teleostqmi. 
Pisces 25 
Boopsctta umbrarum , Alcock, figured by Alcock, 111. Zool. Investigator, 
pi. xvii, fig. 5. 
Synaptura zebra , C. & V., figured by Otaki, t. c. pi. viii, fig. 11. 
Cynoglossus joyneri, Gthr., figured by Otaki, t. c. pi. viii, fig. 12. 
PHYSOSTOMI. 
SlLURID^E. 
L. Vaillant, Rev. Sci. (4) vii, pp. 685-689, publishes a lecture on the 
distribution of tho Siluridce in space and time. 
Clarias mossambicus, Ptrs. Note by Yinciguerra, Ann. Mus. Genova (2) 
xvii, p. 25 ; C. theodorce , sp. n., M. Weber, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. x, p. 150, 
Natal. 
Ailia somalensis, sp. n., Vinciguerra, Ann. Mus. Genova (2) xvii, p. 346, 
Somaliland. 
Pimelodus gracilis, Yal. Note by Vaillant, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1897, p. 222. 
Tachysurus liropus , sp. n. (Bristol) Gilbert, P. U. S. Mus. xix, p. 438, 
S. Juan Lagoon, Sonora, Mexico. 
Ckimarrhoglanis, g. n., allied to Pimelodus , Vaillant, Bull. Mus. Paris, 
1897, p. 81 \ — Anoplopterus, Pfefif. — R. ec.] ; C. leroyi ’, sp. n., id. ibid. 
p. 82, Mrogoro, Zanguebar, 2000 ft. [ = A. platychir, Gthr. — R ec.J 
Arius pleurops , sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6), xx, p. 296, Marajo 
Is., Brazil. 
Netuma insularum , sp. n. (Greene) Gilbert, P. U. S. Mus. xix, p. 439, 
Galapagos Archipelago. 
Doumea typica , Sauvage. Note by Vaillant, Bull. Mus. Paris, 1897, 
p. 82. 
Synodontis zanzibaricus , Ptrs., leopardus , Pfefif., and serratus , Rupp. Notes 
by Vinciguerra, t. c. pp. 350 & 351. Synopsis of the Congo species : 
Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (6) xx, p. 424; S. pleurops , sp. n., id. ibid. 
p. 423, Upper Congo ; S. vaillanti, n. n. for S. labeo , Vaill. nec Gthr., 
id. ibid. p. 424. 
Malapterurus electricus , Gm. On its habits in an aquarium : H. O. Forbes, 
Bull. Liverp. Mus. i, p. 25. 
Plecostomus borellii , sp. n., Boulenger, Boll. Mus. Torino, xii, No. 279, 
p. 2, Mission de S. Francisco, R. Pilcomayo, Bolivia. 
Trichomycterus cordovensis, Weyenb., redescribed by Boulenger, Boll. Mus. 
Torino, xii, No. 279, p. 2 ; T. borellii , sp. n., id. ibid. p. 3, Bolivian 
Chaco and Prov. Salta, Argentina. 
Pygidium schmidti , p. 266, Catamarca, Argentina, spegazzinii , p. 267, 
Salta, Argentina, and riojanum , p. 269, Cordillera de La Rioja, Argen- 
tina, spp. nn., Berg, An. Mus. Buenos Ayres, v. \ 
ScOPELIDiE. 
Bathypterois atricolor , Alcock, figured by Alcock, 111. Zool. Investigator, 
pi. xvii, fig. 6. 
Argyropelecus olfersii , Cuv. Note by Collett, Arch. Naturv. Christian, 
xix, No. 7, p. 14. 
Scopelarchus quentheri , Alcock, figured by Alcock, 111. Zool. Investigator, 
pi. xvii, fig. 7. 
CYPRINIDiE. 
Fack, — , Schr. Ver. Schleswig-Holst. xi, pp. 84 & 85, remarks on the 
disposition of the pharyngeal teeth in the Cj^prinoids of Schleswig- 
Holstein. 
