30 Pisces. 
PISCES. 
anal fin, the nostrils not being tubular, and the gill-openings being 
almost horizontal ; Goode & Bean, l. t c. p. 436. L. velifer , sp. n., iid. 
1. c. p. 437, Florida. 
Ophichthys xysturus , p. 346, and zophochir , p. 347, spp. nn., Jordan & 
Gilbert, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv., Mazatlan. 
Ophichthys miurus , sp. n., iid, op. cit. v. p. 354, Cape San Lucas, 
California. 
Ophichthys stypurus , sp. n.,R. Smith & J. Swain, tom. cit. p. 120, Johns- 
ton’s Island. 
Murcena afro. (Bl.), described by Steindachner, Denk. Ak. Wien, xliv. 
p. 49. 
Murcena pinta , p. 345, and pintiia , p. 346, spp. nn., Jordan & Gilbert, 
P. U. S. Nat. Mus. iv., Mazatlau. 
Murcena retifera , sp. n., Goode & Bean, op. cit. v. p. 435, Charleston, 
South Carolina. 
Gymnomurcena nectura , sp. n., Jordan & Gilbert, l. c. v. p. 356, Cape 
San Lucas, California. 
Apterichthys selachops , sp. n., iid. ibid., Cape San Lucas. California. 
LOPHOBRANCHII. 
J. Swain publishes a review of the Syngnathince of the United States ; 
P. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. pp. 307-315. 
Siphostoma auliscus , sp. n., Swain, l. c. p. 310, Pacific Coast of the 
United States. 
Siphostoma floridce , p. 263, and zatropis , p. 264, spp. nn., Jordan & 
Gilbert, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. v., Gulf of Mexico. 
Syngnathus intestinalis , sp. n., Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc N. S. W. v. p. 494, 
from the intestinal cavity of Holothurice. [Omitted from the preceding 
Record.] 
Syngnathus zonatus , sp. n., Jiinos Kdroli, Term, fiizetek, v. p. 185, 
Borneo. 
Syngnathus cayennensis, sp. n., Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7) vi. 
p. 176, Cayenne. 
Hippocampus zosterce and sty lifer, spp. nn., Jordan & Gilbert, l. c. 
p. 265, Gulf of Mexico. 
PLEOTOGNATHI. 
Tetrodon nephelus , sp. n., Goode & Bean, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 412, 
Florida. 
Orthagoriscus mola. W. Yignal gives a note on the anatomy of the 
central nervous system of this fish. Arch. Z. exper. ix. pp. 369-385, 
pi. xxi. [Omitted from the preceding Record.] 
CYCLOSTOMATA. 
Ahlborn, F. Zur Neurologie der Petromyzonten. Vorlaufige Mitthei- 
lung. Gotting. Nachr. 1882, pp. 677-682. 
