4 Pisces\ 
PISCES. 
Day, F. On some of the Fishes of the Deccan. J, L. S. xii. pp. 
562-565. 
Critical notes on a number of species, with special reference to iden- 
tification with Col. Sykes’ descriptions : two or three are described as 
new. 
. The Fishes of India. London: 1876, 4to, part 2, pp. 169-368, 
pis. xli.-lxxviii. [See Zool. Rec. xii. p. 107.] 
This part is occupied with the families Beri/cidce, Cyrtidce, Poly- 
nemidce, Scicenidce, Xiphiidce, Triclduridce, Acanthuridce, Carangidce, 
Stromatidce, Coryphcenidce, Scombridce, Uranoscopidoi, Trachinidce^ Fseu- 
dochromidos, Batrachidce, Pediculati^ Cottidce, Oataphracti, Gohiidod, Cal- 
lionymidcBy Cepolidce, Blenniidce, Ithynchobdellidce^ Sphyrcenidce, Atheri- 
nidcBj Mugilidce, Aulostomatidce, Centriscidm, and Ophiocephalidce. Entire 
figures of about 240 species are given. 
. On the Introduction of Trout and Tench into India. J. L. S. 
xii. pp. 562-565. 
. On the Fishes of Yarkand. P. Z. S. 1876, pp.. 781-807. 
On the collection of fishes made by Stoliczka during Forsyth’s expe- 
dition. Several are described as new, and the author discusses the 
relations to those of the contiguous Asiatic regions. 
K. Kessler has described the Fishes collected by Col. Prejevalsky 
in Mongolia, in N. Prejevalsky’s “Mongolia i Strana Tangutov,” St. 
Petersburg: 1876, 8vo, vol. ii. pt. 4, pp. 1-36, pis. i.-iii. Seventeen 
species are described (13 new, and one new genus). 
Polynesia. 
Gunther, A. Die Fische der Siidsee (v.). J. Mus. Godeffr. xi. pp 
129-168, pis. Ixxxiv.-c. 
Contains the Carangidce, NomeUoi, Coryphcenidce, Scombridce, Trachi- 
nidce, Alalacantliidce, Pediculati, and Cottidce. 
I^Murray, j. Preliminary Report on Vertebrates obtained in the 
I Cruise of H.M.S. “ Challenger.” P. R. Soc. xxiv. pp. 537-544. 
A preliminary report on the fishes, giving a tabulated list of the 
specimens, with their numbers and localities, and the depth from which 
they were obtained in the dredgings and trawlings during the years 
, 1873-1875. 
Steindachner, F. Ichthyologische Beitriige (v.). SB. Ak. Wien, 
Ixxiv. pp. 203-240. 
On new or rare fishes from the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans. 
Australia. 
W. Macleay states that the fishes collected during the “ Chevert” Ex- 
pedition number about 800, being principally from Northern Australia ; 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. i. p. 38. They are described by himself and G. 
Alleyne, 1. c. pp. 261-280, 321-358 (with figures). 
