16 Pisces. 
PISCES. 
ScORPiENIDvE. 
Scorpcena ustulata , Lowe : notes by Bellotti, Atti Soc. Hal. xxxi, 
p. 213, pi. i va, fig. 1. 
Berycid.e. 
Trachichthys commensal of sea-anemones ; Sluiter, Zool. Anz. xi, 
p. 240. 
Scopelogadus , n. g., == Melamphaes, Gthr. ; Yaillant, Expdd. Trav. & 
Tulism. pp. 141 & 385. S. codes, n. sp., id. t. c. p. 143, pi. xxvi, fig. 6, 
Banc d’Arguin and Cape Yerde, 1C90-3655. 
Scijenid.e. 
Umlrina striata , n. sp., Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 660, Muscat, 
Arabia. Identified by Bay, op. cit. 1888, p. 260, with V. sinaata , Day. 
TeICHIURIDjE. 
Thyrsitops violaceus , n. sp., Bean, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. x, p. 513, New 
England Coast, 125 faths. 
Carangid^. 
Caranx jayaJcari , n. sp., Boulenger, P. Z. S. 1887, p. 661, Muscat, 
Arabia. 
Trachynotus copping eri, Gthr., = T. russellii, C. & Y. ; Day, op. cit. 
1888, p. 260. 
Capros aper , Lacep. ; notes on the habits, by J. T. Cunningham, J. 
Mar. Biol. Ass. i, p. 243. 
Dirctmus argenteus , Johus., described by Yaillant, Exp<$d. Trav. & 
Talism. p. 355. 
Cyttidas. 
Cyttus roseus , Lowe, described by Yaillant, Exped. Trav. & Talism. 
p. 349. 
Nomehle. 
Psenes guamensis , Gthr., = P.javanicus , C. & V. ; Day, P. Z. S. 1888, 
p. 260. 
CoRYPHiENIDiE. 
Brama rail, Bl., figured by McCoy, Prodr. Zool. Yict. pi. cxxxiii. 
ScQMBRIDjE. 
R. Storms, Ann. N. H. (6) ii, pp. 67-76, discusses the morphological 
significance of the adhesive disk of Pcheneis. He concludes that the 
