29 Pisces. 
PISCES. 
Saurus lucioceps^ Ayres. Note on this species, which is probably 
identical with S.fcetens, L. ; Lockington, 1. c. ii. p. 348. 
BathypteroiSy g. n. Shape like Aulopus ; head moderate, depressed in 
front, snout projecting, and large mandible very prominent beyond upper 
jaw ; cleft of mouth wide ; maxillary much developed, very movable, 
much dilated behind ; teeth in narrow ‘villiform bands in jaws, on each 
side of the broad vomer a small patch of similar ^;eeth, noue on palatines 
or tongue j eye very small ; scales cycloid, adherent, of moderate size ; 
rays of pectoral much elongate, some of the upper being separate from 
the rest and forming a distinct division j ventrals abdominal, with outer 
rays prolonged, eight-rayed ; dorsal inserted in middle of body above or 
immediately behind root of ventral, of moderate length ; adipose fin pre- 
sent or absent ; anal short ; caudal forked ; gill-opening very wide, gill- 
laminae well developed, separate from each other, gill-rakers long ; pseu- 
dobranchiae none. B. longijilis, p. 183, Kermadec Island^ longipes, p. 184, 
East of S. AuiQvical quadrijilis, Brazil, longicauduy S. Pacific, p. 184; 
Gunther, Ann. N. H. (6) ii. : spp. nn. 
Scopelus antarcticuSy p. 184, mizolepiSy crassicepsy p. 185, macrostomay 
micropSy p. 186, spp. nn., id. 1. c., Oceania. 
STOMIATIDiE. 
Echiostoma microdon and micrqmus, spp. nn., Gunther, L c. p. 180, 
Coasts of Australia. 
Malacosteus indicus, sp. n.,id. 1. c. p. 181, Pacific. 
Bathyophis, g. n. Body extremely narrow and elongate, snake-like, 
naked ; vent far behind middle of length of body ; head large, compressed, 
snout of moderate length, cleft of mouth nearly as long as head ; teeth in 
jaws extremely large, numerous, unequal, depressible ; similar teeth on 
tongue and on each side of vomer ; eye rather small ; opercular portion 
of head narrow ; a long barbel anteriorly on hyoid ; dorsal commences 
above ventrals and extends nearly to anal ; anal also long, commencing 
behind vent ; pectorals none ; ventrals inserted before middle of body ; 
a small phosphorescent organ above middle of upper jaw, and a series 
of small luminous dots along each side of abdomen and along outer 
ventral ray ; similar organs on tail ; gill-openings extremely wide.*^ B. 
feroXy sp. n., id. ibid. Atlantic. 
PHYSOSTOMI. 
Salmonid^. 
Morton, Allport. On the present stage of the Salmon Experiment. 
P. R. S. Tasm. (1877) 1878, pp. 109-114. 
On the Salmon of California {Salmo quinnat) ; Raveret-Wattel, Bull. 
_Soc. Acclim. (3) v. pp. 19-28. 
( On the American Trout (S. fontinalis) ; id. 1. c. pp. 445-453. 
On Trutta salar in the Weser; Linstow, Arch. f. Nat. xliv. p. 248. 
