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PISCES. 
and practical interest, and mentioned here because it contains notes on the 
migration of the Salmon in Bohemia. 
N Salmo furio. Prof. Traquair describes a Trout with malformed caudal 
lin, “ the so -called tailless Trout of Islay.” J. Anat. Phys. vi. pp. 411-410, 
pi. 19. 
CcUPEIDiE. 
Dr. Bleeker's 26th part of the ^ Atlas Ichthyologique/ which 
contains the text of the description of a portion of the East- 
Indian species of Clupeoids, has been noticed above, p. 82. 
^ EngrmiUs antarcticus is a new name given by Castelnau to an Anchovy 
from Melbourne, Proc. Zool. Soc. N^ictor. 1872, p. 180. 
^ Pellona aliamazonica, sp. n., Cope, Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Philad. 1871, p. 250, 
Ambyiacu Biver. 
nV Clupeapinguis, sp. n., Gunther, A. & M. N. II. 1872, x. p. 425, and in Brench- 
W’s ^ Cruise of the Cura 9 oa,’ p. 420, Misol. 
Alosa. The Shad of the lakes of Northern Italy is described in detail, and 
I its relations to A. vulgaris and A.Jinta are discussed by Prof. Pavesi, Pesci 
\ nel Ticino, pp. 64 ct seq. 
MuRiENIDiE. 
Anguilla. G. Balsamo Crivelli and Ij. Maggi maintain that Eels are her- 
maphrodites, each individual being provided with a single testis and double 
ovaries. The eggs are impregnated in the abdominal cavity, but in what manner 
is not yet fully ascertained. The sexual organs are described. The authors 
distinguish an Eel with straight intestine {Anguilla oi'thoentei'o) and one with 
a convoluted intestine (A. anacamptoentera). Mem. 1st. Lomb. xii. 1872, 
pp. 229-240, with a plate j also in Arch. f. Nat. 1872, pp. 69-70. A review 
of this memoir, by Cane.strini, Atti Soc. Pad. i. 1872, pp. 70-74. 
OphicJithys. Dr. Giinther describes three new species, & M. N. II. 1872, 
X., viz. :^0. pinguis, p. 426, from the Salomon Islands ; O.fdaria, p. 426, 
and 'D. misolensis, p. 420, from Misol. — rThese species are also described in 
Brenchley’s ^Cruise of the Cura^oa ’ : O. Jilariuj p. 428, pi. 33. f. ApO. 
pinguis, p. 430, pi. 36 j an^ O. misolensis, p. 430. 
Incert^ sedis. 
^ Neoc^rassius ventricosus is described as a new form of Cyprinoid fish, 
without any trace of teeth, from a salt-water river in Victoria, by Castelnau, 
Proc. Zool. Soc. Victor. 1872, p. 230. 
LOPHOBRANCHII. 
Mr. Cope includes these fishes with the Fistulariidce, Centriscidee, and 
Gastrosteidee in a ‘‘ division of the Fhysoclysti which he called the Ilemi- 
branchiV' Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1871, p. 168. 
Synynathus curtirostris noticed by Castelnau as a new species from South 
Australia, Proc. Zool. Soc. Victor. 1872, p. 243. 
^ Doryiclithys elevatus, sp. n., Hutton, Fish, of New Zeal. p. 08. 
