18 Pisces 
V. PISCES. 
A. T. Masterman, Nat. Sci. x, pp. 382-392, figg., writes on some effects of 
pelagic spawning-habit on the life-histories of Teleosteans. 
A. T. Masterman, Rep. Fish. Board Scotland, xv, Pt. hi, pp. 246-261, 
reviews the work of the 1 Garland 1 in connection with the pelagic eggs 
of the food-fishes. 
H. M. Kyle, Rep. Fish. Board Scotland, xv, Pt. in, pp. 246-261, reports 
on the pelagic ova, larvae, and young fishes procured by the ‘ Garland ’ 
in 1896. 
Fabre-Doumergue & Bi&trix, Ann. Sci. Nat. (8) iii, pp. 151-220, figg., 
have notes on the eggs and larvae of some Fishes from the Atlantic 
Coast of Brittany. 
Fabre-Doumergue & Bi&trix, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1897, pp. 57 & 58, write 
on the critical post-larval period in marine Teleosteans, and add 
considerations from the practical point of view as to artificial rearing 
of embryos. 
F. W. Seelig, Abh. Ver. Kassel, lxi, pp. 38-46, writes on artificial fecunda- 
tion and rearing of fish -ova. 
A. E. Verrill, Amer. J. Sci. (4) iii, pp. 135 & 136, writes on nocturnal 
and diurnal changes in the colours of certain Teleostean Fishes, with 
notes on their sleeping habits. 
A CANTHOPTER YOU. 
Percid^e. 
Lucioperca volgensis , Pall., recorded from Croatia by Mojo, Rad Jugoslav. 
Ak. cxxvi, 1896, p. 84. 
Percina caprodes , Raf. Further notes on variations: Moenkhaus, P. 
Indiana Ac. 1895, p. 278 [1896]; P. aspro , Cope & Jord. Notes 
on variations : Moenkhaus, t. c. p. 161 [1896]. 
Boleosoma nigrum , Raf. Notes on variations : Moenkhaus, l. c. p. 161. 
Acerina cernua , L., figured, with notes on its occurrence in the lower 
Loire. E. March and, Bull. Soc. Ouest France, vii, p. 151, pi. iv. 
Notes on Croatian specimens: Mojo, t. c. p. 84, fig. On variations in 
the fin-rays : Dunker, Biol. Centralbl. xvii, pp. 785 & 815. 
SERRANIDiE. 
Epinephelus niphobles , sp. n., Gilbert (& Starks). P. U. S. Mus. xix, 
p. 442, Magdalena Bay, Lower California. 
Mycteroperca hopkinsi, sp. n., Jordan & Rutter, P. Ac. Philad. 1897, 
p. 105, Jamaica. 
Buies dnpiluruiy Gthr. Note by Jordan & Rutter, t . c . p. 106. 
Anthias townsendi } sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xx, p. 420, Mekran 
Coast, Persia. 
Lobotes surinamensis , Bl., described by Jordan & Rutter, t. c. p. 112. 
PRISTIPOMATIDiE. 
Diagramma goeldii , sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xx, p. 294, 
Marajo Is., Brazil. 
Brachydeuteres corvinceformis , Stdr., described by Jordan & Rutter, 
P. Ac. Philad. 1897, p. 110. 
Orthopristu forbesi , sp. n. (Jordan & Starks) Gilbert, P. U. S. Mus, 
xix, p. 443, Albemarle, Galapagos Archipelago. 
