100 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



Schilbe (Cuvier) Oken, 202, ("Les Schilbe" Cuvier), Oken, Isis, 1182; 



type SiLURUS mystus Hasselquist. 

 Synodontis Cuvier, 203 ; type Pimelodus synodontis Geoffroy. 



Bagre (Cuvier) Oken, 204, (''Les Bagres" Cuvier), Oken, Isis, 1182; 

 type SiLURUS bagre L. 

 By tautonomy. Latinized as Bagrus by Valenciennes. This generic name 

 must replace Felichthys Swainson and Ailurichthys Baird, for the Gaff-top- 

 sail Cat-fish Felichthys marinus (L), of American waters, unless the earlier 

 name Bagre of Catesby, applied to another genus, be deemed eligible. The name 

 Bagrus, transferred by Cuvier & Valenciennes to another part of the same group 

 of "Bagres," may be replaced by PoRCUS Geofifroy, 1817, as Bagrus is only a vari- 

 ant spelling of Bagre. 



Morrhua (Cuvier) Oken, ("Les Morues"), 212, 1182; type Gadus 



MORRHUA L. 

 Same as Gadus L. 

 Merlangus (Cuvier) Oken, ("Les Merlans"), 213, 1182; type Gadus 



MERLANGUS L. 

 Not Merlangus Rafinesque, 1810. 

 Lota (Cuvier), ("Les Lottes") Oken, 215, 1182; type Gadus lota 



Bloch. 

 By tautonomy. 



Mustela (Cuvier), ("Les Musteles") Oken, 215, 1182; type Gadus 



MUSTELA L. 

 Preoccupied in Mammals : replaced by Motella Cuvier, 1829. Synonym of 

 Gaidropsarus Raf. 



Brosme (Cuvier), ("Les Brosmes") Oken, 216, 1182; type Gadus 

 BROSME Gmelin. 

 Called Brosmius by Cuvier, 1829. 



Raniceps (Cuvier) Oken, 217, ("Les Raniceps" Cuvier), Oken, 1182; 

 type Gadus raninus Miiller. 



Platessa Cuvier, 220; type Pleuronectes platessa L. 



Equivalent to Pleuronectes as restricted by Fleming. 

 Hippoglossus Cuvier, 221 ; type Pleuronectes hippoglossus L. 



Rhombus Cuvier, 222 ; type Pleuronectes rhombus Cuvier. 



Equivalent to Rhombus Klein, not of Lacepede. Name used in MoUusks, 

 Rhombus Da Costa, 1776. Same as Bothus Rafinesque. 



Solea Cuvier, 223 ; type Pleuronectes solea L. 

 Equivalent to Solea Quensel and Solea Rafinesque. 

 Monochirus (Cuvier) Oken, 223, ("Les Monochires" Cuvier), Mono- 

 chirus Oken, 1182; type Pleuronectes microchirus De la 

 Roche. 

 Monotypic. Equivalent to Rafinesque. 



