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Aurata (Cuvicr) Oken, 272, ("Les Daurades" Cuvier), Oken, 1183; 

 type Sparus aurata L. 

 Equivalent to Sparus L., as restricted by Fleming. Later called Chryso- 

 PHRYS by Cuvier. 



Pagrus Cuvier, 272 ; type Sparus argenteus Bloch & Schneider 

 (Sparus pagrus L.). 

 Not P.-VGRUS Plumier. 

 Dentex Cuvier, 273 ; type Sparus dentex L. 



Diacope Cuvier, 275 ; type Diacope seb^ Cuvier. 



Name preoccupied in butterflies (Diacope Hiibner, 1816) ; replaced by Gen- 

 YOROGE Cantor, 1850. Equivalent to Naqua Forskal, 1775, a name doubtfully 

 eligible. 



Serranus Cuvier, 276, ("Perche de mer ou serran") ; type Perca 

 CABRiLLA L. ("le Serran proprement dit"). 

 Serranus cabrilla is usually assumed as the type of the genus Serranus, 

 and therefore of the family Serranid^. But no species of the genus as thus re- 

 stricted is mentioned by Cuvier by scientific name. Cuvier, however, remarks : 

 ""La Mediterranee en produit beaucoup dont les plus communs s'y confondent 

 sous les noms vulgaires de Perche de mer, de Serran, etc." This refers to Ser- 

 ranus cabrilla and Serranus scriba. The first of these may be retained as type, 

 following general custom, although its scientific name is not mentioned. Other- 

 wise Holocentrus gigas Bloch & Schneider, which is explicitly mentioned, must 

 be taken, in which case Serranus disappears, as a synonym of Epinephelus 

 Bloch, and the name Serranellus Jordan & Eigenmann, a sub-generic term for 

 Serranus scriba, would stand for the genus, as in Fowler's arrangement (Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1907, 266). 



Plectropomus (Cuvier) Oken, 277, ("Les Plectropomes" Cuvier), 

 Plectropomus Oken, 1182, Plectropoma of Cuv. & Val. ; type 

 as restricted Bodianus maculatus Bloch. 



Cantharus Cuvier, 278; type Sparus cantharus L. ("Les Canthares," 



1815-) 

 Name preoccupied; replaced by Spondyliosoma Cantor, 1850. 



Pristipomus (Cuvier) Oken, 279, ("Les Pristipomes" Cuvier), Oken, 

 1182, (Pristipoma of Cuvier & Valenciennes); type Lutjanus 

 hasta Bloch. 

 Equivalent to Pomadasys Lacepede. 



Scolopsis Cuvier, 280; type "le Kurite, Russell" (Scolopsides kurita 



Cuv. & Val.). 

 Called Scolopsides by Cuvier. 



Diagramma (Cuvier) Oken, 280, ("Les Diagrammes" Cuvier), Oken, 

 1183; type Anthias diagramma Bloch. 

 Equivalent to Plectorhynchus Lacepede. 



