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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
ANACANTHINI. 
Gadopsis. Dr. Steindachner prefers to place tliis genus in the family of 
Blennidce. Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1866, liii. p. 456. 
Lotdla callarias (Qtlir.) has been described by Dr* Steindachner as L. 
schueltei, 1. c. p. 466, taf. 8. fig. 1 * 
Lota. The system of muciferous canals has been examined by Ilyrtl. 
Anzeiger der Ak. d. Wiss. Wien, 1866, May, p. 119 (translated in Ann. & 
Mag. Nat. Hist, xviii. p. 264). 
'^Lota vulgaris. Dr. Steindachner has discovered certain differences of form 
in examples from the Lakes of Geneva and Lucerne. Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. 
Wien, 1866, p. 387. ' . , . . 
< Couchia edioardii is described by Mr. Couch as a new British fish in Joum. 
Linn. Soc. ix. 1866, pp. 88-41. 
Ni Chiasmodus. A fine example of this fish from the West Indies is described 
and figured by Dr. Carte, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, pp. 36-39, pi. 2. It had in 
its stomach another fish exceeding the size of the swallower* 
PHYSOSTOMI* 
SiLURlDAE. 
Clarias. On the peculiarity of respiration in Cl. teysmanni see Mr. Boake’s 
observation mentioned above, p. 148. 
Clarias. Dr. Steindachner describes two now species from Angola speci- 
mens, 6 inches long : C, dumerilii, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, 1866, p. 766, 
taf. 14. fig. 5 ; and C. angolensis, p. 766, taf. 13. fig. 4. 
Cryptoptei'us hleeheri (Bocourt) is described and figured by Bocourt, Nouv. 
Arch. Mus. d’llist. nat. 1866, ii. Bull. p. 17, pi. 1. fig. 3. 
4 Pangasius larnaudii, sp. n., Bocourt, 1. c. p. 16, pi. 1. fig. 2, from Siam. 
Clarotes. Prof. Troschel publishes a notice from a letter of Prof. Kner 
regarding the statements of the Recorder that Clarotes heuglini is nothing 
but a deformed specimen oiPimelodus laticeps.'^ This is denied by Prof. Kner. 
Wiegm. Arch. 1865, xxxi. 2, p. 101. [The identity of these fishes is cer- 
tainly not apparent, if, like Prof. ICner, we have only BuppeU’s figure and a 
deformed old example for comparison; but the circumstance of possessing 
materials so insufficient should have made Prof. Kner more cautious in con- 
tradicting a statement which the Recorder has arrived at after examining a 
complete series of examples in the British Museum.] 
[Macrones] Heterohagrus hocourti (see Zool. Rec. i. p. 167) is described 
and figured in Nouv. Arch. Mus. d’llist. Nat. 1866, ii. Bull. p. 19, pi. 1. fig. 1. 
'^Pimelodus managuensisy sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1866, p. 603, from 
Lake Managua. 
'1 Arius hoakei is a new species from Ceylon described by Prof. Turner in 
Journ. Anat. & Physiol, i. pp. 78-82. Like certain South American species, 
it takes care of its progeny. Mr. Turner adds anatomical details. — The Rev. 
Principal Boake, Avho first observed this peculiarity in Ceylon species, has 
published his description in Journ. of the Ceylon Branch R. As. Soc. 1866, 
pp. 138-142. 
Arius layardi, sp. n., Giinther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, xviii. pp. 473, 474, 
pi. 1 5, from Ceylon. — This fish also takes care of its progeny, like the preceding- 
species. 
