ANACANTHJNi. * Pisces 26 
^ Pleuronectes hogdanovi, sp. n., H. Sandeberg, Bull. Soc. Mosc. liii. 
pt. 2, p. 236, fig., White Sea. 
Puchalarodus putnami, Gill, = Pleuronectes glaber, a species the male 
of which has ciliated rough scales, those of the female being perfectly 
smooth. Both sexes have the teeth moveable in the spawning season 
only. T. Bean, Science Notes, i. p. 104, and Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
Platessa flesus, L., canght in the Weser ; Linstow, Arch. f. Nat. xliv. 
p. 246. 
Plagusia guttata, sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 362, 
pi. X. fig. 3, Port Darwin. 
Synaptura filamentosa, p. 93, sianiensis, p. 94, Laos, (Anisochirus) har- 
mandi, p. 94, Me-Kong, Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. ; S. sclero- 
lepis, Macleay, 1. c. p. 363, pi. x. fig. 4, Port Darwin : spp. nn. 
Apionichthys hleelceri, sp. n., R. Horst, Tijdschr. Nederl. Dierk. Ver. iv. 
pp. 30-33 [in Utrecht Univ. Mus.]. 
Cynoglossus (Arelia) solum, sp. n., Sauvage, 1. c. p. 95, Me-Kong. 
Cynoglossus joyneri, sp. n., Gunther, Ann. N. H. (5) i. p. 486, Japan. 
SlLURID^. 
Plotosus elongatus, sp. n., Castelnau, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. p. 237, 
Brisbane River. 
Eumeda, g. n. Siluridos Jieteropterm, near Silurichthys. Body elongate, 
compressed ; eye on upper part of head ; one dorsal with pungent spine ; 
adipose none ; anal very long, and joining caudal, which is obliquely 
truncated ; ventrals inserted behind the perpendicular from the dorsal ; 
three pairs of short barbels on anterior part of snout, at angle of mouth, 
and on lower jaw ; lateral line continued all the length of the body ; 
teeth on both jaws numerous, crowded and tubercular, with a line of 
sharp conical ones in front ; nostrils remote from each other ; head and 
body covered with soft skin. E. elongata, sp. n., id., op. cit. iii. p. 143, 
Rockhampton. 
Neosilurus, g. n. Has the form of Plotosus, but without dorsal fin ; 
comes near to Silurichthys. N. australis, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 239, Rock- 
hampton. 
Pangasius siamensis, sp. n., Steindachner, SB. Ak. Wien, Ixxvii. Abth. i. 
p. 393. 
V Pangasius pleurotcBnia, sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. p. 235, 
Laos. 
V Helicophagus hypophthalmus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 235, Laos. 
Hypophthalmus perporosus, sp. n.. Cope, P. Am. Phil. Soc. xvii. p. 673, 
Peru. 
Arius curtisi, sp. n., Castelnau, 1. c. ii. p. 236, Moreton Bay. In case 
it should be separated from Arius, Neoarius proposed as a generic name ; 
id. ibid. 
Pimelodus humilis, Gthr., noticed ; P. bathyurus and ophthalmicus, 
spp. nn., Peru, Cope, 1. c. pp. 674 & 675. 
Hemipimelodus siamensis, sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) ii. 
p. 234, Siam. 
