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Brachymystax c&regonoides (Pall.) rediscovered by Dybowski, Verb. Z.-B. 
Ges. Wien, 1869, p. 956. 
^ Osmei'us sergeanti is a [very doubtful] new species from the Schuylkill 
River, named by Th. Norris, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1808, p. 93. 
Otregonus chadavy^ sp. u., D^^bowski, Verb. Z.-B. Ges. Wien, 1860, p. 954, 
fip[. 8, Onon River. 
iV Thymallus grubii^ sp. n., D Dowski, 1. c. p. 955, fig. 0, Transbaikalia. 
Esocida2. 
Bsox reichertii, sp. n., Dybowski, Verb. Z.-B. Ges. Wien, 1869, p. 956, 
Transbaikalia. 
Clupeid^e. 
V Alosa prcestahilis is fully described by Dr. Gilpin. Proc. <& Trans. N. Scot. 
Instit. Nat. Sc. ii. 2, 1809, p. 17. 
Clupea {Alosa) notacanthoides and Clupea setosa, spp. nn., Steindaclmer, 
Wien. Sitzgsber. lx. pp. 309, 311, taf. 7 & 6, from Mazatlan. 
. Clupea variegatay sp. n.. Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1869, p. 623, Irawaddy. 
Chato'esssus modestuSy sp. n.. Day, 1. c. p. 022, Bassein River, Burmah. 
Pellona sladeniy sp. n.. Day, /. c. p. 623, Irawaddy. 
Murasnidas. 
Leptocephalus. Dr. Steindacbner describes as two now species from Peru 
L. multimaculatus and L. peruanusy Wien. Sitzgsber. lx. pp. 316, 317. 
LOPHOBRANCHII. 
Trachyrhainphus cidtrirostris described as a new species by Peters, Berlin. 
Monatsber. 1869, p. 710 Syngnathus serratus']. 
Hippocampus hrcvicepSy sp. n., Peters, /. c. p. 710, South Australia, 
PLECTOGNATHI. 
Dr. Bleeker^s 21st part of the ^ Atlas Ichthyologique/ which 
contains the end of the descriptions of BalistidcSy lias been 
noticed above, p. 123. 
GANOIDEI. 
/ Dr. Lutken has criticised Prof. Kner's paper on the classifi- 
cation of Ganoids (see Zool. Record, iv. p. 179), Vid. Meddel. 
ntrh. Foren. Kjdbnh. f. 1868 (1869), pp. 1-82. In order to define 
this subclass in precise terms, it is necessary to exclude the 
Sturgeons, Amiay and others — that is, to abandon the character 
( assigned to it by Muller from its living representatives. The 
I author would define it thus : — Every fish of the order Phy- 
I sostomi is a Ganoid which has either the rhomboidal articu- 
! lating scales of a Lepidosteus, the interlocked scales attached 
