GIBBONS, 1854 257 



genera were printed in advance, in the local proceedings of the society, 



in the Daily Placer Times and Transcript, San Francisco, May and June, 



1854 (the genus Mytilophagus, excepted.) 



William P. Gibbons. 

 Hysterocarpus Gibbons, May 18; orthotype H. traski Gibbons (later published in 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.). 

 Cymatogaster Gibbons, May 18; haplotype C. aggregatus Gibbons (not Cymato- 



GASTER of Gibbons, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 123. or of Placer Times, 



June 21. which is a synonym of Holconotus Ag.) 

 Hyperprosopon Gibbons, May 18; orthotype H. argenteus Gibbons. 

 Micrometrus Gibbons, May 30; restricted by Alexander Agassiz, 1861, to logotype 



M. minimus Gibbons. Replaces Abeona Grd. 

 Pachylabrus Gibbons, June 21 ; orthotype P. variegatus Gibbons. A synonym of 



Rhacochilus Ag. 



501. GIBBONS (1854). Description of New Species of I'iviparous Marine and 

 Fresh-zvater Fishes, from the Bay of San Francisco, and from the River and 

 Lagoons of the Sacramento. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, VII. 



William P. Gibbons. 

 In this paper are repeated the descriptions in the Daily Placer Times 

 and Transcript, with the addition of the genus Mytilophagus, and the 

 transfer of the name Cymatogaster to the group called Holconotus by 

 Agassiz. 

 Mytilophagus Gibbons, 125 ; orthotype M. fasciatus Gibbons ( not in the Placer 

 Times). A synonym of Amphistichus Ag. 



502. GIRARD (1854). On a Nezv Genus of American Cottoids. Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., IV (for 1851), 1854. 



Charles Frederic Girard. 

 Triglopsis Girard, IV, 16; haplotype T. thompsoni Grd. Name changed on 

 account of the earlier Triglops to Ptyonotus by Gthr., 1860; this change 

 is not necessary. 



502A. GIRARD (1854). Description of New Fishes Collected by A. L. Heermann, 

 Naturalist Attached to the Survey of the Pacific Railroad, Under Lieut. R. S. 

 Williams, U. S. A. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VII. 



Charles Frederic Girard. 



Aspicottus Girard, 130; orthotype A. bison Grd. 



Leptocottus Girard, 130; orthotype L. armatus Grd. 



Scorpaenichthys Girard, 131 ; orthotype Hemitripterus marmoratus Ayres. 



Ophiodon Girard, 133 ; orthotype O. elongatus Grd. 



Atherinopsis Girard, 134; orthotype A. californiensis Grd. 



Pogonichthys Girard, 136; logotype Pogonichthys in^equilobus Baird & Girard. 



Lavinia Girard, 137 ; haplotype L. exilicauda Baird & Girard. 



Platichthys Girard. 139 ; orthotype P. rugosus Grd. = Pleuronectes stellatus 

 Pallas. 



Pleuronichthys Girard, 139; orthotype P. ccenosus Grd. 



Parophrys Girard, 139; orthotype P. vetulus Grd. 



Psettichthys Girard, 140; orthotype P. melanostictus Grd. 



503. GIRARD (1854). Enumeration of the Species of Marine Fishes Collected at 

 San Francisco, California, by Dr. C. B. R. Kennerly, Naturalist, Attached to 



