivifti Pholis gilli 



Ieelinus burchami Lumpenus longirostris 



Coitus chamberlaini Lycodes jordani 



Many corrections in synonymy are made. One of these the 

 present writer does not accept. He believes that the two large 

 rays of Monterey Bay, Raja stellulata and Raja rhina, are both 

 distinct from Raja binoculata and from each other. The authors 

 have overlooked Bryostemma tar socles described from Alaska by 

 Jordan and Snyder. 



This paper is a most useful one to students of Alaskan fishes. 



In the Journal of the Imperial Fisheries Bureau of Japan, 

 Dr. K. Kishinouye describes the natural history of the sardine 

 of Japan (SardineUa melanosticta) and the related species. 



For some unexplained reason, he unites the Pacific herring 

 Clupea pallasi with the Atlantic Clupea harengus. New spe- 

 cies of sardine are described under the names of Clupea im- 

 maculata, Clupea okinawensis and Clupea mizun. These belong 

 to Sardinella, and the last two are from the Riu-Kiu Islands. 

 A new anchovy is described as Engraulis koreamis. This 

 should belong to the modern genus Anchovia, being very dif- 

 ferent from Engraulis japonicus. 



In the Journal of the College of Science, of the Imperial 

 University of Tokyo (XXI, 1907), Professor S. Hatta of Sap- 

 poro describes the gastrulation of the embryo of the lamprey. 



In the Proc. Zool. Soc, London (1906), Professor Bashford 

 Dean has notes on living specimens of the Australian lung-fish 

 (Neoceratodus forsteri). Its movements are notably those of an 

 amphibian rather than a fish. 



In the Annals of the Museum of Natal, Mr. C. Tate Regan 

 describes new species from that coast. A species of remarkable 

 interest is a new saw-shark, Pliotrema warreni, with six gill-slits. 



