210 THE GENERA OF FISHES, PART II ' 



278. SYKES (1840). The Fishes of Dukhun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., IV. 



William Henry Sykes. 

 Rohtee Sykes, H, 364; orthotype R. vigorsi Sykes. Replaces Osteobrama Heckel. 



1842 

 279. AGASSIZ (1942). (Diplacanthus.) In DwTs Geology of Moray. 



Louis Agassiz. 



Diplacanthus (Agassiz) Duff, 71 ; orthotype D. crassissimus Duff = D. striatus 

 Ag. (fossil) ; more fully defined in Poissons fossiles Vieux Grcs Rouge. 

 Name misspelled Diplocanthus by Duff. 



280. CUVIER& VALENCIENNES (1842). Histoire natitrelle des poissons. XVI. 



AcHiLLE Valenciennes. 

 Dangila Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 229; logotype Dangila cuvieri Val. 

 Nuria Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 238; logotype Nuria thermoicos Cuv. & Val. 



A synonym of Esomus Sw. 

 Rohita Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 242; tautotype Cyprinus rohita Ham., Rohita 



RUCHANANi Val. Apparently identical with Labeo Cuv. 

 Capoeta Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 278; tautotype Capoeta fundulus Val. = 



Cyprinus capoeta Giildenstadt (logotype C. amphibia Cuv. & Val.) as 



restricted by Bleeker. 



281. DEKAY (1842). Zoology of New York; or. The New York Fauna. Com- 

 prising Detailed Descriptions of All the Animals Hitherto Observed Within 

 the State Borders, etc. Natural History of New York State Geological Survey, 

 Albany. 



James Ellsworth Dekay (1792-1851). 

 Lepisoma Dekay, 11 ; orthotype L. cirrhosum Dekay = Clinus pectinifer Cuv. & 



Val. Regarded as preoccupied in beetles by Lepisomus Kirby. A synonym 



of Labrosomus Sw. 

 Pileoma Dekay, 16 ; haplotype Pileoma semifasciata Dekay = Etheostoma caprodes 



Raf. A synonym of Percina Haldeman, of earlier date in the same year. 

 Boleosoma Dekay, 20; haplotype B. tessellatum Dekay = Etheostoma olmstedi 



Storer. 

 Uranidea Dekay, 61 ; haplotype Uranidea quiescens Dekay. 

 Apeltes Dekay, 68; orthotype Gasterosteus quadracus Mitchill. 

 Argyrea Dekay, 141 ; haplotype Atherina notata Mitchill. Name preoccupied ; a 



synonym of Menidia Bon. 

 Amblyopsis Dekay, 187; haplotype Amblyopsis spel.eus Dekay. 

 Stilbe Dekay, 204; haplotype Cyprinus crysoleucas Mitchill. A synonym of No- 



TEMIGONUS Raf. 

 Baione Dekay, 244 ; haplotype B. fontinalis Dekay (the young of Salmo fontinalis 



Mitchill). A synonym of Salvelinus Rich., 1836. 

 Acanthosoma Dekay, 350; orthotype A. carinatum Dekay. Same as Molacanthus 



Sw., a larval form of Mola Cuv. 

 Pastinaca (Belon) Dekay, ZJZ ; orthotype Raja pastinaca L. Name used for the 



same genus by several authors. A synonym of Dasyatis Raf. 



282. GRAY (1842). Description of Two Fresh-water Fish from Netv Zealand. 



(In Dieffenbach, Ernst: Travels in New Zealand. II.) 

 John Edward Gray. 



