PISCES. 
191 
SicT/dmm lagocqihalum described by Kner, /. c. p. 181. 
JSleotris. Prof. Kner lias made remarks on the following species : — aporoSy 
E. gohioideSj E. ohscw'a, E. oxycephalay E. fusctty Bpstrichthys sinemisy 1. c. 
pp. 183-187. 
Eleotris pietus, figured by Kner and Steindachner, Abhandl. Bayr. Ak. 
Wiss. X. 1, taf. 3. fig. 1. ^ 
Callionymus goramensis is regarded as the type of a distinct genus, Diplo- 
grammusy by Gill, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, viii. 18G5, p. 143. 
Callimymus pauciradiatus, sp. n., Gill, 1. c. p. 144, from Matanzas. D. 3 [ 6. 
A. 4. The first species of the genus found in American waters. 
Blenniid^e. 
Blennius. Prof. Kner (Novara, Fisch.) has described three species, adding 
that he is uncertain about their determination :—ip. (0. & V.?), 
p. 193, taf. 8. fig. 2, from Bio Janeiro paucidens, sp. n. P, p. 194, taf. 7. 
fig. 5, from Bio Janeiro B. maoricuSy sp. n. ?, p. 125, taf. 8. fig. 3, from 
Auckland. 
Betroscirtcs solorensis. Specimens from Sydney have been thus deter- 
mined by Kner, 1. c. p. 196. 
Salarias. Prof. Kner describes /S', quadricmmisy 1. c. p. 197 ; S. bisertatus 
(C. & V. ?), p. 197, taf. 8. fig. 4, from Taiti ruhropunctatus (C. & V. P), 
p. 198, taf. 8. fig. 5, from Valparaiso. 
A Cristiccps argyropleuray sp. n., Kner, 1. c. p. l99, taf. 7. fig. 4, from Sydne 3 % 
Ohms. Prof. Kner describes C superciliosus, 1. c. p. 200 ; C. acuminatus 
and C. cottoides, p. 202, taf. 8. fig. G. They are viviparous. 
Jcimus nucliipinnis. Notes on this species by Troschel, in Muller, Wir- 
belth, Mexico’s, p. 97. ^ 
Stichccus. Hr. Malmgren describes as Spitzbergen species S. medim 
(Beinh.), '*S. lumpenus (Fabr.), S. nuhilus (Bichards.), and S. islandicus 
(Gthr.). Q5fvers. Svensk. Yet.-Akad. Forh. 1865, pp. 617-525. 
Cryptacanthodes maculatus. A specimen from the Nova Scotian coast is 
described by Mr. J. M. Jones, Canad. Nat. & Geol. 1866, p. 129. 
^ Zoarces viviparus appears to inhabit the coasts of Decastris Bay. Kner, 
Denkschr. Ak. Wiss. Wien, xxiv. 
Blagiotremus, g. n.. Gill, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. New York, viii. 1865, p. 138. 
Allied to Nemoqjliis. Body elongate, naked j anus near the end of the ante- 
rior fourth of the length. Eyes moderate. Mouth inferior, with the anterior 
margin of the jaws transverse and perfectly straight; gape very wide, the 
lower jaw, which, when closed, shuts obliquely upwards, being capable of 
retraction, even behind the vertical. Teeth in a single series, compressed 
transversely to the jaws and forming a continuous incisorial edge ; in the 
lower jaw, on each side of the series of small teeth, a very large curved 
canine is developed, which is received in a preocular fossa of the palate. 
Gill-openings minute, placed high up. Dorsal fin continuous from nape 
nearly to caudal; anal similar; caudal well developed. A^entral fins obsolete. 
' r. spilistiusy sp. n., p. 140, from China. Mr. Gill thinks that this remarkable 
fish should be united with Nemophis into a family, NomophidcB \ but it would 
nppear to the Becorder that it shows sufficient affinities to Xiphogadusj with 
