PISCES. 
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Ilo’mulon hreviroatrum, sp. ii., Giinttier, 1. c. p. 418, Central America; H, |/ 
margaritiferum^ figured, ibid. pi. 65. fig”. 2. ' 
Jlfpmulon cormnmformc is described as a new species by Steindaclmer, I, c, \/ 
p. 980, taf. 1. fig. 2, from Santos. j 
Diagramma mieimi, sp. n., Peters, 1. c. p. 454, West Africa. 
Scoiopsis trilineatuSy sp. n., Kner, Sitiigsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Iviii. p. 27, 
from the Samoa Islands. J 
Dentex filosus described by Steindacliner, 1. c. p. 975. ^ 
Sgjtagns. Dr. Steindacliner (/. c.) describes Sgn. Jilamentosus (RUpp.) 
(p. 97G) and Dentex (^Iletei'oghathodonysmithii^ as a new species from the 
Cape (p. 978, taf. 3. fig. 1). v' 
Ceesio xanthurusy sp. n., Bleeker, Versl. & Meded. Ak. Wet. Amsterd. 
i868, iii. p. 78, from Nossib^. 
Emmelichthys. Inermia (Poey) is synonymous with it, Poey, 1. c. pp. 
161,320. 
Sparopsts latifrons, g. & sp. n., Kner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1868, 
lviii,,p. 27.— Prfeorbital deep, entire; rilliform teeth in both jaws, with an 
outer scries of stronger teeth, and eight canine teeth in the middle ; prro- 
operculum scarcely denticulated. Cheeks scaly. Scales ctenoid. D. 10 J 11, 
A. |. ii. lat. 49-50. L. transv. 
lS-17' 
Feejed Islands. 
Squamipinnes. 
ChcBtodon, Prof. Poey gives a synopsis of all the Cuban specie^ Repert. 
Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. pp. 352-354. He describes as new Sarothrodmatceniatus 
and S. amplecticollh^. 353. 
7 Chcetodon humeralis figured bv Gunther, Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. pi. 66. 
fig. 3. 
Chmtodon sanctee helence, sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1868, p. 227, St 
Helena . — Chcetodon peleioensis, sp. n., Kner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ivi 
p. 27. 
IlolacantJms ocularis, sp. n., Peters, Monatsber, Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1868 
p. 147, South Sea . — IlolacantJms pcecilus, sp. n., Peters, l.c. p. 454, Zanzibar 
[appears to he identical with H. ignatius, Playfair]. 
PomacantJms. Chcetodon liitoricola described as a new species by Poey,' 
1. c. p. 361 [is evidently another variety of P. paru~\. 
V . Scimettea [see Zool. Record, iii. p. 141]. Dr. Steindacliner states that this 
genus is distinguished from Scorpis by ^'homacanthoiis’’ spines and cycloid 
scales. Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. AVien, 1868, Ivii. p. 993. ... • 
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MuLLIDiE. 
Up&neus {Midloides) Jlavovittaius (Poey)= U. balteatus (Cuv.), Poey, Re- 
pert. Fis.-nat. de Cuba, ii. p. 160. 
TJpeneus maculatus. Notes by Poey, 1. c.^The same author proposes the y 
generic name Midlhypcneus for this species, 1. c. p. 307, and gives a synopsis 
of all the Cuban species of this family. 
TJpeneus tetraspUus figured by Gunther, Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. p. 420, pi. 66. 
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• TJpeneus hifasciatus. Dr. Bleeker proves, from specimens received from the 
island of Reunion, that the Mullus hifasciatus (Lac.) is distinct from Mi 
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