PHYSOSTOMI. 
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Cyprinodontid.®. 
Cyprinodon dispar described by Klunzinger, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, 
p. 687. 
/ Cyprinodon iberus distinct from C. calaritanus^ described by Playfair & 
Letourneux, A. & M. N. II. 1871, viii. p. 390. 
Tcllia apoda described by Playfair & Letourneux, 1. c. 
Lyoocyprinm {Vix9,.') — Epiplatys (Gill); ^piplatys sexfasciatus (Gill) not 
= I/ycocyprinus sexfasciatus (Ptrs.), which = Ilaplochilus infrafasciatusiQiihx.)^ 
according to Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. 1870, p. 457. 
V Ilaplochilus melanops is described as a new species by Cope, 1. c.. North 
Carolina. 
Fundtdus nisorius is described as a new species by Cope, 1. c., p. 456, 
Gaboon. 
SCOMBRESOCID^. 
f Dr. Klunzinger proposes to place these fishes as a suborder 
of Physostomij under the name of Physostomi pharyngognatlii. 
Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 576. 
Dr. Bleeker^s 24th part of the ^ Atlas Ichthyologique,^ which 
contains the text of the description of the East-Indian species 
of ScombresocidcB, has been noticed above, p. 89. 
Belone. Dr. Klunzinger (1. c.) describes the following from the Red Sea : 
— B. platura (Rupp.) ?=B, carinata (C. & V.), p. 577 ; B. cTioram, p. 578 ; 
B. koseirensis, sp. n., p. 679 ; B. robustus, ibid. ; B. appendiculatus, sjh n., 
p. 680 ; and B. mclanostigma (C. & V.)=R. schismatorkynchus (Blkr.), p. 681. 
Belone punctulataf sp. n., Gunther, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 670, Manado. 
d Belone diplotmiia^ sp. n.. Cope, Tr. Am. Phil. Soc. xiv. p. 481, St. Martin’s. 
Hemirhamphus. Dr. Klunzinger (1. c. pp. 682-685) has determined the 
species collected by him in the Red Sea as H. far, marginatus, dussumieri, 
and gamberur, and directs attention to various discrepancies between his 
descriptions and those of some of his predecessors. — Note on Hemirhamphus 
dispar from Mossambique by Peters, MB. Ak. Berl. 1871, p. 32. — Hemirham- 
pJms gamberur described by Gunther, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 671. 
Hemirhamphus acutus, sp. n., Giinther, 1. c. p. 671, Cook’s Islands. 
Exococtus bahicnsis, from the Red Sea, Klunzinger, 1. c. p. 685. The same 
author describes as a new species Exocoetus gryllus [but this is identical with 
E. atrodoi'salis, Gthr.]. 
WExocodus scylla, sp. n.. Cope, Tr. Am. Phil. Soc. xiv. p. 481, Gulf of 
Mexico. 
Sternoptychid.®. 
Argyropelccus elongatus, sp. n., Esmark, Forh. Selsk. Christian. 1871, p. 489. 
The length of the body (without caudal) is more than twice its depth, 
and thrice the length of the head. Angle of the prseoperculum with a spine 
bent forwards. Tail with 3 spines above and 1 below. D. 2/9, A. 16 ? — 
Chinese Sea. 
Maurolicus tripunctulatus, sp. n., Esmark, Fork. Selsk. Christian. 1871, 
p. 489. The height of the body equals the length of the head, and is 3| in 
the total (without caudal). The base of the dorsal equal to the distance of 
