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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
pp. 307-820. Most of the species are well known j so that we shall refer to 
those only to which some interest is attached. 
Queensland. Pr. Steindachner describes seven new species from the Fitz- 
roy River near Rockhampton, ibid. Iv. pp. 0-16. 
Port Jackson. Dr. Steindachner has continued his notes on the fishes of 
this fauna (see Zool. Record, iii. p. 139). Ibid. Ivi. pp. 320-335. He brings 
their number up to 90, describing five species as new but, again, three of 
them at least have already proved to be known. 
Victoria. Prof. M‘Coy enumerates the food-fishes of Victoria. See 
above, p. 10. 
ACANTHOPTERYGII. 
PERCIDiE, 
Ldbrax punctatus (Bl.) figured by Capello, Jorn. Sc. math. phys. e nat. 
Lisb. no. ii. 1867, fig. 3. 
^Etheostoma macrocephalum^ sp, n., Oope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. xiii. p. 400, 
Pennsylvania. 
Centropristis dispiluruSf sp. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 99, Trinidad. 
Serranus. Lieut.-Ool. Playfair enumerates 17 species from the Seychelles j 
he says that S. gaimardi is distinct from longispinis (Kner), and makes 
some remarks on S. areolatus (Forsk.). Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, pp. 847, 848. 
Serranus radiatus, sp. n.. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 699, ft’om Madras. 
D. A.-j, L. lat. above 120 j caudal wedge-shaped. — Serranus graminicus^ 
11 3 
sp. n., Day, /, c. p. 700, from Madras. D. jg- A.j. L. lat. 90; caudal 
truncate. 
Dr. Steindachn^ has published so^e notes oh Serranus arara (Poey), S. 
undulosus (Gthr.), S. apua (Bl.), and S. lunulatus (Schn.). Sitzgsber. Ak. 
Wiss. Wien, Ivi. pp. 348, 349. 
Seiranus cernioideSf sp. n., Capello, Jorn. Sc. math. phys. e nat. Lisb. no. ii. 
1867, p. 166, and no, iii. 1867, p. 244, tab. 4. fig. 1, from Portugal. — 
P.jJ. A.-|* L. lat. 112. L. transv. 21/69. It is considered to be identical 
with S, gigas by Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ivi. p. 613. 
M. Capello regards'^ Serranus Jimhriatus (Loy^e) as a valid species, p. 246, 
and describes, with doubt, a third species as Serranus goreensis (C. & V.), 
p. 247. 
'^Serranus alexandrinus (C. & V.) described by Steindachner, 1. c. p. 616. 
V Serranus fusous (Lowe)=/S^. emarginaius (Val.) according to Steindachner, 
1. 0 . p. 616 j figured on plate 2. fig. 1. 
Vi Serranus novemcinctus (Kner, see Zool. Record, ii. p. 180)==>S'. cabrilla^ 
Steindachner, 1. c. p. 611. i 
. Plectropoma. Prof. Kner describes PI. pictmn (Tschudi) and PI. macroph- 
thulmum (Tschudi), Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ivi. pp. 710, 711, and figures 
the latter, taf. 1. — Dr. Gunther describes specimens of Plectropoma susuki 
(Schleg.) from Sydney. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 100. j 
Phypticus. Dr. Steindachner has published some notes on P. arenatuSj 
and a description of a supposed new species,'^ -R. nigromaculatus^ fromBarba- 
does ; the typical specimen is 1| in. long ! L. c. pp. 347, 348. 
Mesoprion. Lieut.-Col. Playfair enumerates 12 species from the Seychelles, 
and describes M. machas (C. & V.) and M. eiythrinus (RUpp.). L. c. p. 849. 
