GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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II. GENERAL SUBJECT. 
E. Lonnberg contributes a first fascicle (pp. 1-48) of the introduction 
to the Fishes in Bronn’s Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. This 
fascicle deals with the history of Ichthyology. 
A. S. Woodward’s fourth volume of the Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in 
the British Museum, deals with the Teleosteans, which are divided into 
7 Suborders: Isospondyli (including Haplomi ), Ostariophysi , Apodes , 
Percesoces , Hemibranchii (including Lophobranchii ), Acanthopterygii (in¬ 
cluding Plectognathi) and Anacanthini. 
W. P. Pycraft’s ‘Story of Fish Life’ gives a popular account of the 
structure, habits, and distribution of Fishes. 
F. Steindachner, Festschr. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 1901, pp. 407-443, 
reviews the work done by Austrian ichthyologists from 1850 to 1900. 
C. Rabl, Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. lxx, pp. 474-496, discusses the origin of 
paired fins, the author being in favour of the lateral-fold theory, and, 
pp. 520-558, deals with the history of the Arcliipterygium. 
A. Goette, Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. lxix, pp. 533-577, fig., pis. xl-xliii, 
writes on the structure of the gills of Fishes. 
Marianne Plehn, Zool. Anz. xxiv, pp. 439-443, figg., has a preliminary 
communication on the structure of the gills. 
C. M. L. Popta writes on the branchial appendages of Fishes: Ann. Sci. 
nat. (8) xii, pp. 139-216, pi. vii, and Bull. Mus. Paris 1901, pp. 11 & 12. 
C. Fryd publishes a pamphlet (Kiel, 8vo) on the otoliths of Fishes. 
H. Neuville, Ann. Sci. nat. (8) xiii, pp. 1-116, figg., pi. i, writes on 
the intestinal vascularisation in Cyclostomes and Selachians. 
M. Jaquet, Bull. Soc. Bucarest x, pp. 240-250, writes on the sympathetic 
nervous system. 
R. Krause, Anat. Anz. xix, pp. 49-59, figg., writes on the origin of the 
ductus endolympbaticus. 
F. Raffaele, Monit. Zool. ital. xii, p. 221, remarks on the gastral 
mesoderm, with special reference to Selachians and Amphioxus. 
S. Hatta, Annot. zool. Japon. iv, pp. 43-47, has a preliminary note on 
the relation of the metameric segmentation of mesoblast in Petromyzon to 
that in Amphioxus and the higher Craniota. 
H. De Wael, Bull. Mus. Paris 1900, pp. 378-282, has a preliminary 
note on the development of the eye of Fishes. 
K. Peter, Anat. Anz. xix, pp. 180-185, figg., writes on the influence of 
the developmental conditions on the formation of the central nervous 
system and the sense-organs. 
A. W. Alcock’s Zoological Gleanings from the Marine Survey Ship 
‘Investigator,’ Sci. Mem. Med. Offic. Army India xii, pp. 35-76, contains 
remarks on commensalism, sexual characters, pairing, viviparity, and 
protective and warning coloration among Indian Marine Fishes. 
E. E. Prince, Ottawa Natural, xiv, pp. 212-217, writes on the powers 
of Adaptation in Fishes. 
W. C. McIntosh, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) vii, pp. 235-239, makes general 
remarks on the coloration of marine Fishes. 
G. Fritsch, Tagebl. v. Int. Zool. Congr. No. 8, p. 11, remarks on the 
coloration and markings of electric Fishes. 
H. CouTikRE, Caus. Soc. zool. France 1900, pp. 25-36, remarks on 
poisonous Fishes. 
P. Stephan, De l’hermaphrodisme cliez les Vertebres, has very full 
observations on hermaphrodite fishes. 
A. E. Verrill, Amer. J. Sci. (4) xii, p. 88, remarks on the death of 
tropical Marine Fishes caused by unusual cold. 
