﻿JAN. 
  4, 
  1922 
  KENDALL 
  AND 
  CRAWFORD: 
  ARGENTINA 
  SILUS 
  17 
  

  

  Scales: 
  — 
  Ctenoid. 
  Modified 
  along 
  lateral 
  line. 
  

  

  SYNOPSIS 
  AND 
  REVIEW 
  OF 
  THE 
  HISTORY 
  OE 
  THE 
  CLASSIFICATION 
  OP 
  

  

  Argentina 
  

  

  The 
  statement 
  by 
  Linnaeus 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  teeth 
  on 
  the 
  jaws 
  and 
  

   tongue^^ 
  {''Denies 
  in 
  maxillis, 
  lingua") 
  is 
  not 
  borne 
  out 
  by 
  Artedi^^ 
  

   to 
  whom 
  Linnaeus 
  refers, 
  or 
  by 
  subsequent 
  descriptions. 
  Artedi 
  

   says 
  teeth 
  on 
  tongue 
  and 
  palate 
  {"Denies 
  in 
  lingua 
  & 
  Palate"). 
  Fur- 
  

   thermore, 
  Linnaeus 
  states 
  the 
  branchiostegal 
  rays 
  as 
  8. 
  Artedi 
  does 
  

   not 
  mention 
  the 
  number 
  but 
  all 
  subsequent 
  descriptions 
  state 
  them 
  

   as 
  6. 
  While 
  Linnaeus 
  does 
  not 
  mention 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  pyloric 
  caeca 
  

   it 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  Artedi 
  says 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  6 
  or 
  7. 
  Both 
  

   of 
  the 
  foregoing 
  refer 
  to 
  the 
  Mediterranean 
  species 
  Argentina 
  sphyraena. 
  

  

  In 
  their 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Argentina, 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes 
  

   indefinitely 
  mention 
  numerous 
  caecal 
  appendages^'' 
  and 
  state 
  that 
  

   the 
  stomach 
  ends 
  in 
  a 
  cul-de-sac. 
  The 
  genus 
  is 
  included 
  in 
  "Sal- 
  

   monoides." 
  Gunther^^ 
  says: 
  Pyloric 
  appendages 
  in 
  moderate 
  num- 
  

   bers. 
  He 
  refers 
  the 
  family 
  to 
  Salmonidae, 
  which 
  includes 
  Salmo, 
  

   Oncorhynchus, 
  Brachymystax, 
  Luciotrutta, 
  Plecoglossus, 
  Osmerus, 
  

   Thaleichthys 
  , 
  Hypomesus, 
  Mallotus, 
  Retropinna, 
  Coregonus, 
  Thymallus, 
  

   Argentina, 
  and 
  Microstoma 
  comprised 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  group 
  Salmonina, 
  

   in 
  the 
  order 
  named. 
  

  

  In 
  recognizing 
  the 
  subfamily 
  Argentininae 
  of 
  Bonaparte, 
  Gill 
  states 
  

   that 
  it 
  differs 
  from 
  Salmoninae 
  by 
  the 
  stomach 
  ending 
  in 
  a 
  blind 
  sac 
  

   posteriorly. 
  In 
  this 
  he 
  agrees 
  with 
  Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes. 
  Gill's 
  

   original 
  observations, 
  however, 
  were 
  apparently 
  on 
  the 
  smelts 
  and 
  

   allied 
  forms. 
  In 
  the 
  subfamily 
  he 
  recognized 
  two 
  genera, 
  Argentina 
  

   and 
  Silus, 
  the 
  first 
  with 
  cycloid, 
  the 
  other 
  with 
  spinigerous 
  scales. 
  

   Later 
  Gill 
  placed 
  the 
  subfamily 
  Argentininae, 
  comprising 
  Mallotus, 
  

   Osmerus 
  and 
  Microstoma, 
  also 
  by 
  implication, 
  other 
  Osmerids 
  and 
  

   Argentina, 
  in 
  the 
  family 
  MicrostomidaeJ^ 
  Ten 
  years 
  later, 
  however, 
  

   Jordan 
  and 
  Gilbert 
  include 
  Argentina 
  in 
  the 
  family 
  Salmonidae, 
  

   recognizing 
  no 
  subfamilies 
  in 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  thus 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  Gunther. 
  

  

  15 
  Systema 
  Natura: 
  315. 
  1758. 
  

  

  ^^ 
  Ichthyologia, 
  5: 
  8. 
  1738. 
  

  

  1' 
  Histoire 
  Naturelle 
  des 
  Poissons, 
  21: 
  299. 
  1898. 
  

  

  '* 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Physoslomi, 
  British 
  Museum, 
  p. 
  202. 
  1866. 
  

  

  " 
  Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  North 
  America. 
  Smith.Misc. 
  Coll. 
  1873:11-32. 
  

  

  