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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Lates colonorum (Gthr.) has been described by Dr. Steindachner as Ihdes 
novem-aculeatus, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 18G6, liii. p. 428, taf. 2. fig. 1. 
'^Pcrcilia gracilis^ sp. n., Philippi, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 1866, p. 710, 
from Chile. 
i [ Centropi'istis] Serranus luciupercanus (Poey) is described by Steindachner, 
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 777, taf. 16. f. 1. 
Seminas. Col. Ifiayfair (Fish. Zanz.) figures S. enjthrccus (C. & V.), pi. 1. 
f. 1 ; 8. sonneratii (C. & V.), pi. 3. f. 1 j S. dispar, sp. n., pi. 1. f. 2 & 3 ; 
S. mrnmana (Forsk.), pi. 2. f. 1 ; 8 . tumilahris (C. & V.), pi. 2. f. 2 j 8 . hoe- 
venii (Blkr.), pi. 2. f. 3 ; 8. strioilatus, sp. n., pi. 3. f. 2. 
Serranus lanceolatus is not the young of 8. suillus. Playfair, 1. c. p. 4. 
Sert'anus. Dr. Steindachner (Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866) describes 
8. limulatus (Bl. Schn.), p. 775, taf. 14. fig. 1, and^^S. guativere (Bl. Schn.) 
\_z=zouatalihi\, p, 776. . 
Sen-aims tccniops and' S. goreensis are described by Troschel from specimens 
from the Cape de Verde Islands. Wiegm. Arch. 1866, pp. 195 & 196. 
Serranus undidato-striatus, sp. n., Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 
1866, p. 518, from Sydney. 
Plectropoma. On the Cuban species described by Cuv. and Val. see Poey, 
Report. Fis.-nat. Cub. i. pp. 265-266. 
Plectropoma cyanostigma (Gthr.) has been described by Dr. Steindachner 
as PL myriasler, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1866, liii. p. 426, taf. 1. fig. 3. 
Plectropoma multiyuttatum, sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 600, 
from Panama. 
Mesoprion. On the Cuban species described by Cuv. & Val. see Poey, 
1. c. pp. 260-270. 
'I Mesoprion griseus is described by Troschel from Cape de Verde specimens. 
Wiegm. Arch. 1866, p. 197. 
Pentaceros knerii, .sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, liii. 
1866, p. 208, taf. 1. figs. 1, 2, Cape Horn. 
Priaeanthus. On the Cuban species described by Cuv. k Val. see Poev, 
1. c. pp. 272-274. 
J Priaeanthus macrophthalmus is described by Troschel from Cape de Verde 
specimens, 1. c. p. 198. 
Apogon nigripes, sp. n., Playfair in Fish. Zanz. p. 19, pi. 5. fig. 1, Zanzibar. 
Amhassis productus, sp. n., Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, 1866, 
p. 130, from JNIadagascar. 
Lahracoglossa, g. n., Peters, INIonatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, p. 513. 
Body elongate-elliptical, with ctenoid scales of moderate size ; snout sliort, 
cleft of the mouth small, ascending; villiform teeth in the jaws, vomer, pala- 
tines, and on the tongue ; opercle with a spine, praeoperculum scarcely ser- 
rated ; B. 7 ; pseudobranchias ; ventral fins thoracic ; one long dorsal fin with 
11 slender spines and numerous rays; anal with 3 spines and numerous 
rays ; soft vertical fins scaly. ^L. argentciventris, sp. n., from Vokuhama. 
1). -- . A. — . L. lat. 66. — This fish is referred by the author to the 
Grystina; judging from the description, we are inclined to regard it as the 
type of a distinct group in or near the fiimily of Scomhi’idee. 
PllISTIPOMATIDAi:. 
Therapon. M. Guichenot describes two species from Madagascar as new. 
