558 note on the genus aphjritis, c.v., 



Eleginops. 



Eleginus (not Fischer*) Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss. V. p. 158, 1830; Giinth. Catal. Fish. ii. p. 247, 1860. 



Eleginoj)s, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1861, p. 522, and 

 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. xiv. 1891, p. 305 (to replace Eleyinus, 



C.V.) 



Head somewhat compressed, not elevated, the snout short ; 

 mouth small, the maxillary slender and scarcely extending to the 

 vertical from the anterior border of the eye ; upper jaw the longer; 

 no palatine teeth ; opercle spineless ; gill-membranes attached 

 to the isthmus ; ■ dorsal fins well separated, of moderate height, 

 the first originating above the insertion of the pectorals; dorsal 

 rays simple or feebly branched; anal with a single spine, originat- 

 ing well behind the second dorsal; lower pectoral rays branched; 

 scales ciliated; head and body without cutaneous appendages. 



Type: — Eleginops maclovinus. 

 = Eleginus maclovinus, Cuv. & Val. 1830, = Atherina macloviana, 

 Less. 1830, = Eleginus chilensis, Cuv. & Val. 1833, = Aphritis 

 undulatus, Jenyns, 1842 1= Eleginns/alkla7idicus, Richards. 1846, 

 1 = Aphritis porosus, J enjns, 1842,1 = Phriciis porosus, Berg, 1895. 



Distribution: — Marine fishes from the southern half of 

 South America. 



In Berg's excellent paper, of which previous mention has been 

 made, this fish is catalogued by the name Eleginus maclovinus, 

 and the family to which it is referred is renamed Eleginidce, 

 exception being taken to Gill's Nototheniida^ on the ground that 

 Eleginus is the oldest established genus belonging to the family; 

 but since it has been shown that Eleginus is unavailable, Gill's 

 name necessarily holds good, for it will hardly be contended that, 

 despite the change of name, the family must receive its title from 

 the oldest recorded species. In any case I am not prepared to 



* Megimis, G. Fischer, M^m. Soc. Nat. Moscou, v. p. 4, 1813 ; type 

 Gadus navaga, Kolreuter. 



