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lucida, but less so than in adult C, biaurita. Both species may 
be easily distinguished by the number of dorsal and anal rays. 
Thus the zoological characters given in the ^ Catal. of Fish.^ of 
C. lucida are those of a young C. hiavritay whilst all the remarks 
on the anatomy were made from a true C. lucida. From the list 
of examples specimen a. ought to be erased. This mistake was 
first discovered by Bleeker, who thought this a sufficient reason 
for rejecting a good name {Collichthys) and substituting for it a 
bad one (Hemisciama) . In this he' was not justified, inasmuch 
as the genus Collichthys was and is intended for C. luciday in- 
cluding C. biaui'ita — two congeners, specimens of which were 
confounded in the specific account of one of the species. Be- 
sides, Blyth, not having seen that volume of the ^ Catalogue of 
Fishes ^ (1860), had proposed the name Scicenoides ior the same 
genus in 1861, two years before Bleeker. Dr. Steindachner has 
received also a specimen which he determined (evidently misled 
by the BecordeFs account) as Collichthys luciday Verh. zool.- 
bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 475. This appears to be also C. biaurita. 
tiis statement that the pseudo-branchiie are present in this genus 
is quite correct. 
Ancylodon altipmnisy sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ah. Wiss. Wien, liii. 
180G, p. 209, from the western coast of South America. — D. 10 | — . A. ^ 
Otoliilius sqiiamipinnisy sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1860, p. 601, from 
Panama. 
Pseudotolithns bleekeri, sp. n,, Steindachner, Verh. zool. -hot. Ges. Wien, ' 
1866, p. 773, taf. 14. fig. 4, from IIong-Kong. 
X1PHIID4E. 
Ilistioph'orus Irevirostrisy sp. n., PhqPair in Fish. Zanz. pp. 53 & 145. 
Acronuridte. 
^ Acanthurus phlebotomu8. Prof. Troschel thinhs that this'is distinct from 
^ A. chirurgus, Wiegm. Arch. 1866, p, 227. 
Acanthurus xanthurus (Blyth) is figured in Fish. Zanz. pi. 8. f. 4. 
• CAllANGIDiE. 
Caranx. On the Cuban species described by Cuv. & Val. see Poey, 1. c. 
pp. 326-329. 
Caranx punciaius. Notes by Prof. Troschel in Wiegm. Arch. 1866, p. 224. 
^ Caranx caninus,' n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. GOl, from 
Panama. — Caranx vomerinus, sp. n., Playfair in Fish. Zanz. p. 59, pi. 10. f. 1. 
Trachynotus. On the Cuban species described by Cuv. Sc. Val. see Poey, 
1. c. p. 325. 
Psettus orhicidaris, sp. n., Guichenot, Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, 1806, 
p. 136, from Madagascar. 
A Zanclns canescens (Artedi) has been raised to the rank of a distinct genus 
under the name of Gnatliocenirum centrognathum by M. Guichenot, Ann. Soc. 
Linn. Maine-et-Loire, ix. Ichthyol. p. 4. 
