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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATUllE. 
'* JEngraulis maci'olepidotm and E.poeyi are figured by Kner and Steindacbner. 
Abbandl. Bayr. Ak. Wiss. x. 1, taf. 3. figs. 2 & 3. 
^ Engraulis auratus, sp. n., Bay, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 312, or Fish. 
Malabar, p. 238, pi. 19. fig. 2, from Cochin. 
^ Stolephorus surinamensis^ sp. n., Bleeker, Nederl. Tydsclir. Dierk. iii. 1865, 
p. 178. 
MURiENIDAS. 
Br achy conger. Dr. Bleeker refers Conger savanna (Cuv.) to this genus, and 
C. hrasiliensis (Ranz.) and C. limbatus (Oastel.) to the same species. Nederl. 
Tydsch. Dierk. ii. 1865, p. 233. 
Ophisurus intertinctus (Richards.) is described as Ophichthys intet'tmcttis by 
Bleeker, 1. c. p. 234. The same author describes Ophichthys (Scytalophis) 
magnioculis (Kaup), p. 237; Ophichthys {Ophis.) parilis (Rich.), p. 238; 
Ophisurus (Pisoodonophis) guttulatus (Kaup), p. 239; Ophisurus (Pisood.) 
ocidatus (Kaup), p. 240. 
Callechelys mdanotceniuj sp. n., Bleeker, 1. c. p. 213, from Amboina. 
Echidna. Dr. Bleeker describes Gymnothorax catenatus (Bl.), and adds 
notes on its synonymy, 1. c. p. 242. t 
Gymnothorax. Dr. Bleeker describes Thyrsoidea aterrima (Kaup) and 
Gymnothorax funebris (Ranz.), 1. c. pp. 244 & 245. 
Synbranchidas. 
Dr. Bleeker adopts three genera of Synbranches (Atl. Icli- 
thyol. iv. p. 117), each being represented by a single species in 
the East-Indian Archipelago : — 
1. Amphipnous (Miill.) = Pwe^««a6rawc7^^^s (M^Cl.). 
2. Monopterus (Lac<5p.) = /7w^a (Bl. ^Q\ui.)=.Ophicardia =. Apte^ 
rigia (Basil.). 
3. Synbranchus (B\.)=Unibranchapertui'a (ljac.)= Uni 2 )et'tur a (Kaup) = 
Ophisternon (M‘01.) = Tetrabranchus (Blkr.). 
Synbranchus marmoraUts (Bl.) described by Bleeker, Nederl. Tydsclir. 
Dierk. ii. 1865, p. 247. 
Leptocephali. 
Dr. Bleeker retains for the present this as a separate group 
of fishes, and describes six East-Indian species (Atl. Ichthyol. 
iv. p. 121), one of which is ugw L eptocephalus ceramensis, 
p. 123, tab. 193. fig. 3. 
Leptocephalus malabaricus is described as a new species by Day, Proc. 
Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 308, or Fish. Malabar, p. 252, pi. 19. fig. 1. 
PLECTOGNATHI. 
Dr. Bleeker has published, as a preliminary to the complete 
appearance of the fifth volume of his ^ Atlas Ichthyologiquc,^ 
