BONAPARTE, 1837 187 



This sumptuous and finely illustrated work was issued in separate fasci- 

 cles from 1832 to 1842. The fishes seem to begin with fascicle VI in 1837. 

 The last are in fascicle 160, probably issued in 1841. There is no paging, and 

 exact dates, except for a few fascicles, are inaccessible • to me. I there- 

 fore divide the work into three parts, 1837, 1840 and 1841. Fascicles 156 to 

 160 are subsequent to Swainson's Natural History, 1839, from which they 

 quote. So far as I know, no question of nomenclature hinges on these uncer- 

 tain dates. Troschel (Arcliiv. A'aturg.) gives the date 1884 for fascicles 

 "Lieferungen" VI to XI, 1837 for XVI to XX, 1838 for XXVI to XXIII. 

 1839 for XXIV to XXVI, and 1840 for XXVII ; but these "deliveries" seem 

 not to correspond to the fascicles.' 



Orectolobus Bonaparte, fasc. 7; orthotype Squalus barbatus Gmelin (date prob- 

 ably 1837). Replaces Crossorhinus M. & H. 



Cerna Bonaparte fasc. 10*; orthotype Perca gigas Briinnich = Labrus guaza L. 

 (1837). A synonym of Epinephelus Bloch, as now resticted. 



Cynicoglossus Bonaparte, fasc. 19; orthotype Pleuronectes cynoglossus Nilsson 

 (not of L.) = Pleuronectes kitt Walbaum. Equivalent to Microstomus 

 Gottsche, which it replaces if Microstomus is regarded as preoccupied by 

 Microstoma Cuv. (1817). 



Batis Bonaparte, fasc 21*; orthotype Raja radula De la Roche (called Dasybatus 

 in fasc. 68). A synonym of Raja L. 



Laeviraja Bonaparte, fasc. 21*; orthotype Raja oxyrhynchus L. 



Microchirus Bonaparte, fasc. 26*; orthotype Pleuronectes microchirus De la 

 Roche. Same as Monochirus and Monochir Cuv., not of Rafinesque; 

 replaces Buglossus Gthr. 



Monochirus Bonaparte, fasc, 26* : orthotype Solea monochir Bon. Same as 

 Monochirus Raf. 



Pampus Bonaparte, 48; orthotype (not named) but plainly Stromateus candidus 

 Cuv. & Val. Replaces Stromateiodes Blkr., 1851. 



"Diamo il nome di Pampus al secundo sottogenere in cui accogliamo 

 quelle specie che non hanno pinne ventrali e portano innanzo ai raggi dorsale 

 e dell* anale parecchie spine terminale superiormente da una lamina tagliente." 

 (Bonaparte.) These peculiar trenchant spines are found in all the species 

 called Stromateoides, though buried in the flesh in the adult. 



Dasybatus Bonaparte, fasc. 68; orthotype Raja radula De la Roche. Called Batis 

 on fascicle 21 ; also written Dasybatis. A synonym of Raja L. ; not Dasy- 

 atis Raf. (1837). 



Membras Bonaparte, fasc. 91 ; orthotype an "exotic species", evidently Atherina 

 martinica Cuv. & Val. 



Menidia Bonaparte, fasc. 91 ; orthotype an "exotic species," evidently Atherina 



MENIDIA L. 



Hepsetia Bonaparte, fasc. 91 ; orthotype Atherina boyeri Risso. 



Cyprinopsis (Fitzinger) Bonaparte, fasc. 92; orthotype Cyfrinus carassius L. 



(1838). A synonym of Carassius Nilsson. 

 Squalius Bonaparte, fasc. 96; logotype Squalius tyberinus Bon. = Leuciscus 



squalus Bon. A synonym of Leuciscus Cuv. 

 Scardinius Bonaparte, fasc. 96; orthotype Leuciscus scardafa Bon. 

 Telestes Bonaparte, fasc. 103; orthotype Telestes muticellus Bon. (1839j. 

 Plagiusa Bonaparte, fasc. 120; orthotype (by implication) Pleuronectes plagiusa L. 



A substitute for Plagusisa Cuv. ; preoccupied ("non Plagusia, nome di 



crustaceo"). A synonym of Symphurus Raf. (1810). 



