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PISCES. 
the extremity of the snout or of the base of the caudal from the vertical from 
the first anal rays. A series of black pigment-laminae (lateral line) proceeds 
from the shoulder j on each side, from the vent to the root of the caudal, a 
series of five equidistant black laminae ; the first, second, and third of these 
laminae include three silvery dots, the fourth two, and the fifth four. D. 
9-10, A. 24 ? — Madagascar. 
Maurolicus mucronatus, sp. n., Klunzinger, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, 
p. 693, Red Sea. 
ScOPELIDiE. 
Saurus erythrcms, sp. n., Klunzinger, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, p. 690, 
Red Sea. 
Scopelm ccm'uleusj sp. n., Klunzinger, 1. c. p. 692, Red Sea. 
Stomiatid^. 
Astronesthes martensii^ sp, n., Klunzinger, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, 
p. 694, Red Sea. 
^ SALMONIDiE. 
Salmo solar. Observations made in Bohemia by A. Fritsch, in Arch. 
\ Landesdurchf. Bohm. ii. 1871, reprinted Zool. Gart. 1871, pp. 227-229. 
^ Osmerus. Prof. Cope Sisti^uishes from 0. viridescens ( = O. sergeantif 
Norris) an O. spectrum and O. ahhotti as now species from Maine. P. Am. 
Phil. Soc. 1870, p. 490. 
^ JRetropinna richardsonn figured by Hector in T. N. Z. Inst. iii. pi. 18. fig. 3. 
— Retropinna osmeroides, sp. n., Hector, 1. c. p. 134, pi, 19. fig. 1, New 
Zealand. 
Thymallus vulgaris. A detailed account of the natural history of the 
I Grayling, by J. Warnimont. Publicat. de I’lnstit. de Luxemb. xi. pp. 1-48. 
HAPLOCHITONIDiE. ' , 
/ V . 
Prototroetes oxyrhynchus (Gthr.) described by Hector as Retropinna up^ 
hororo (sp. n.), T. N. Z. Inst. iii. p. 134, pi. 18. fig. 4, & pi. 19. fig. 2 (Core- 
gonus opohororo). 
Mormyrid^. 
^ Mormyrus lepturus^ sp. n., GUnther, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 670, pi. 69. fig. B, 
Gaboon. 
CuiPEIDiE. 
Dr. Bleeker^s 24th part of the ^ Atlas Ichthyologique,^ which 
contains figures of a part of the East-Indian species, has been 
noticed above, p. 89. 
, , ^ V 
Engratdis %etet'olohus (Riipp.) and Engraulis hcelarna (Forsk.) described by 
Klunzinger, Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, 1871, pp. 696, 697 ; and the latter species 
described also by Gunther, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 671. 
Clupea. Dr. Klunzinger {1. c. pp. 698-601) has determined species collected 
by him in the Red Sea as C. liogaster^ sirm^ howaly venenosoj and quadrima- 
culuta. His account should be consulted on account of the synonymy. 
Clupea sprattus on the coast of Tasmania. GUnther, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 672. 
