Excerpt from Catalogue of Lophobranchiate Fish: In the Collection of the British Museum

The object of this Catalogue is to give a description of all the species of Lophobranchous Fishes in the Collection of the British Museum, with an indication of their history and origin, and an account of the species to be found in other Collections which are desiderata to the National Museum.

Dr. Kaup observes that, "If my work has any value, it is chiefly owing to the liberality and great kindness of Professor Dumeril, Director Temminck, Dr. Heckel, Dr. Rüppell, Professor Lichtenstein, and Dr. Krauss, who most kindly transmitted all the specimens of this Order from the French, Leyden, Vienna, Frankfort, Berlin, and Stuttgardt Museums, that I might compare them with the specimens in the British Museum, which has given me the means of comparing more than 2000 specimens of these fishes together, an advantage which no other Ichthyologist has hitherto enjoyed. From these sources I have been able to determine and describe ninety-five species, and to indicate one which appears to be distinct from any which has come under my examination.

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