HECKEi.. 1840 207 



256. MECKEL (1840). Johann batterer's ncuc FlussHsche Brasilien's nach den 

 Beohachtungcn unci Mittheilnngen des Entdeckers beschrieben. Abth. 1, Die 

 Labroiden. Ann. Wien. Mus., II. 



Johann Jakob Heckel. 

 Uaru Heckel, II, 330; orthotjpe U. amphacanthoides Heckel. 

 Symphysodon Heckel, II, 2)2i2; orthotype S discus Heckel. 

 Pterophyllum Heckel, II, 334; orthotype Platax scalaris Cuv. & Val. 

 Acara Heckel, II, 338; logotype A. crassispinis Heckel, as restricted by Gill 



(1858). A synonym of Astronotus Sw. (Hygrogonus Gthr.). 

 Heros Heckel, II, 362; logotype H. severus Heckel, as restricted by J. & G., 1883. 



A synonym of Cichlaurus or Cichlasoma Sw. 

 Geophagus Heckel, II, 383; logotype G. megasema Heckel. 

 Chaetobranchus Heckel, II, 401 ; logotype C. flavescens Heckel. 

 Crenicichla Heckel, II, 416; logotype C. vittata Heckel. 

 Batrachops Heckel, II, 432; logotype B. reticulatus Heckel. 

 Monocirrhus Heckel II, 439; orthotype M. polyacanthus Heckel. 



257. LOWE (1840). Certain New Species of Madeiran Fishes. Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, 36-39. 

 Richard Thomas Lowe. 

 Cheilopogon Lowe, VII, 38; orthotype Cypselurus pulchellus Lowe. A manu- 

 script name, withdrawn because of the earlier name Cypselurus Sw. Applied 

 to young flying fish with barbels ; equivalent also to Ptenichthys Miiller. 



258. MONSTER (1840). Ueber einige Placoiden im Kupferschiefer zu Richsels- 



dorf ; Beitrdge sur P etrefactenkunde . 



GeORG MiJNSTER. 



Dictea Miinster, HI, 124; otrhotype D. striata Miinster (fossil). A synonym of 

 Janassa Miinster. 



259-261. MONSTER (1840). (Braun, Petrefakten von Bayreuth.) 



GeORG MiJNSTER. 



Saurorhynchus (Miinster) Braun, 72 (not defined) ; orthotype Saurichthys tenui- 

 ROSTRis (Miinster) (fossil). Name apparently eligible, as being applied to a 

 species already described. 



262. NORDMANN (1840). Observations sur la fauna pontique; im Demidoff, 



voyage dans la Russie meridionale et la Crimee. III. 

 Alexander von Nordmann. 

 Percarina Nordmann, 357 ; orthotype P. demidoffi Nordmann. 



263. OWEN (1840). Odontography; or a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy 



of the Teeth. 

 Richard Owen. 

 Petalodus Owen, 61; orthotype P. Hastings: Owen (fossil). 



Rhizodus Owen, 75; orthotype Megalichthys hibberti Ag. (fossil). A synonym 

 of Megalichthys Ag. 



264. RANZANI (1840). De novis speciebus piscium; dissertationes quottior. 



Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bonon., IV. 

 Camillo Ranzani. 

 Syacium Ranzani, 20; orthotype S. micrurum Ranzani. Replaces Hemirhombus 

 Blkr. (1862). 



