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identical with Muiidia gracilis from Lorn; island. Blennius 

 fabbri Nichols, lately described as new from Florida, is the 

 young of Chasmodes bosquianus. In this paper the curious fish 

 called Stathmonotus teckla Nichols is figured. 



In Science, December 3, 1905, p. 815, the Smooth Hound, 

 Mustelus mustelus, is recorded from New Jersey. This Euro- 

 pean species has not been previously known from our coast. 



In the Ann. of Mag. Nat. Hist., Vol. VIII, 1911, Mr. C. Tate 

 Regan publishes a detailed classification of the Siluroidea or cat 



In the same annals, Vol. IX, 1912, Mr. Regan gives a classifi- 

 cation of the Pediculale fishes. 



In the same annals Mr. Regan describes the structure of the 

 Symbranchoid eels. 



In the same annals, Vol. XI, 1912, Mr. Regan gives a study of 

 the Opisthomi. 



In the same annals, Vol. VIII, 1911, Mr. Regan gives an 

 analysis and classification of the Gobioid fishes. 



In the same annals, Vol. VIII, 1911, Mr. Regan gives a classi- 

 fication of the Cyprinoid fishes and their allies. 



In the Sitz. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1911, Dr. Franz Steindachner 

 describes a number of new fishes from South America. 



In the Proc, Biol. Soc. Wash. Dr. R. W. Shufeldt gives a 

 valuable and interesting account of the rare pelagic fish Ptery- 

 combus brama. The singular Caristius lately described from 

 Japan by Dr. Smith, is an ally of Pterycombus, and belongs to 

 the same family. 



In the Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at 

 Harvard Samuel Garman gives a classification of the Chis- 

 mopnea or Chimaroid fishes. He describes jChimcera gilberti 

 l>'<>m Hawaii, with valuable notes on all the known species. 



In the Mus. Nat. Hist, of Paris Dr. Pellegrin describes nu- 

 merous fishes from Ecuador, South America. 



In the Ann. Cam. Mus., Vol. VII, 1911, John D. Haseman 

 gives an elaborate catalogue of the Cichlid fishes collected by 

 the Carnegie Expedition to South America. 



In the same annals Mr. Haseman describes and figures numer- 

 ous new species from South America, 



In the same annals, Vol. VII, 1911, Mr. Haseman describes 

 new species from the Rio Iguassu, an isolated tributary of the 

 Rio Trabernath, with its peculiar fauna. 



In the Sitz. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1911, Dr. Steindachner dis- 



