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203. RICHARDSON (1836). Fauna Borcali- Americana. III. 



John Richardson. 

 Temnistia Richardson, III, 59; orthotype Blepsias ventricosus Eschscholtz. A 



synonym of Hemilepidotus Cuv. 

 Salvelinus (Nilsson) Richardson, III, 169; tautotype Salmo salvelinus L. First 

 use in thq singular of Nilsson's group name "Salvelini". Replaces Baione 

 Dekay (1842) and Umbla Rapp (1854). 



204. RUPPELL (1836). Neuer Nachtrag zu Beschreibungen und Ahbildnngen 



neuer Fische, im Nil entdeckt. Museum Senckenberg, II. 



Wilhelm Peter Eduard Simon Ruppell. 



Labeobarbus Ruppell, II, 14 ; haplotype Labeobarbus nedgia Ruppell. Probably not 



distinct from Tor Gray, 1833. 

 Varicorhinus Ruppell, II, 14; orthotype V. beso Ruppell = Labeo varicorhinus 

 Cuv. & Val. Varicorhinus Ruppell is said by Berg to include Capoeta, 

 ScAPHioDON, Dillonia, Gymnostomus, Onychostoma, Pterocapoijta and 

 AcAPOETA. Some of these have doubtless standing as subgenera. 



205. YARRELL (1836). A History of British Fishes, etc. 2 vols. 

 William Yarrell (1784-1856). 

 Amphioxus (Gray) Yarrell. 468; orthotype Limax lanceolatus Pallas. A syno 

 nym of Branchiostoma Costa. 



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206. AGASSIZ (1837). Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. Ill (part). V (part). 



Louis Agassiz. 

 Onchus Agassiz. Ill, 6; orthotype O. murchisoni Ag. (fossil). 

 Ctenacanthus Agassiz, III, 10; logotype C. major Ag. (fossil). 

 Oracanthus Agassiz, III, 13; orthotype O. mulleri Ag. (fossil). 

 Gyracanthus Agassiz, III, 17; orthotype G. formosus Ag. (fossil). 

 Tristychius Agassiz, III, 21; orthotype T. arcuatus Ag. (fossil). 

 Ptychacanthus Agassiz, III, 22; orthotype P. subl^vis Ag. (fossil). A synonym 



of Tristychius Ag. 

 Sphenacanthus Agassiz, III, 23; orthotype S. serrulatus Ag. (fossil). 

 Nemacanthus Agassiz, III, 25; logotype N. monilifer Ag. (fossil). 

 Leptacanthus Agassiz, III, 27; logotype L. semistriatus Ag. (fossil). Fossil 



spines of a Chim.eroid, perhaps synonymous with Ganodus. 

 Asteracanthus Agassiz, III, 31; orthotype A. ornatissimus Ag. (fossil). 

 Pristeacanthus Agassiz, III, 35; orthotype P. securis Ag. (fossil). 

 Myriacanthus Agassiz, III, 2>7 ; logotype M. paradoxus Ag. (fossil). 

 Hybodus Agassiz III, 41; orthotype H. plicatilis Ag. (fossil). 

 Leiacanthus Agassiz, III, 55; orthotype L. falcatus Ag. (fossil). 

 Pleuracanthus Agassiz, III, 66; orthotype P. l^evissimus Ag. (fossil). Xame 



preoccupied ; probably replaced by Orthacanthus Ag. ; perhaps the spine of 



the forms known from the teeth, as Diplodus, Dicranodus, Dittodus, etc. 

 Hypsodon Agassiz. V, 100; logotype Megalodon levvesiensis Mantell (fossil). 



Specimens not all of one genus, some belonging to Portheus Cope (1872). 



207. BONAPARTE (1834-1841). IconograHa della fauna italica, per le quattro 



classi degli aniniali vertebrati. Tome, III. Pesce. 

 Carlo Luciano Bonaparte (Principe de Canino e de Alusignano). 



