H4 
PISCES. 
^ Parascorpis, g. n., differing from Scorpis in large cleft of mouth, very 
narrow and deeply notched interbranchial membrane,^ 12-spined dorsal, 
with soft part shorter than anterior portion, not more thanjl4 or 15 
rays in either dorsal or analf scales considerably larger. Type, P. typus^ 
sp. n., Bleeker, Arch. N4erl. x. pp: 380-382, pi. vii.. Cape of Good Hope. 
Toxotes. Bleeker re^gnizes four recent species; — microlepis^ 
Blyth & Giinth. ; (2), T. chatar^us^ Blkr., = Coins chatareus, Ham., 
Buch., = T. Jaculator, C. V. ; (3), T. jaculator, Cuv., nec 0. V. ; (4), T. 
oligolepis, sp. n., from the Moluccas : Versl. Ak. Amst. (2) ix. pp. 155-167. 
Toxotes squamosus, sp. n., Hutton, Ann. N. H. (4) xvi. p. 313, New 
Zealand. ■ * 
Mullid^. 
Bleel^er revises and redescribes the Indo-pelagic species of this family, 
SidLdLUigParupeneus xanthospilurus, sp. n., p. 37, from Amboy na ; Verb. 
Ak. Amst. XV. 39 pp. 
Sparid.®. 
j J 
' Crenidens macr acanthus, Gthr., := C. indicus, Day, Report Ind. Fish. 
1873, p. 186 ; Day, Fishes of Indij, p. 132, pi. xxxii. fig. 4. 
^ Lethrinus longirostris, Playf ., = L. rostratus, C. V. ; id. ibid. p. 134. 
The following are figured by Bleeker, Atl^s Ichth. livr. 28:-r- 
0 Lethrinus harah, Riipp.^ pi. xlix. fig. 3, variegatus, Eljr., 0. V., pi. 1. 
fig. 3, and pi. lii. fig. 2, reticulatus, 0. V., pj. lii. fig. 1, hypselopterus, 
Blkr.^g. hcematopterus, Schl., pi. liii. fig. % opercularis, 0. V., pi. lvii.‘ 
fig. 5, nematacanthus, Blkr., pi. lix. fig. 3. 
Sparus hasta, Bl., Schn. (Chrysophrys calamara, C. V.), pi. Ixvii. fig. 3. 
^ Sargus tridens, sp. n., Poey, An. Soc. Esp. iv. p. 131, Cuba. 
Pimelepterus boschii, Lac. ; Poey, 1. c. p. 139, finds the vertebrae to 
be 10-j“16, not 9-4-16. 
OiEEniTlDiE. 
Bleeker revises and redescribes the Indo-archipelagic species, separat- 
ing under the new generic name Paracirrhites, Cirrhites forsteri, Bl., 
arcatus, C. Y., amblycephalus, Blkr.; and giving a diagnosis of Cirrhi- 
tichthys polyactis, sp. n., Amboyna, p. 16. Verb. Ak. Amst. xv. 19 pp. 
Cirrhites marmoratus, Blkr., figured by Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., livr. 29, 
pi. Ixvi. fig. 5. 
RcOEPiENIDiE. 
Scorpcena fernandeziana, Steindachner, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixxi. p. 451, 
fig. 1, Juan Fernandez; S. ballieni, Sauvage, R. Z. (3) iii. p. 278, Sand- 
wich Islands ; S. harathri, Hector, Ann. N. H. (4) xv. p. 80 (figured, 
Tr. N. Z. Ipst. vii. pi. x. fig. 15), Cape Farewell : spp. nn. 
✓ Sebastes mouchezi, Sauvage, CR. Ixxxi. p. 988, Island of St. Paul ; 
S. stoliczkai, Day, op. cit. p. 148, pi. xxxvi. fig. 1, Nicobars : spp. nn. 
(Tetraroge) Cocotropus roseuSy sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 160, pi. xxxviii. fig. 8, 
Coromandel. 
