PISCES. 155 
3. Hemirhamphus ((Juv.), with 69 specieS; the following of which are 
new : — H. regularis (p. 261), from Australia ; H. sinensis (^^66) ,[^R. cala-^ 
haricus (p. 266), see a subsequent note] ; JtTaffinis and H. laticeps (p. 267), 
from the South Sea rohustus (p. 270), from Van Diemen’s Land j H. 
brevirostris (p. 274) = IT. disjiar (Kner, not 0. & Y.y. 
4. Arrliamphus (g. n.) sclerolepis (sp. n.), p. 277, from New Zealand* 
^ 6. Exoccetus (Artedi), with 68 species, the following of which are new : — 
E. rostratus (p. 280), from the Sandwich Islands ^E. obtusirostris fp. 283), 
from tropical and sulatropical seas f^E. spilurus (p* 286), hab* — ? yE. qffinis 
(p. 288), from the Atlantic E, robudus (p. 289), from Australia j arcti-» 
ceps (^. 289), from China callopterus (p. 292), from Panama; and^fe. 
brachycephdlus (p* 297), from China. 
BelonCk Dr^ Bleeker has revised the species of this genus 
(for which he uses now the name of Mastacembelus, because 
Klein happened to place a Belone as first species of the division 
so named by him) and given descriptions of them. Nederl, 
Tydschr. Dierk. iii. 1866, pp. 214-236. The paper includes 
only the species from the East-Indian Archipelago ; none of them 
are new. Through the kindness of the author, the Kecorder was 
enabled to make use of this paper for the sixth volume of his 
^ Catalogue of Fishes.^ 
Belone. Prof. Troscbel (Wiegm. Afcli. 1866) has received from the Cape 
de Verde Islands two species, which he determines as B, himis (p* 233) and 
^B, trachura (p. 234). [The lattei: is more probably B. lovii, Gthr.] 
Scombresox brevirostris, sp. n,, Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berlin, 1866, 
p. 621, from California. 
Ileniirhamplms. Hemirhamphus vittatus (Blkr.) === Esox brasiliensis (L.), 
not = H. vittatus (Y cl.). Hemirhamphus guineensis (Blki*.) = H, vittdtus 
(Val.). ^HemirhdinphuS schhgelii (Blkr., 1862) == //. cdlabaricus (Gthr., 1866). 
Giintlier, Ann. & Maf. Nat; Hi^t. xvlii. p. 427.— On a species from the Cape 
de Verde Islands, 'if. brownii (C. & V., notBlkr.), see Troschel, Wiegm. Arch. 
1866, p. 236. 
Hemirhamphus australis, sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ale. Wiss^ Wien, 
1866, liii. p. 471, from Port Jackson. 
*<Exoc€etus hinmdo, sp. n., Steindachner, VCrli. ^ool.-bot. Ges. Wieif, 1866, 
p. 482, taf. 6. fig. 2, from Hong-Kong P 
tlMBRlDiE. 
This family is established by Dr. Gunther (Fishi vi. p. 231) 
for the European species of Umbra and the North American 
Melanura limi, which do not prove to be generically distinct. 
MoRMYRIDiE. 
Dr* Gunther (/* c.) has adopted three genera only of this 
family, viz, Mormyru$, Hyperopisus^ and Mormyrop^, and 
describes the following species as new : — M. macrophthtilmus 
(p. 217), M. niger (p. 219), M. adspersus (p. 221), and AT. 
catostoma (p. 222); Uyperopisus occidentalis (p. 223) from. West 
Africa. . , 
