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latus (Nilss.). The total number of Danish Fishes is 143. Vid. Med. ntrh. 
Foren. Kjobenh. (1865) 1866, pp. 218-223. 
Jhmia. G. Belke enumerates 32 species of fishes inhabiting the fresh 
waters of the district of Kadomysl, in the Gouvernement of Kief. BuU. Soc. 
Nat. Mosc. 1866, xxxix. p. 496. 
Cape de Verde Islands. Prof. Troschel has examined a collection of fishes 
from these islands, containing 42 species. Five of them are found in most of 
the tropical or subtropical seas j eight belong to northern, as many to western, 
and three to southern types, the remaining eighteen being local species pe- 
culiar to this region. The author regards seven as new, and has appended 
notes to nearly all, so that we shall have occasion of referring to them sub- 
sequently. Wiegm. Arch. 1866, pp. 190-235. 
Algeria. M. P. Gervais has written on the freshwater fishes of Algeria 
(Compt. Hend. 1866, Dec. 17, pp. 1051-1058, translated in Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist. xix. pp. 131-138), discussing points which have been settled by previous 
writers, and not adding much to our knowledge of this fauna. A collection 
received by him contained a Gohius and a Gasterosteus, two genera previously 
not known from that country. Having examined specimens in the Paris 
Museum, apparently representing the Spams desfontainii (Lac6p.), he regards 
them as a species of Glyphidodon. He opposes the view that the Chromides 
of the pools* of the Sahara are the remainder of the fauna of an ocean which 
once covered this desert. In this we entirely agree with the author, the 
Chromides being freshwater and not marine fishes. 
Madagascar. M. Guichenot has compiled a list of 86 species contained in 
the Paris Museum, and described by Cuvier, Valenciennes, and Kaup, adding 
seven others which he regards as undescribed. They are all marine species, 
with the exception of an A7nhassis, two Therapon^ and one Poecilia. Mem. 
Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xii. 1866, pp. 129-148. 
Nepal. Mr. Jerdon expresses his belief that none of the seven marine fishes 
sent by Mr. Hodgson from Nepal to the British Museum, and introduced by 
Dr. Gunther into the Catalogue of Nepalese Fishes, extend so far into fresh 
water. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xvii. p. 163. 
Cochin- Chma — Island of Paulo- Cotidor. M. J. Jouan enumerates 23 spe- 
cies of marine fish obtained from this island. Some of the more common 
species are named by M. Dumeril, the remainder being designated by the ge- 
neric name only. Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xii. 1866, pp. 113-128. 
Nova Scotia. Dr. Gilpin has continued his examination and highly interest- 
ing descriptions of the food-fishes of Nova Scotia, Proc. & Trans. Nov. Scot. 
Inst. Nat. Sc. 1866, pp. 11-17, 76-91. These articles treat of the Mackerel 
and the Salmonida3. 
Cuba. Prof. Pooy (Report. Fis.-nat. Cub. i. 1866) has continued his critical 
examination of the Cuban species described by Cuvier and Valenciennes. He 
adds many valuable descriptive details and remarks on the synonymy gene- 
rally. On the Avliole he agrees with the Recorder that those French ich- 
thyologists have unduly increased the number of species. He differs from him 
in several points, which may be easily accounted for by the difference in the 
materials examined ; for whilst Prol* Poey has, of course, unsurpassed oppor- 
tunities for examining the Cuban species proper, the Recorder has frequently 
series of examples from numerous and distant localities. 
Vancouver Island aiid British Columbia. Mr. Lord, in the work mentioned 
