16 Pisces. 
PISCES. 
fig. 2, M. murdjan, Riipp., fig. 3, H.pcecilopterus, Blkr., fig. 4, H. sammara^ 
C. V., fig. 5. 
PhynchichthySy C. V. F. Day remarks that this genus probably con- 
sists of the young of Ilolocentrum^ and that his E. ornatus (P. Z. S. 
1868) is perhaps the fry of H. riibrum ; Pishes of India, p. 170. 
Ilolocentrum aiidamcinense^ Day, figured ; id. tom. cit. pi. xli. fig. 3. 
PoLYNEMlDiE. 
Polynemiis sexfiUs, Playf., is not identical with P. sexfilis, Gthr. 
(Catal.), and, if not P. hvru, may be renamed P. playf airi ; Day, Fishes 
of India, p. 178. Figures of P. heptadactylus, C. V., pi. xlii. fig. 5, and 
sexfilisj Gthr. (? C. V.), pi. xliii. fig. 1 ; id. 1. c. 
SciililNID/IC. 
Vmhrina januaria^ Steindachner, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixxiv. p. 170, Rio 
Janeiro, and panamensis, id. op. cit. Ixxii. p. 559, pi. ix. fig. 1, 
Panama, spp. nn. 
V Umbrina undulata^ Gir., recharacterized ; id. op. cit. Ixxii. p. 49. 
Umbrina sinuata, sp. n., Day, Fishes of India, p. 182, pi. xlvi. fig. 1, 
Kurrachee. 
Umbrina dussumieri, 0. V., figured ; id. op. cit. pi. xliii. figs. 2 & 3. 
Scicena bleekeri, p. 185, pi. xlv. fig. 4, Bombay, and S. osseus, p. 193, 
pi. xlvi. fig. 3, Malabar, spp. nn., id. op, cit. S. dussumieri, Day, nec 
G. V., renamed S. ylaucus, and figured ; id. 1. c. p. 192, pi. xlvi. fig. 2. 
Scicena miles, Blkr., pi. xliii. fig. 5, vogleri, Blkr., pi. xlv. fig. 1, sina, 
C. V., pi. xliv. fig. 2, coitor, H. B., pi. xliv. fig. 3, axillaris, C. V., pi. xliii. 
fig. 6, albida, C. V., pi. xliv. figs. 4 & 6, aneus, BL, pi. xlv. fig. 5, belen- 
geri, C. V.,pl. xliv. fig. 5, figured ; id. op. cit. 
Scicenoides microdon, Blkr., pi. xlv. fig. 2, biauritus. Cantor, pi. xlvii. 
fig. 1, brunneus, Day, pi. xlv. fig. 6, figured; id. op. cit. 
OioUihus argenteus, C. V., figured ; id. op. cit. pi. xlv. fig. 3. 
Otulithus calif orniensis, p. 59, and magdalence, p. 62, spp. nn., Stein- 
dachner, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixxii., San Diego and Magdalena Bay. 
Corvina stearnsi, p. 50, San Diego, California, C. macrops, p. 52, pi. ii., 
(Homoprion) furthi, p. 54, pi. iii., and (Ilomoprion) acutirostris, p. 56, 
pi. iv., Panama, spp. nn., id. 1. c. 
^Corvina subcequalis, sp. n., Poey, Ann. Lyc. xi. p. 58, Cienfugos ?, 
D. IOjV* Said to bo closely allied to Diai)terus lefroyi, Browne-Goode 
[which is, however, a Gerres, and has D. 
XirHiiD^. 
Xiphias gladius, L. More specimens have been obtained, confirming 
Hector’s statement of its occurrence in New Zealand waters ; T. F. 
Cheeseman, Tr. N. Z. Inst. viii. p. 219, and Hutton, 1. c. p. 211. 
^ Histiophorus herscJieli, Gray. Description of specimen caught in 
Dunedin Harbour ; Hutton, Z. c. 
Histiophorus brevirostris, Playf. ?, figured ; Day, op. c/Z. pi. xlvii. fig. 3. 
