PISCES. 
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Ireland, has made some remarks on the periods and habits of spawning of 
the Herring on the Irish coasts. Joiirn. R. Dublin Soc. no. xxxv. 1866, p. 17.' 
— Mr. Ambrose’s observations on the Herring of the Nova-Scotian coast, in 
Proc. & Trans. N. Scot. Inst. Nat. Sc. ii. pt. 1. pp. 74-76. 
Clupea sagax (.lenyns) is described by Messrs. Kner and Steindachner as 
Alausa Jimbriata (sp. n.), Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 1867 (1866), liv. p. 386, 
fig. 15. 
Clupea melanosticta is enumerated among the food-fishes of Victoria by 
Prof. M‘Coy, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1867, xx. p. 188. [This is evidently 
an erroneous determination.] 
l^Clupea'] Rogenia argyrotcenia (Blkr.) described by Kner, 1. c. p. 328. 
. Pellona grayana (0. & V.) described by Kner, 1. c. p. 328. 
[^Sjrratelloides] Alausa alburnus, sp. n., Kner and Steindachner, c. p.387, 
fig. 16, from Valparaiso. 
JDussumieria acuta (0. & V.) described by Kner, Novara, Fisch. p. 330. 
Elops saurus. Remarks by Kner, t c. p. 338. 
Megalops indicus. Remarks by Kner, 1. c. p. 339. 
Chanos onentalis (Kuhl) and Ch. chloropterus (0. & V.) are described by 
Kner, 1. c. p. 341. 
MURiENIDiE. 
Dr. L. Jacoby (see above, p. 150) has examined the bones of 
the upper jaw of the Mursenoids. In opposition to the opinions 
held by Cuvier and Owen, and adopted by most subsequent 
authors, he defends the view taken by Meckel and Peters, viz. 
that the lateral portion of the upper jaw is formed by the maxil- 
lary bone only, the front part being the intermaxillary, which 
coalesces with the vomer and ethmoid, but which may always be 
more or less distinctly distinguished. The treatise is illustrated 
by outline-figures of the jaws of some of the principal genera. 
Anguilla. Prof. Kner (Novara, Fisch.) has described the following 
species : — A. malgumora, p. 367 ; A. sidat, p. 368; A. marmorata and A, moa^ 
p. 369 ; A.japonica and A. tejiuirostris, p. 370. 
Anguilla reinhardtiij sp. n., Steindachner, Sitzgsber. Ak. Wiss. Wien, 
1867, Iv. p. 15, with woodcut, from Queensland. 
Murcenesox. Prof. Kner (/. c.) lias described M. singapurensis, p. 371, M. ta- 
labcm, p. 372, and M. bagio^ p. 373. 
Urocdnger leptunis described by Kner, 1. c. p. 373. 
Ophisoma habenatus (Rich. ?) described by Kner, 1. c. p. 374, taf. 13. fig. 2 ; 
also O. anagoides (Blkr.), p. 375. 
Cirrliimurcena tapcinoptera described by Kner, 1. c. p. 376. 
Ophichthys magnioculis and O. cephalozona are described by Kner,/. c. pp. 376, 
377. 
'' Ophichthys grandimaculaia^ sp. n., Kner & Steindachner, Sitzgsbei‘. Ak. 
Wiss. Wien, 1867 (1866), liv. p. 389, fig. 13, from Deru. 
Liuramts colubrinus described by Kner, Novara, Fisch. p, 378. 
Ophisw'us fusciatus described by Kner, /. c, p. 379. 
Pisoodonophis cancrivorus described by Kner, /. c. p. 379. 
Sphagebranchus orientalis described by Kner, /. c. p. 380. 
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