PISCES. 
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the occiput to the axil j the fifth from the upper anterior half of the spinous 
dorsal, extending along the hack to near the termination of that fin. 
y" Mendosoma elongatum, sp. n., Kner, Sitzgsber. Acad. Wiss. Wien, 1864, xlix. 
p. 485, from St. Paul. 
ScORPiENIDiE. 
Sebastes. Mr. Gill states that Sebastes helvomacidatus (Ayres) is identical 
with S. 7'osaceus (Girard), and that therefore S. rosaceus (Ayres) must re- 
ceive a new name, viz. Sebastosotnus pinniger (Gill) ; that under the name of 
S. inelanops Girard has confounded two species, one of which is to he called 
Sebastosomus shnulans (Gill) ; and, finally, that S. rosaceus (Girard) is the 
type of another genus, Sebastomus. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1864, p. 146. 
v' Sebastes meleagris, sp. n., Peters, Monatsher. Acad. Wiss. Berl. 1864, p. 392, 
from the Red Sea. 
'/ Scorpcena parvijnnms, sp. n., Garrett, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. iii. p. 106, 
from the Sandwich Islands. D. A. Head scaly j dorsal and anal 
fins smaU ; posterior half of the body dusky black, fading into pink beneath, 
dotted with darker ; free portion of the tail pink. 
Centropogon robustus (Gthr.) is found far up the rivers, between the moun- 
tains. Krefft, Proc. Zool. Socr. 1864, p. 182. 
V Paraploactis is described as a new genus by Dr. Bleeker, Nederl. Tydschr. 
Dierk. 1864, p. 168 j it is distinguished from Aploactis by the total absence 
of teeth on the palate. — P. tracliyderma^ sp. n., p. 169, from Australia. 
Berycid;e. 
V Holocenb'um talnticum, sp. n., Kner, Sitzgsber. Acad. Wiss. Wien. 1864, 
xxix. p. 482, from Otaheiti. 
t Metopias typhlops (Lowe) proves to be a Berycoid fish ; the generic name 
^ being preoccupied. Dr. Gunther proposes that of MelampJiaes for it. Fish. v. 
p. 433. 
POLYNEMID^. 
^ Polynemus 7nelanopoma, sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 148, from 
Guatemala. 
SciiENID^E. 
Micropogon. Dr. Steindachner believes he has recognized Corvina biloba 
y (C. & V.) ; the fish so determined by him has three minute barbels, and 
therefore is named Pachypops biloba) it is from Surinam. Sitzgsber. Acad. 
Wiss. Wien, 1864, xlix. p. 206. 
Micropogon altipin7iis, sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 149, from 
Guatemala. 
J Umh'ina elongata, sp. n.,. Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 148, from 
Chiapam. 
Pacliyw'us natter eri (Steind.) is probably identical with P. lundii (Rnhrdt). 
Steindachner, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 1864, p. 231. 
Corvina stelHfera {Gthr.) = Bodiaiius stellifer (Bl.)= Coi'vina trispinosa (C. 
^ & V.). Dr. Steindachner prefers to give a new name {C. microps) to this 
