32 Pisces 
V. PISCES. 
Berycida:. 
Remarks on the systematic position and relationships, and synopsis of the 
genera, Boulenger, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) ix, pp. 197-204. 
Review of the Japanese species by Jordan & Fowler, P. U. S. Mus. 
xxvi, pp. 1-21, figg. 
F. Supino, Ric. Lab. anat. Roma ix, pi. xii, describes and figures the skull 
of Hoplostethus mediterraneus. 
Berycopsis major , sp. n. (foss.), A. S. Woodward, Foss. Fish. Engl. Chalk, 
Pakeontogr. Soc. 1902, p. 11, pi. ii, fig. 2, Chalk, Cuxton, Kent. 
Hoplopteryx simus , sp. n. (foss.), A. S. Woodward, op. cit. p. 23, pi. viii, 
figg. 1-4, Chalk of S. of England. H. brevis , sp. n. (foss.), Fritsch & 
Bayer, Ceska Ak. Praze, 4to, ii, p. 14, pi. iii, fig. 3, Cretaceous, Bohemia. 
ffomonotus rotundus , sp. n. (foss.), A. S. Woodward, op. cit. p. 28, pi. vii, 
fig. 8, Chalk, Charing, Kent. 
Gephyroberyx , g. n., for Trachichthys darwini , Johnson, Boulenger, t. c. 
p. 203. 
Trachichthyoides , g. n., near Trachiclitliys , for T. ornatus, sp. n. (foss.), 
A. S. Woodward, op. cit. p. 29, pi. viii, fig. 5, Chalk of Kent. 
Paratrachichthys prosthemius , sp. n., Jordan & Fowler, t. c. p. 9, fig., 
Japan. 
Myripristis japonicus, C. &. V., figured by Jordan & Fowler, t. c. p. 12. 
Holocentrus spinosissimus , Schleg., figured by Jordan & Fowler, t. c. p. 14; 
II. ittodai , sp. n., iid. ibid. p. 16, fig., Japan. 
Beanea , g. n., like Myripristis , but with only 5 soft rays to the ventral, 
for B. trivittata , sp. n., Steindachner, Anz. Ak. Wiss. xxxix, p. 337, 
Red Sea. 
ANAGANTHINL 
Gadida:. 
C. G. J. Petersen, Rep. Dan. Biol. Stat. xi, pp. 3-28, has biological notes 
on the Gadidce of the Danish Seas. 
On growth of scales in the Gadidce , J. S. Thomson, J. Mar. Biol. Ass. (2) vi, 
p. 373, pi. v. 
Gadus , L. H. C. Williamson, Rep. Fish. Board Scotland xx, Pt hi, 
pp. 228-287, pis. iv-xi, describes in detail the external and osteo- 
logical characters of G. morrhua , virens , and pollachius. 
Onus mustela , L. On the pelvic fins in the postlarval and young stages, 
D. M. Paul, Ann. Nat. Hist. (7) x, p. 115, pi. v. 
Melanonosoma , g. n., near Melanonus , Gthr., for M. acutecaudatum , sp. n., 
Gilchrist, Mar. Invest. S. Afr. ii, p. 106, off Cape of Good Hope, 
360 fathoms. 
Tripterophycis , g. n., of the Pliycine group, combining a tripartite dorsal 
fin with a single anal, for T. gilchristi , sp. n., Boulenger, Ann. Nat. 
Hist. (7) ix, p. 335, fig., off Cape of Good Hope, 250 fathoms. 
Macrurida:. 
F. Supino, Ric. Labor, anat. Roma ix, pi. v, describes and figures the 
skull of Macrurus trachyrhynchus. 
PER CES 0 CES. 
O. P. Hay, Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. No. 179, p. 397, proposes the new name 
Mesichthyes for an Order to embrace the Percesoces and the Haplomi. 
