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forced to a position on the right side. Such specimens are also 
more frequently found at certain localities than at others. 
As many zoologists take great interest in this subject^ we 
hope that Hr. Malm^s paper will soon be translated aud acces- 
sible in its complete form. 
Dr. V. Klein has also given a description of the skull of the 
common European types of Pleuronectidce. He examines cri- 
tically the views held by Steenstrup, Van Beneden, and Schibdte> 
and thinks that the upper eye never changes its relative position 
to the surrounding parts, and that a rotation of the fore part of 
the skull takes place. Wiirtt. ntrw. Jahresh. 1868, pp. 271-^ 
308. 
Prof. PoEY gives a synopsis of the Cuban species of Pleuronec- 
tid( 2 , B^epert. Eis.-nat. Cuba, ii. pp. 406-410. . i ^ 
Mhomhus mmoticm is regarded as identical with Uli. maximus by Dr. 
Steindachiier, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1808, Ivii. p. 714. 
V Citharichthys spilopterus figured by Giinther, Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. p. 471, 
pi. 80. fig. 2. 
'^Hemirhomhus ovalis figured by Gunther, 1. c. pi. 80. fig. 1, ^ • 
Vjic«2eV/jom&?/s/i<5cw5, sp. n., Poey, ?. c. p. 400, Cuba. ' 
>/ Pseudorhomhus vorax {G thv. ) — Hippoglossus brasiliensis (Ranz.), Gunther, (/ 
?.c. p. 473. 
Phomhoidichthys podas is the female, Ph. mmicus the male of the same 
species, according to Steindachner, 1. c, p. 717.j 
N Phomhoidichthys spinosus, sp. n., Poey, /. c. p. 409, Cuba, v 
^ Pleuronectes Jlcsiis, luiciis, and italitus are considered to bo the same species^ 
by Steindachner, 1. c. p. 719. 
n/ Pleuronectes gilli, sp. n., Steindachner, l,c. p. 1004, Glacial Ocean. 
Solea. Dr. Steindachner has published notes on the species collected by 
.him on the coasts of the Pyrenean peninsula {I, c. pp. 720-727); he regards, 
» S. azevia (Capello) as not specifically distinct from S. vulgaris (p. 720, tab. 6), 
V but describes as a new species Solea capellonis (p. 722, tab. 4). • . . 
^ - Apionichthys ottonis, sp. n., Steindachner, /. c. p. 1005, Sicily. 
PHYSOSTOML ^ { 
SlLURID^. 
Clartas. The fish named Cl. mossambicus by Peters is described in detail 
by him in Mossamb. riussfische, p. 32, and figured on tafs. 0 & 7. figs. 2, 3. • 
Ho shows that the number of dorsal rays and the form of the vomerine band 
of tooth is subject to variation. 
• Jleterobranchus laticeps described and figured by Peters. Mossamb. Fluss- 
fische, p. 37, taf. 7. fig. 1. 
■ Silurus glanis. Hr. Bruhin directs attention to a statement of Hartmann, 
that in the year 1498 three examples were caught in the Lake of Constaiice. 
Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1868, p. 258. — Dr. Vouga believes that this fish 
is electric. Act. Soc. Ilelvet, Sc. Nat. Neuchatel, 1866, p. 98. . . 
