ACANTIIOPTERYOII. 
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Anal papilla prominent. Branchial openings vertical, rather wide. , Bran- 
chiostegals 4. Isthmus very wide. Pseudobranchio) present. D. stcllatus, 
sp. n. (d. 4J, a. 5), Sauvagc, 11. Z. (3) ii. p. 33G, Biver Don. 
Cepolid^. 
Acanthocepola^ g. n., for Cepola Jcrusensterniy Schl. ; Bleeker, Versl. 
Ak. Amst. (2) viii. p. 369. 
Heterolepidina. 
I- y 
Ocfogi'animus, g. n., for Labrax octogrammus^ Schl. (re-named 
id. tom. cit. p. 370. 
BLENNIIDiE. 
^ Lepidohlemiius.^ g. n. Body oblong, covered with very small cycloid 
scales. No lateral line. Muzzle short, cleft of mouth oblique, lower jaw 
a little the longer. No molars or palatine teeth ; one row of strong 
non-movable teeth; one pair of hooked teeth rather larger than the 
others, placed in advance at the mandibular symphysis. Branchial 
opening very narrow, vertical ; isthmus wide ; pseudobranchiaa present ; 
3 branchiostegal rays. A few pores on cheek. Ventrals jugular, not 
united, composed of 5 soft rays. Two dorsals with flexible rays, not 
branched, occupying the whole length of the back, contiguous at the 
base. Anal developed like second dorsal. Caudal free, cut square. No 
anal papilla.' L. caledonicus, sp. n. (d. a. ae), Sauvage, R. Z. (3) ii. 
pp. 337 & 338, New Caledonia. ^ 
I Gimnellops, g. n., for Gunnellus roscus, Val.; Bleeker, tom. cit. p. 368. 
Alticus ■monochrous, Blkr., and '^afipilus, Bleeker, ro-doscribed and 
figured ; Bleeker & Pollen, 1. c. pp. 60 & 63, pi, xvi. figs. 1 & 2. ^ 
Nemopliisl Kp. {Xipiiogadus, Gthr.), ought to be Xiphasia^ Sw. 
Remarks on the history and nomenclature of ih.Q^'NemophidcBj with 
description and figure of X. 'setifer. Putnam, P. Bost. Soc. xvi. 
pp. 366-373. 
Mastacembelida:. 
Pararhynchohdella., g. n., for Rhynchohdella maculata, Rwdt. ; Bleeker, 
Vers. Ak. Amst. (2) viii. p. 368. 
SPHYR4i:NIDiE. 
Sphyrama pinguis^ sp. n., Giinther, Ann. N. H. (4) xiii. p. 157, Chefoo. 
Mugilidze. 
Mugil cephalotiis, C. V., re-described, and figured, and distinguished 
from M.^japonicus., Schl. ; Bleeker & Pollen, Faune Madag. pt. 4, p. 45, 
pi. ii. fig. 1. 
Agonostomd glohiceps^^p. n., Gunther, op. cit. xiv. p. 370, Vera Cruz. 
