PISCES. 139 
Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. vol. iii. 1863, November, and 1864, 
January*. 
Catalogue preliminaire des Poissons d’eau douce de Portugal, 
conserves au Museum d’Histoire naturelle de Lisbonne. 
Par M. F. H. Steindachner, de Vienne. Lisbonne, 1864, 
4to, pp. 3. 
This small pamplilet appears to have been issued as a separate 
publication, and will be followed by other parts. The author 
enumerates nine species in the present part, two being described 
as new. 
Marcusen, J. Die Familie der Mormyren. Mem. Acad. Sc. 
St. Petersb. 1864, vii. (pp. 162, with 5 plates). 
Gunther, A. Description of a new species of Mormyrus, 
Proc. !^ool. Soc. 1864, January 26 (p. 22, with a plate). 
Steenstrup, J. Bidrag til en rigtigere Opfattelse af Skejcev- 
heden hos Flynderne {Pleuronectides) og til Forklaring af 
beggeOinesFremkomst paasamme Sideaf Kroppen. CEfvers. 
Dansk. Vidensk. Selsk. Forhandl. 1863, November 20 
(pp. 145-192, with woodcuts and a plate). An abstract in 
Ann. Sc. Nat. 1864, ii. November, pp. 253-258. 
Nilsson, S. Tva for Skandinaviska Faunan nya fiskar af 
Makrill-familjen j jemte nagra andra till var fisk-fauna 
horanda iakttagelser. OEfvers. Svensk. Vetensk. Akad. 
Forhandl. 1864 (December 9, 1863, pp. 499-503, with two 
plates) . 
Kner, R. Einige fiir die Fauna der ostreichischen Siisswas- 
serfische neue Arten. Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien, 1864, 
January 13 (pp. 75-84). 
Prof. Kner describes in this paper several fishes {Acerina 
.rossica and three Gobius), new to the fauna of Austria. In 
the second part of the paper, he agrees with Prof. v. Siebold as 
regards the doubtful specific character of several (especially 
Cyprinoid) species described in the ^^Siisswasserfische der ostrei- 
chischen Monarchie.^^ 
Jackel, a. J.^ Die Fische Bayerns. Abhandl. Zool. -mineral. 
Verein. Regensb. 1864, pp. 101. 
The author enumerates 68 species occurring in Bavaria, 
adding to each of them notes of chiefly local interest. He has 
* We regret liot being able to give the whole contents of this valuable 
paper in our present Record, as sheets 3, 4, and 8 have been lost on their trans- 
mission to us from San Francisco, and no second copy can be obtained in 
the libraries accessible to us. However, we hope to insert the remaining 
species in the Record of next year. 
