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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
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Herring, Tidsskr. for Fiskeri Kjobnli. i. p. 164, or Wiegm. Arch. 1868, p. 72. 
He says that the so-called migrations ” of the herring have two causes : in 
the spring the fishes approach the coasts to spawn j they do not feed then. 
In the summer and autumn they wander in search of food. 
Clupea alosa and Jinta are not specifically distinct, according to Steindaclmer, 
Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1868, Ivii. p. 737. 
Fellona hleekeriana, sp. n., Poey, 1. c. p. 242, Cuba. 
Chanos sahnoneus, A specimen from Mossambique is figured by Peters, 
Moss. Flussfische, taf. 20. fig, 1, as Ch. mossmnbicus. 
ALEPOCEPHALIDiE. 
This family has been established by Dr. Gunther, Fish. vii. 
p. 477, for Alepocephalus (Risso) . 
NoTOPTERIDiE. 
Dr. G UNTHER (Fish. vii. p. 479) divides Notopterus into two subgenera : — 
a. Notoptei'us with the three species known and N. afer, sp. n., from West 
Africa (p. 480), and b. Xenomystm with N. nigrij sp. n., from the River 
Niger (p. 481). 
Halosauridas. 
This family has been established by Dr. Gunther, Fish. vii. 
p. 482, for Halosaurus (Johnson). 
Gymnotid^. 
Dr. Steindachneb has described the species in the Vienna collection, 
Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1868, Iviii. pp. 249-264, viz. : — four Sternarchus, 
St. nattereri (p. 251, taf. 2. fig. 1), St. schotti (p. 252, taf. 1. figs. 1 & 2), and 
St. mormyrus (p. 263, taf. 1. fig. 3) being new ; three Rhamphichthys, Mh. bre^ 
virostris (p. 264, taf. 2. fig. 2) being described as now j four Stemopyyus, one 
Carapus, and one Gymnotus. 
MURiENiDiE. 
Prof. Peters controverts the views of Carus & Gill, that cer*; 
tain forms of Leptocephalus are young Cepola or Conger. Mo- 
natsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, pp. 130, 131. 
Prof. PoEY has published a monograph of the Eels of Cuba, 
Repert. Fis.-nat. Cuba, ii. pp. 245-268 (see also pp. 424-4-28) ; 
it is illustrated by two plates with outline figures of the heads of 
some of the species. He has adopted Bleeker^s systematic ar- 
rangement, and distinguishes 27 species. Having lately ex- 
amined a good number of West -Indian species, which were 
carefully compared with Prof. Poey^s descriptions, the Recorder 
may be allowed to add, in brackets, the determinations given by 
him : — 
1. Anguilla cabana (Kaup) [=A. bostoniensis]. 
J 2. Conger eaculentus (Poey) [most probably = C. vulgaris], 
V 3. Ophisoma analis (Poey) [perhaps a distinct species]. 
