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Viktor Pietschmann describes the sharks of Japan, with de- 

 scriptions of some new species. 



In the same Sitzuuyxb' richt* n. Dr. Pietschmann describes also 

 two new Japanese species of shark, and he has also a paper com- 

 paring the European species of Mustelus with each other. 



In the Smithsonian .Miscellaneous Collections (1908), Pro- 

 fessor Gill gives in detail the story of the devilfish, Manta, with 

 numerous illustrative plates. 



In the Proceedings of the Zoological So, tg of London (1908), 

 Dr. Regan gives a valuable revision of the sharks of the family 

 Orectolobidse. To this family he refers Rhinodon, Gingly- 

 mostoma and other forms usually placed in separate families. 



In the Annate and Magazine of Xatural History (1908), Mr. 

 Regan describes a collection of fresh-water fishes from Costa 

 Rica, with several new species. Joturus stipes, from Central 

 America, is made the type of a new genus, Xenorhynchichthys. 

 A new genus, Tomocichla, near Herichthys, is also described. 



In the same Annals, Mr. Regan discusses tbe systematic posi- 

 tion of Stylophorus, which he places near the Allotriognathi. He 

 discusses the work of Professor Starks on the same species, who, 

 in the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, for 1908, 

 makes Stylophorus the type of a new suborder, Atelaxia. The 

 work of both of these anatomists shows that Stylophorus is re- 

 lated to Trachypterus and also to Velifer. 



In the same Annate, Mr. Regan revises the species and sub- 

 species of Coregonus found in Great Britain. 



In the same Annals, Mr. Regan revises the char of Great 

 Britain, adding a number of new species. Four old species and 

 five new ones are recognized in place of the single Salvelinus 

 alpiuus, recognized by Day as found in British waters. 



In the same Annate, Mr. Regan describes the species of char, 

 six in number, found in the rivers of Ireland. He recognizes 

 the fact that these species are of relatively recent date, and 

 perhaps only partially separated from one another. 



In the same Annals, Mr. Regan discusses a classification of 

 the scombroid fishes, or mackerel-like fishes. He recognizes the 

 extremely close relation of the Carangida? with the perch-like 

 forms, or Serranida?. 



In the same Annals, Mr. Regan revises the genus Elops, 

 showing that instead of a single species. Elops saurus, there are 

 seven well-marked species. This conclusion the writer has been 



