LIST OF DERIVATIONS OF PROPER NAMES 



Acanthodes, aKuv&uSr/s, provided with spines. 

 Acanthopterygii, aKavOa, spine, vrepv^, fin(ned). 

 Acipenser, d/7r>7<nos, classic name of sturgeon. 

 Actinopterygii, aKrts, stout ray, Trre'put, fin(ned). 

 Alopias, aAwTreKtas, classic name of the fox shark. 

 Amia, d/xt'a, classic name of tunny( ?). 

 Amiurus, d//.ta, Amia, ovpd, tail (eel). 

 Ammocoetes, OL/X./AOS, sand, Koirrj, (a bed) abider. 

 Anacanthini, dva, without, aKavOa, spine. 

 Anguilla, classic name of eel. 

 Arthrodira, apOpov, joint, (?)8is, double. 

 Aspidorhynchus, derm.'?, shield, pu'yxs< snout. 



Bdellostoma, ySSe'AAa, leech, ord/xa, mouth. 



Belonorhynchus, (3e\6vr], classic name of gar-fish, pvy^os, snout. 



Calamoichthys, calamus, a reed, l\Qvs, fish. 



Callichthys, KaXAos, beautiful, ix^v's, fish. 



Callorhynchus, /cdAAos, beautiful, pv'yx 05 ' snout. 



Carassius, x^P -^ classic name of (sea)fish. 



Catums, Kara, on the under side, ovpd, tail. 



Cephalaspis, Ke^aAT/, head, dcrTrts, shield. 



Ceratodus, Ke'pas, horn, oSov's, tooth (ed). 



Cestracion, Kea-rpa, classic name of (pavement-toothed) sea-fish. 



Cheirodus, x et P' nan d, oSov's, tooth (ed). 



Chimaera, xt/^'P ' fabulous monster, lion's head, goat's body, dragon's 



tail. 



Chlamydoselache, xAa/xuSo's, frilled, creAoixr/, shark. 

 Chondrostei, xw^pos, cartilage, ocrreov, bone(d). 

 Cladoselache, for Cladodonto-selache, Act8os, branch, 68ous, tooth (ed), 



creAax?/, shark. 

 Climatius, KAt'/^a, a gradation (in allusion, perhaps, to the graded row 



of fin spines). 



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