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Sydney are inhabited by only a limited number of fishes ; he 
found Eleotris australis, sp. n., Mugil dobula, Anguilla australis, 
and Galaxias scriba. The species are more numerous in the 
Hawkesbury River where he obtained, beside the species men- 
tioned, a second species of Grey Mullet {M. compressus), Lates 
colonorum, Centropogon robustus, Platycephalus tasmanius, two 
species of Eleotris, and Megalops setipinnis. 
Gunther, A. On a new generic type of fishes' {Scleropages) 
discovered by the late I)r. Leichardt in Oueensland. Ann. 
& Mag. Nat. Hist. 1864, xiv. September (pp. 195-197, with 
a plate) . 
WiDEGREN, H. Nya bidrag till Kannedomen om Sveriges 
Salmonider. (Efvers. Vet. Akad. Forhandl. 1864, May 11 
(pp. 279-305, with 7 plates) . 
Canestrini, G. Note ittiologiche. Arch, per la Zool. Anat. 
Fisiol. 1864, May (pp. 100-112). 
Canestrini, G. Studi sui Lepadogaster del Mediterraneo. 
Arch, per la Zool. Anat. Fisiol. 1864, May (pp. 177-196, 
with a plate) . 
Kner, R. Specielles Verzeichniss der wahrend der Reise der 
Kaiserl. Fregatte Novara gesammelten Fische. Sitzgs- 
ber. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1864, xlix. May (pp. 481-486). 
The author has commenced a report on the fishes collected • 
during the expedition of the Austrian frigate Novara. This 
first part contains an enumeration of the species belonging to 
the families Berycidcp,Percid(S, Pristipomatidce, Mullidce, Sparida, 
and Squamipinnes . Five are considered to be new. 
Gill, Th. Critical remarks on the genera Sebastes and Se- 
bastodes of Ayres. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1864, May 
(pp. 145-147). 
Gill, Th. Second contribution to the Selachology of Cali- 
fornia. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1864, May (pp. 147- 
151). 
Gill, Th. Synopsis of the Eastern American Sharks. Ibid. 
November (pp. 258-265). 
The author enumerates 18 species, adding the synonymy to 
each, as far as it was possible in the present imperfect state of 
our knowledge of the American Sharks. Also a synopsis, show- 
ing the systematic arrangement of the groups adopted by the 
author, is given. 
Bocage, J. V. B. du. Sur quelques especes inedites de Squalida 
de la tribu Acanthiana (Gray) , qui frequentent les cotes du 
