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rest of it primrose-yellow ; caudal paler yellow, with an oblique white 
band; the soft dorsal has a narrow yellow border. A, (?) rubrocinctus, 
id. ib.; black; under jaw, throat, breast, half the tail, and all the fins, 
Vermillion red ; the bars are white. Pagrus quadrituherculatus, Ranz. 
1. c. V. p. 348 ; has four bony protuberances on the head, two on the 
point of the snout, two before the eyes : Brazils. Chcetodon seocfas- 
ciatus, Richardson, Ann. x. p. 26 ; has six vertical bands ; D. 10-20 ; 
A. 3-17 ; P. 17. Chelmon marginalis, Richards., Ann. x. p. 29 ; wants 
the two vertical bands which C. rostratus possesses ; the dorsal fin is 
rounded, the anal pointed ; D. 9-29 ; A. 3-18 ; P. 15. 
McClelland, 1. c. p. 583, describes two new species of the genus Ophi- 
cephalus : 0. Indicus, two scales between the eyes, and one on front of 
snout ; head half as long as the body without caudal fin and head ; about 
thirty-six scales along the lateral line ; D. 26 ; P. 17 ; V. 6 ; A. 17 : 
Loodianah. 0. montanus, three scales in a row between the eyes ; 
three scales placed in a triangle in front of snout ; about forty-three 
along the lateral line ; pectoral fins with fine transverse bars ; D. 32 ; 
P. 14 ; V. 6 ; A. 17 : Himalaya. 
Acanthumis vulnerator, Ranzani, 1. c. v. p. 350 ; P. 16 ; D. 9. 28 ; 
A. 2. 26 ; brown ; fins black at tip ; Brazils. 
Eleotris hasalis, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 73 ; brown, with fine dark spots ; 
fins blackish ; pectorals with a broad yellow band ; head blackish ; tail 
round ; D. 7-10 ; V. 5 : New Zealand. 
Scarus amplus, Ranzani, 1. c. p. 324 ; head and back violet-brown ; 
beUy and fins bright red ; Brazils. 
MALACOPTERYGII. 
J. Muller has given important information on some families 
of the Soft-finned Fishes, with fixed and comprehensive cha- 
racters for distinguishing them. (Monatsbericht der Acad, 
zu Berlin, 1842, p. 206.) The reporter has very lately 
brought the results of these researches together, in an Essay 
in this year’s Archives, to which the reader is referred. 
Eq. Antonii Alessandrini : Apparatus branchiarum Hetero- 
bran chi anguillaris (Comraentarii Acad. Bonon. v. p. 149) ; 
with two lithographs. 
In a Discourse on the Swimming-bladder of Fishes (Mo- 
iiatsberichte der Acad, zu Berlin, 1842, p. 174 and 202; and 
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