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Albert GCntiier, M.A.^ MD., Pii.D., F.E.S. 
A. IVorks in progress, 
GuntheRj a. Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum. 
London_, 8vo^ vol. vi. 1866^ pp. 368. 
The scope and object of this work has been described in the 
Record for 1864, vol. i. p. 133. The present tolume contains 
the families Sahnonidoi, Percopsida, Galaxidee, Mormyrida, 
Gymnarchidee, Esocidee, Umbridee, Scombresocidoi, and Cypri- 
nodontidee. The number of species treated of amounts to 548, 
whilst Cuvier and Valenciennes described 270 species in the 
corresponding parts of the ^ Histome Nat. des Poissons.^ The 
author states that during the progress of his detailed exami- 
nation of the Bcombresoces so many points of affinity with the 
Cyprinodontes became apparent, that he was reluctantly obliged 
to deviate from Miiller^s ordinal division and to give up his ori- 
ginal intention of distinguishing the Scombresoces as a distinct 
order, viz. Malacopterygii pharyngognathiP 
Owen, E. Anatomy of Vertebrates. London, 1866, 8vo. 
This work has been noticed above, p. 1. 
B. Separate Publications. 
The Fishes of Zanzibar. Acanthopterygii by R. L. Playfair ; 
Pharyngognathi, etc. by A. C. L. G. Gunther. London, 
1866, 4to, pp. 153, with 21 plates. 
This work comprises the fish-fauna of Eastern Africa, from 
the Red Sea to Mozambique. It is chiefly based on a collection 
made by Col. Playfair at Zanzibar and other places, and con- 
taining about 500 species. No descriptions are given of the 
more common and well-known species ; but the principal syno- 
nyms are added to all. The specimens of the collection were 
compared and determined in accordance with those in the Bri- 
tish Museum, where they are now deposited. A systematie 
index of all the East African fishes known is given at the com- 
mencement of the work. The authors have thought it advisable 
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