12 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



Gymnotus Linnaeus, 246, after Artedi ; type Gymnotus carapo L. 



Unquestioned, except by certain authors who take as type Gymnotus elec- 

 TRicus L. which appears first in the Twelfth Edition of the Systema Natures. 



Trichiurus Linnaeus, 246, after Lepturus Artedi; type Trichiurus 



LEPTURUS L. 

 Monotypic. 



Anarhichas Linnaeus, 247, after Artedi ; type Anarhichas lupus L. 



Monotypic. Usually and more correctly spelled Anarrhichas. 

 Ammodytes Linnaeus, 247, after Artedi ; type Ammodytes tobianus L. 



Monotypic. 



Stromateus Linnaeus, 248, after Artedi ; type Stromateus fiatola L. 

 Unquestioned. 



Xiphias Linnaeus, 248, after Artedi; type Xiphias gladius L. 

 Monotypic. 



Callionymus Linnaeus, 249, after Artedi ; type Callionymus lyra L. 

 Unquestioned. 



Uranoscopus Linnaeus, 250, after Artedi ; type Uranoscopus scaber L, 

 Monotypic. 



Trachinus Linnaeus, 250, after Artedi; type Trachinus draco L. 



Monotypic. 

 Gadus Linnaeus, 251, after Artedi; type Gadus morhua L. 



By common consent. 



Blennius Linnaeus, 256, after Artedi ; type Blennius ocellaris L. as 

 restricted by Jordan & Gilbert, 1883. 



Ophidion Linnaeus, 259, after Artedi ; type Ophidion barbatum L. 



Unquestioned. 



Cyclopterus Linnaeus, 260, after Artedi ; type Cyclopterus lumpus L. 

 Unquestioned. 



Echeneis Linnaeus, 260, after Artedi ; type Echeneis naucrates L. 

 (misprinted neucrates). 

 First restriction by Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, 239. In 1864, loc. 

 cit. 60, Gill proposed to adopt as type Echeneis remora, this being the only species 

 noted by Artedi, and in Linnaeus's earlier writings. But as Linnaeus referred both 

 species to Echeneis, this change seems not warranted. 



Coryphaena Linnaeus, 261, after Artedi; type Coryph^na hippurus L. 



Unquestioned. 

 Gobius Linnaeus, 263, after Artedi; type Gobius niger L. 



By common consent. 

 Cottus Linnaeus, 264, after Artedi ; type Cottus gobio L. 



First restriction by Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 1829, 142. 

 "Ce genre avait pour type primitive, un petit acanthopterygien de nos rivieres, a 



