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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATUIlfi. 
Labyrinthici. 
Anabas scandens. Observations made by Capt. Mitcbell leave scarcely any 
doubt that this fish is not only able to move along firm ground, but also to 
climb trees \ the organs of locomotion are the spiny opercles. Ann. k Mag. 
Nat. Hist. 1864, xiii. pp. 117 & 623. 
y Ctenopoma petherici, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1864, xiii. 
March, p. 211, from the Upper Nile. 
Acanthopterygii Pharyngognathi. 
^ (Ileliastes) Ayresia punctipinms, sp. n.. Cooper, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. Sc. 
iii. p. 73, fig. 18, and p. 160, from San Diego Bay (California). D. A.~ 
lat. 30. The height of the body is somewhat more than one-third of the total 
length (without caudal). Bluish- or greenish-black j dorsal and caudal fins 
with black dots. 
Labrus pulcher (Ayres) and Cossyphus darwinii (Jenyns) are the types of a 
distinct genus, Pimelometopon, according to Mr. Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 
Philad. 1864, p. 67. The former species is described. 
Cossyphus diana appears to have received a new name by M. Guichenot, 
viz. C. spilotes, in Maillard, Notes sur Tile de la Reunion, App. p. 14. 
>/ (Cossyphus) Crenilabrus modestus, sp. n., Garrett, Proc. Calif. Acad. Nat. 
Sc. iii. p. 106, from the Sandwich Islands. D. A. ~. L. lat. 33. A 
large oblong pale difluse spot below the end of the dorsal fin j dorsal with a 
large black blotch anteriorly. 
Platyylossus tenuispinis, which had been sufficiently characterized by the 
Recorder, is redescribed by Dr. Bleeker, Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 1864, p. 67. 
Platyylossus doleschalli (Steind.) proves to be identical with PI. schwarzii 
(Blkr.). Steindachner, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, 1864, p. 231. 
\1 Platyylossus dispilus, sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 26, from the 
Pacific coast of Panama. 
4 Platyylossus (Leptojidis) dubhts, sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Acad, Wiss. 
Wien, 1864, xlix. p. 210, taf. 2. fig. 2, from Zanzibar. 
y PseudojuUs notospilusj sp. n., Gunther, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 26, from the 
Pacific coast of Panama. 
y (Gerres) Diapterus decacanthuSy sp. n., Bleeker, Nederl. Tydschr. Dierk. 
1864, p. 68, from Amoy. 
\J Gerres axillaris and 'Gerres brevimanus, sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1864, p. 162, both from Ohiapam. 
Dr. Giinther, Proc, Zool. Soc. 1864, June 28, describes the following new 
species from Lake Nyassa : — 
Chromis squamipinnis, p. 311 j’ Ch. lateristriya, p. 312. 
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>i Hemichromis intei'medius, p. 312 j H. robustus, p. 312 ; II. lonyiceps^ p. 313 ; 
H. dimidiatus, p. 313 j and Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, November 8, others from the 
Lake of Galilee : — 
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Chromis simonis and Ch. andrece, p. 492. 
i Hemichromis sacrUj p. 493. 
