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tral fins jugular j pectorals composed of very fine branched rays, united by a 
tjiin membrane. Teeth in the jaws in a single series, not closely set, of 
unequal size, those of the lower jaw longer than the upper ones. Vomerine 
teeth cardiform, in two separate patches; palatine teeth none. Gill-open- 
ings exceedingly wide. None of the bones of the head armed. '* ChampSodon 
voraXy sp. n.^ Gunther, 1. c., from the China Sea. — 1). 5 | 20. A. 17. 
Pseudochromis pohjacmthus (Blkr.) described from an example from the 
I^ji Islands by Kner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Ivi. p. 717. 
Batrachidaj. 
Batrachus pacijici appears to occur also in the Atlantic, as it has been de- 
scribed from a West- African example as a new species,^i?. liberiensis, by Dr. 
Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 18G7,lv. p. 626, taf. 1. figs. 2 & 3. 
Batrachus hiacideatus,ep. n., Steindachner,Verh. zool.-bot.Ges. Wien, 1867, 
p. 616, from the Cape of Good Hope. 
CoTTIDiE. 
Qottm hrandtiy sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1867, Iv. 
p. 706, taf. 3. figs. 1 & 2, from the mouth of the Amur. 
Triyla hirundo. Dr. Steindachner refers T. pocciloptera and T, capensis to 
this species. L. c, Ivi. p. 683. ' 
Cataphracti. 
Cephalacanthus, Dr. Steindachner does not agree with Prof. Canestrini, 
who regards this fish as the young of Dactylopterus ) in support of his view 
he figures young Dactylopicrus and Cephalacanthus, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. 
Wien, 1867, Ivi. p. 693, taf. 2 & 4. 
Gobiid^. 
Gobius JluviatiliSy var. nigricanSy with 12 or 13 branched rays in the second 
dorsal fin, from the Arno. Canestrini, Ann. Soc. Nat. Modena, ii. 1867, p. 10. 
Gobius jeffreysiiy sp. n., Gunther, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, xx, p. 290, pi. 6. 
fig. C, from the Shetland Islands. 
Gobius dolichocephaluSy sp. n.. Cope, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. xiii. p. 403, from 
Vera Cruz. Near G. mexicanus. L. lat. 68. 
Gobius caninus. Dr. Steindachner demurs to Col. Playfair’s opinion with 
regard to the identity of G. peter sii with this species. Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. 
Wien, Ivi. p. 313, The same fish is described as Gobius brevifilis (C. & V.) 
by Mr. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 940. 
Gobius krefftii (Steindachner) proves to be identical with G. criniger (C. 
&V.). Ibid. p.. 326. 
Gobius poexjiy sp. n., Steindachner, I, c, p. 850, Barbadoes. 
J Gobius pavoy sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1867, Iv. 
p. 716, from the Philippines. , 
Gobius, Dr. Bleeker describes not less than nine species from Madagascar 
as new (Arch. N<5erland. 1867), viz.; — G,macrorhynchuSy^, 403; G,madayasca- 
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