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lent researches of the Rev. R. T. Lowe in Madeira. 

 There is no catalogue of Portuguese or Oceanic 

 Spanish fishes published, so far as I am aware. 

 In 1837, Mr. Lowe communicated his Synopsis 

 of the Fishes of Madeira to the Zoological Society 

 of London. Of spiny-rayed osseous fishes he had 

 observed 73 species in this locality. Of these 25 

 were peculiar to Madeira ; of the remainder 26 

 were common to Madeira and the Mediterranean, 8 

 to Madeira, the Mediterranean, and the British seas, 

 and 4 to Madeira and the British seas only. The 

 species peculiar to Madeira were mostly sea-perches, 

 scisenidse, mackarels, and wrasses. Of soft-rayed 

 osseous fishes, 20 Madeiran species were observed. 

 Of these 7 were peculiar to Madeira, 8 common to 

 Madeira and the Mediterranean, and 5 extending 

 their range to Britain. Of the pipe-fishes, 2, one 

 being peculiar, one Madeiran. Of Gymnodonts, the 

 Diodon reticulatus and the Tetrodon marmoratus 

 occur. Of file-fishes, one is found, a Mediterranean 

 form. One member of the sturgeon tribe is present. 

 Out of 12 sharks and 5 rays, 8 are common to the 

 Celtic and Mediterranean provinces, and 6 range 

 only to the Mediterranean in Europe. The total 

 number of sea-fishes enumerated is 116 ; but this 

 list has, we believe, through Mr. Lowe's subse- 

 quent indefatigable researches, been considerably 

 increased. 



The general aspect of the Lusitanian ichthyology 

 may, perhaps, be fairly judged of from these data. 



