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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
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Trachinidai:. 
Percis xanthozona (Blkr.) is figured in Fish. Zanz. pi. 8. fig. 3. 
Latihis chrysops (C. & V.) is described by Poey, Eepert. fis.-nat. i. p. 311. 
Opisthognathus megastoma (Gthr.) = O. macrognathus (Poey). Poey, 
Eep. fis.-nat. Oub. i. p. 334. 
Opisthognathus macrolepis^ 
1806, p. 620, from Bangkok. 
sp. n.^ Peters, Monatsber. Ak, Wiss, Berlin, 
B ATRAC II IDiE. 
Patrachus marmoratus is described as a new species by Pr. Steindachner, 
Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 482, taf. 6. fig. 3. — Hab. — ? 
Patrachus uranoscopusy sp. n., Guichenot, M^m. Soc, Sc. nfit. Cherbourg, 
1806, p. 140, Madagascar. [This fish, if correctly described, is evidently not 
a Patrachus^ 
Pediculati, 
Antcnnarhis pinniceps. Dr. Steindachner describes a variety from Port 
Jackson, Sitzgsber, Ak, Wiss. Wien, 1866, liii, p, 467, 
^ Mdlthe. Dr. Liitken, from an examination of specimens in the Copenhagen 
Museum, has arrived at a conclusion differing from that of the Recorder, viz. 
that M. notata (C. & V.) = M. trumata (C, & .V.) is a distinct species, and 
that probably M. longirostris (C. & V.) is also distinct from ilf, vespertilior 
Vid. Medd, ntrh. Foren, Kjobenh, (1865) 1866, pp, 208-213, 
Cottidas. 
Platycephalus angustus, sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsber, Ak. Wiss. Wien, 
liii. 1866, p. 213, taf, 1. fig. 4, from Surinam [? ?]. 
Trigla polyommatus (Richards.) has been raised to the rank of a distinct 
genus, Iloplonotusy by M. Guichenot, Ann. Soc, Dinn, Maine-et-Doire, ix, 
Ichtliyolog. - 
Agomis prohoscidalis (Valenc. in Compt. Rend, xlvii. 1868, p. 1040) is the 
type of a distinct genus, AgonomaluSy according to M. Guichenot, M^m. Soc. 
Sp, nat. Cherbourg, 1866, pp, 262-256 j it is figured oh pi, 0, 
GoBIIDiE, 
Gohius. On the Cuban species described by Cuv, & Val, see Poey, Rep, 
fis.-^nat. Cul^. i. pp. 334-336. 
4 Gohius punctatissimus (Canestr., see Zool. Rec. i. p. 167) is figured by 
Canestrini, in Arch. p. la Zool. iv. 1866, tav, 6, figs, 1-6, 
Gohius ohscurus (Ptrs.) fig. by Steindachner in Verb, gool.-bot, Ges. Wiph| 
1866, taf. 18. fig. 6. 
Gohius canina, var. africanay Playfair, in Fish. Zanz, pi. ,9, fig, 1, The 
same described from a small example as a distinct species, Gohius petersiiy 
by Steindachner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 781, taf. 18. fig, 7, 
Gohius skoardiiy sp. n., Playfair, 1. c, p. 71,^ Gohius hrefftii, n., Stein- 
dachner, Sitzgsber. Ak.. Wiss. Wien, 1666, liii, p. 461, from Port Jackson, 
Gohiosoma fasciatuniy sp. n., Playfair, c, p. 72, Zanzibar, 
Gohiodon reticulatusy sp. n., Playfair, I, c. p. 72, pi. 9. f. 2, Zanzibar. 
Eleotris. Dr. Steindachner describes (I, c.) as new from New South Wales 
E. striata, p. 452, E, gymnocephalus, p. 463, taf, 2. fig. 3, and E, richardsoniif 
p. 465. The types of these species being from the same source as the species 
