PISCES. 163 
Caranx Venator f sp. n., Playfair, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p^869, fig, 2, Sey- 
chelles. — Caranx nigrescens, sp. n., Day, ibid. p.704, Madras. — Caranx macropB 
is described as a new species by Dr. Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak, Wiss. Wien, 
1867, Iv. p. 519, taf. 1. fig. 1, from West Africa. — D. ^ | 21. A, 2/18. L. 
lat. 40. 
'JSeriola honariends (0. & V.) described from a St.-Helena example by Kner 
and Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, liy. p. 365, 
Seriolichthys lineolatus, described by Mr. Day as a new species) Proc. Zool, 
Soc. 1867, p. 659, is identical with Seriolichthys hipinnulatus, 
CoRYPHiENIDi®. 
Schedophilus marmoratus, described by Messrs. Kner & Steindachner, 
Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1867 (1866), liv. p. 366, as a new species from 
the South Sea, is identical with Sch. maculatus, [The specimen in the Bri- 
tish Museum has nine dorsal spines.] 
0 Ausonia cuvieri. Di’ W. K. Bullmore has described a male specimen of 
this species, naming iiAnsonia cocksii. Journ, R. Instit. Cornwall, 1866, no. 
vi. p. 165. 
Nomeid;e. 
Gasirochisma melampus (Richards.) described by Kner, Sitzgsber, Ak. 
Wiss. Wien, Ivi. p. 719. 
SCOMBRID^. 
^ Sco7nbe>' scomber. Mr. Ambrose’s observations on the mackerel of the 
Nova-Scotian coast, in Proc. & Trans. N. Scot. Inst. Nat. Sc. ii. part 1, 
pp. 69-74. 
' Echeneis. M. Baudelot has examined the cephalic disk or anterior dorsal 
fin, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1867, vii. pp. 153-160, pi. 6 ; Oompt. Rend. 1867, March 
18, pp. 626-627 (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xix. pp. 375, 376). 
Echeneis remora. A specimen obtained on the coast of Cornwall. Couch, 
Journ. Roy. Instit. Cornwall, 1867, p. 361. 
Trachinim. 
TJraiioscopus scaber. Dr. Steindachner refers V. occidentalis (Agass.) and 
U, bufo (Val.) to this species. Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1867, Ivi. p, 09^. 
TJranoscopus marmoratus (C. & V.) described by Mr. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1867, p. 702. . 
Tf'achinus draco. Prof. Kner states the highly interesting fact that 
this fish occurs also at Iquic[ue, on the west Coast of South America. Sitzgs- 
ber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, hi. p. 717.^ 
Trachinus arancris. Dr. Steindachner refers T. radiatus (C. & V.) ftnd 
Escudotrachims pardalis (Blkr.) to this species. Sitzgsber, Ak. Wiss. Wien, 
Ivi. p. 698. 
. Percis tetracanthus figured by Messrs. Kner & Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. 
Wiss. Wien, liv. p. 362, fig. 18. • • 
Aphritisurvillii. D. 7 | 17-10. A. 23. L. lat. 61. Gunther, Ann. & Mag. 
Nat. Hist. XX. p. 61. - 
A Champsodon, g. n., Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soo. 1867, p. 102.' Body com- 
pressed, elongate, covered with minute granular scales. Cleft of the mouth 
oblique, very wide. Eye lateral, directed upwards. Two dorsal fins; ven- 
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