26 Pisces. 
PISCES. 
ChARACINIDAS. 
Elopomorphua orinocensis , Stdr., described and figured by Steindach- 
neb, SB. Ak. Wien, xcvi, p. 66, pi. ii, fig. 2. . 
Heteropygii. 
Typhlichthya subterraneus, Gir. : notes and figure by Girard, Le 
Nat. x, p. 107. 
SCOMBRESOCIDJE. 
Hemirhamphua intermedius, Cant., figured by McCoy, Prodr. Zool. 
Viet. pi, cxxxv, fig. 1. 
Scombreaox saurus , Bl., id. t. c. fig 2. 
ESOCIDAC. 
Esox luciu8 , L. : on its migrations for the purpose of spawning ; 
Knauthe, Zool. Gart. xxix, p. 186. 
Galaxiidas. 
Qalaxiaa indicus , n, sp., Day, Suppl. Fish. Ind. p. 808, fig., Bengal and 
Madras. 
Mormyridao. 
Mormyrw longibarbis, n. sp., Hilgendorf, SB. nat. Fr. 1888, p. 78, 
Victoria Nyanza. 
StERNOPTYCHIDjE. 
Neostoma , n. g., allied to Gonostoma, Raf., but distinguished by the 
absence of scales ; Vaillant, Exp6d. Trav. & Talism. p. 96. N. bathy- 
philum , p. 96, pi. viii, fig. 1, and quadrioculatum , p. 99, pi. viii, fig. 2, 
n. spp., id. ibid., Atlantic, between Portugal and Cape Verde and the 
Azores, 950-4415 m. This genus should also include G ono stoma elonga- 
tum , Gthr., and G. gracile , Gthr. ; id. t. c. p. 385. 
Ichthyococcus o vat us, Cocco, figured by id. t. c. pi. xiv, fig. 2. 
Opisthoproctu8, n. g., allied to Ichthyococcus ; id. t. c. p. 105. O. 
8oleatus, n. sp., p. 106, pi. xiii, fig. 1, Coast of Morocco, 2030 m. 
Maurolicus pennantii, C. & V.: on the so-called luminous organs ; E. 
Prince, Rep. Brit. Ass. 1887, p. 769. M. parvipinnis , n. sp., Vaillant, 
Miss. Sci. Cap Horn, Poiss. p. 17, pi. ii, fig. 3, Magellan Straits. 
Sternoptychides , n. g. Pseudobranchise present ; head and trunk much 
elevated and compressed, the latter passing gradually into the moderately 
long pedicle j the margin of the upper jaw formed by the intermaxillary 
and maxillary, each of which bears a row of long recurved teeth at a 
considerable distance from one another ; mandible with a similar row, 
one of which on either side is much more developed ; two series of phos- 
