184 THE GENERA OF FISHES, PART II 



Apterogasterus De la Pylaie, 532a ; orthotype A. rostellatus Pylaie, "la Jac- 



quine". (Not identified.) 

 Argfyrosomus De la Pylaie, 534; orthotype A. procerus De la Pylaie. A synonym 



of ScLiENA L. as restricted by Cuvier ; same as Pseudosci^na Blkr. 



193. RUPPELL (1835). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehorig. 



2 vols. 

 Eduard Ruppell. 



Enneapterygius Ruppell, 2; orthotype E. pusillus Ruppell. 



Gazza Riippell, 4; orthotype G. equul^formis Riippell. 



Pseudochromis Ruppell, 8; logotype P. olivaceus Ruppell. 



Halichceres Riippell, 14; logotype H. bimaculatus Riippell (as restricted by Jor- 

 dan & Snyder). Regarded as preoccupied by Halichoerus, a genus of 

 seals; replaced by Hemiulis Sw. (1839) and by Chcerojulis Gill (1864). 



Lutodeira (Kuhl) Riippell, 18; orthotype Mugil chanos Forskal. A synonym of 

 Chanos Lac. 



Xenodon Riippell, 53 ; orthotype Balistes nicer Lac. Preoccupied in reptiles ; 

 replaced by Zenodon Sw. (1839), by Odonus Gistel (1848), by Erythrodon 

 Riippell (1852) and by Pyrodon Kaup (1853). The validity of the oldest of 

 these substitute names, Zenodon, may be questioned. See record of Swainson 

 (1839). 



Nebrius Riippell, 62 ; orthotype Nebrius concolor Riippell. Name regarded as pre- 

 occupied by Nebria Latreille and Nebris Guv. ; replaced by Nebrodes Gar- 

 man. But the root is different : vePqioi of Aristotle, referring to some shark. 



Urbpterygius Riippell, 83 ; orthotype N. concolor Riippell. This would be a synonym 

 of Gymnomur^na Lac, as restricted by Bleeker, 1864, but not as limited 

 by Kaup, 1856. 



Sphaerodon Ruppell, 113; orthotype Sci^na grandoculis Forskal. A synonym of 

 MoNOTAxis Bennett. 



Pristotis Riippell, 128; orthotj'pe P. cyanostigma Riippell. A synonym of Poma- 

 centrus Lac. 



194. SCHULTZE (1835). Versaminlung von Naturforschers in Bonn. 



Carl August Sigmund Schultze (1795-1877). 



Hexabranchus Schultze ; orthotype presumably Bdellostoma hexatrema Miiller. 



If so, a synonym of Eptatretus Cloquet. According to Agassiz, a genus 



of lampreys, presumably one with six gills ; no further details available. 



1836 



195. AGASSIZ (1836). Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. III. 



Louis Agassiz. 



Zygobatis Agassiz, III, 79; orthotype Z. jussieui Ag. A synonym of Rhinoptera 

 Kuhl. 



Odontaspis Agassiz, III, 87; orthotype O. ferox Ag. A synonym of Carcharias 

 Raf. as now limited. 



Spinacorhinus Agassiz, III, 94; orthotype S. polyspondylus Ag. (fossil). A syn- 

 onym of Squaloraia Riley. 



Goniodus Agassiz, III, 183; orthotype Squalus spinosus Gmelin — Squalus bru 

 cus Bonnaterre. A synonym of Echinorhinus Blainv. 



AmblyTirus Agassiz, III, 220; orthotype A. macrostomus Ag. (fossil). A syno- 

 nym of Dapedium Leach. 



