14 Pisces . 
• PJSCES. 
Carangid^e. 
Caranx bartholomcei , C. & V., and sexfasciatus, Q. & G.. Notes on the 
type specimens ; Jordan, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 531. 
Seriola rivolianct, C. & Y. : note on the type specimen ; id. t. c. p. 532. 
S. simplex , n. sp., Ramsay & Douglas-Ogilby, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. x, 
p. 757, Port Jackson. 
Trachynotus argenteus, C. & Y., cayennensis , C. & V., and paitensis , 
C. & Y. Notes on the type specimens; Jordan, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, 
p. 531. 
Equula smithursti , n. sp., Ramsay & Douglas-Ogilby, P. Linn. Soc. 
N. S. W. (2) i, p. 11, Hood Lagune, New Guiuea. 
Cyrtus gulliveri ) Casteln., redescribed by Ramsay & Douglas : Ogilby, 
t. c. p. 10. 
CoRYPHiENIDiE. 
Steinegeria , n. g. ( Bramidce ), for S. rubescens , n. sp., Jordan & Ever- 
mann, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 467, Gulf of Mexico. 
ScOMBRIDiE. 
Thynnus thynnus, L. Notes on the external characters and anatomy of 
a male specimen captured in the Forth, off Pittenweem ; W. C. McIntosh, 
Ann. N. H. (5) xvii, pp. 326-337, pi. xi. Remarks in reply to some criti- 
cisms contained in the above paper ; F. Day, t. c. pp. 400-402. Addi- 
tional remarks; W. C. McIntosh, t. c. pp. 523-525. Figured by McIntosh, 
Rep. Fish.-Board. Scotl. 1885, pi. viii. 
TRACH1NID2E. 
Trachinus draco , L., and T. vipera , C. & Y. W. C. McIntosh is inclined 
to regard the latter form as only a young stage of the former; Ann. 
N. H. (5) xvii, p. 441. This view is refuted by F. Day, t. c. pp. 526 
& 527. 
BATRACHIDiE. 
Ryder, J. A. The Development of the Toad-Fish (Batrachus). Am. 
Nat. xx, pp. 77-80, and Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. 1886, pp. 4-8, pi. i. 
Batrachus cryptocentrus , C. & Y. Note on the type specimen ; Jordan, 
P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, p. 546. 
Pediculati. 
Linophryne , n. g. Head enormous ; the body slender, compressed, 
mouth oblique. Spinous dorsal reduced to a single cephalic tentacle, the 
basal part of which is erect, not procumbent. Teeth in the jaws, on the 
vomer, and the upper pharyngeals. Gill-openings exceedingly narrow, 
situated a little below the root of the pectorals. Soft 'dorsal and anal 
