168 ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Lahrichthys gymnogenys and laticlamus. Notes on the coloration, Giinther, 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, xx. p. 66. — A Chinese [?] example of L. gymnogenys 
described by Steindachner, 1. c. Ivi. p. 342. 
Lahrichthys cyanotcenia (Blkr.) is described by Messrs. Kner & Stein- 
dachner as Choerojulis castaneus, g. et sp. n., 1. c. liv, p, 893 j see Stein- 
dachner, ibid. Ivi. p. 882. 
Lseudocheilinus hexatcenia has been described by Messrs. Kner & Stein- 
dachner as Ps. psittaculus (sp. n.), t. c. liv. p. 376, lig. 7, [The praeoper- 
culum is not entire, but finely serrated, as stated by the authors quoted, and 
as is distinctly visible in a second, larger example, which the British Museum 
received from the Godefii’oy Collection.] 
Platyglossus ocellatus is the name proposed by Messrs. Kner & Steindachner 
for a fish from the Samoa Islands. The authors leave it undecided whether 
it is PI. chrysotcenia or a variety of it. L. c. liv. p. 877 (not fig. 8). 
Platyglossus poeyi is described as a new species from Surinam by Dr. Stein- 
dachner, 1. 0 . Ivi. p. 866. 
Leptojulis himaoulatus is described as a doubtfully new species by Messrs. 
Kner & Steindachner, 1. c. liv. p. 378, from Chile, — Leptojulis p>ardalisj 
sp. n., Kner, 1 . c. Ivi. p. 727, fig. 9, from the Feejee Islands. 
Pseudoscarus faldpinnis^ sp. n., Playfair, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 865, 
fig. 3, Seychelles.— chinensis is described as a new species by 
Dr. Steindachner, 1. c. Iv. p. 686, from Ningpo. 
Gerres melanoptei'us (Blkr.) described by Steindachner, 1. c. Iv. p. 618 j 
and Gerres zebra (Miill. & Tr.), ibid. p. 627. 
>) Heros troschelii is described as a new species by Dr. Steindachner, 1. c. Iv. 
p. 528, taf, 4, from Mexico. 
ANACANTHINI. 
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' Dr. Gilpin has described the Gadoids of Nova Scotia, Proc. & Trans. Nov. 
Scot. Instit. Nat. Sc. ii. part 1, pp. 101-111, viz. Gadus morrhua, G. 
cegleJinuSf G. virens, and Phycis americanus. The llev. J. Ambrose has pub- 
lished his observations on these fishes, ibid. i. part 4, pp. 83-44, and ii. part 1, 
p. 67. 
. Ly codes gracilis, sp. n., Sars, Forhandl. Vid. Selsk. Christian. 1 867, pp. 40-45, 
tab. 1. figs. 1-3, from Drobak (Norway), [Appears to be most closely allied 
to L. perspicillum, and is entirely destitute of scales.] 
M Gadus morrhua. Dr. J. A. Smith describes an hermaphrodite specimen, 
Proc. B. Phys. Soc. Edinb. 1864-66, p. 300 ; and mentions others with de- 
formed vertebral column, p. 802. 
Gadus productus (Ayres) is described by Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 278. 
Motella capensis (Kaup) is recognized by Kner as a distinct species. L. c. 
p. 279, taf. 13. fig. 3. 
^Motella macrophthalma, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. &. Mag. Nat. Hist. xx. 
p. 290, pi. V. fig. B, from the Shetland Islands. 
Dinematichthys mizolepis, sp. n., Gunther, I, c. p. 66, Cape York. 
Genypterus chilensis described by Messrs. Kner & Steindachner, Sitzgsber. 
Ak. Wiss. Wien, liv. p. 379. 
Ammodytes siculus extends to the Shetland Islands. Gunther, 1. c. p. 290. 
Congrogadus subducens is described by Kner, 1. c. p. 280. 
