] 5 Pisces. 
PISCES. 
Jielfrichi^ Blkr., = P. hasselti, C. V. ; Trichopus leeri, Blki*., = T. tricho- 
pteruSy Lac. ; Betta anahatoides^ Blkr., = B. picta^ Blkr., = B. trifasciatay 
Blkr., = B. pugnaxy Gthr. : Verb. Ak. Amst. xix. pp. 1-29. 
MicracanthuSj g. n. Body rounded, fusiform, no points or denticu- 
lations on the operculum ; opening of the mouth small and transverse, 
teeth fixed in the jaws, none on palate ; dorsal and anal spines in very 
small number ; soft anal, much longer than dorsal ; caudal not notched ; 
ventrals with a feeble spine and four rays, the outer one somewhat pro- 
longed ; no lateral line. if. marchii^ Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. 
p. 96, Ogow^. 
TPAOHYPTERIDiE. 
Trachypterus. In a paper upon the characters of the different species 
of this genus, and especially on the metamorphoses of T. ttxnia, C. Emery 
draws the conclusion that T. filicauda, Costa, spinolce, C. V., tcenia, Bl., 
and iris, Walb., are names given to successive stages of one and the same 
species, viz., T. tcenia. He gives particulars of 23 specimens examined. 
Atti Acc. Rom. (3) Mem. Sci. Fis. iii. pp. 390-395, pi. figs. 1-6, and 
, MT. z. Stat. Neap. i. p. 581. 
^ Regalecus pacificus, Haast. Notes on the anatomy of this fish ; 
Llewellyn Powell, Tr. N. Z. Inst. xi. pp. 269 & 270. 
Centriscidj?:. 
Amphisile homis, sp. n., Macleay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. iii. p. 165, 
pi. xix. h, Palau Islands. 
N0TACANTiIID.E. 
Notacanthus nasus (Campy lodon, Fabr.). A paper on this species, with 
list of the known species of the genus ; Liitkeu, Vid. Medd. 1877 (1878) 
i pp. 146-163. 
ACANTHOPTERYGII PHARYNGOGNATHI. 
PoMACENTRIDiE. 
Eupomacentrus (Brachypomacentrus) ater, Blkr., supposed to be Poma- 
centrus ater, Li4n., described and figured ; Bleeker, Verb. Ak. Amst. xviii. 
p. 6, pi. ii. 
Pomacentrus vitianus, sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) iii. p. 2C6, 
Fiji. 
^ Pomacentrus sanctce-helence, sp. n., id. Z. c. p. 207, St. Helena. 
Glyphidodon filholi, sp. n., id. ihid., Fiji. 
Labrid^. 
/ Duymaeria japonica. On coloured scales in this fish, an exception to 
i the usual methods of colouring in fishes ; Hilgendorf, SB. nat. Fr. 1879, 
p. 121. 
