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§ 3. Diagnoses of Groups. 



GASTEROSTEID^. 



Synonyms as families. 



< Atractosomes, Dumeril, Zool. Anal., 14e fam., p. 124, 1806. 



■< Acanti, Jlafinesque, Indice d'lttiolog. Siciliana, 15. oid., p. 18, 1810. 

 ■< Atractomia ( Garanxia), Rafinesque, Analyse de la Nature, 8e fam., p. 

 — , 1815. 



< Scomberoides, Cuvier, Regne Animal [1. ed.], t. 2, p. 311 (319), 1817. 



< Percoides? Latreille, Fam. Nat. du Regne Animal, p. 135, 1825. 



< Centronotides, Risso, Hist. Nat. de I'Europe Merid., t. 3, p. 426, 1826. 



< Zeid'P, Swainson, Nat. Hist, and Class. Fishes, etc. v. 2, p. 241, 1839. 

 <^ Tnglidm {Qasterosteini), Bonaparte, Giorn. Accad. di Scienze, v. 52 



(Saggio Distrib. Metod. Animali Vertebr. a Sangue Freddo, p. 32), 



1832. 

 = Qasterosteida, Bonaparte, Nuovi Annali delle Sci. Nat., t. 2, p. 133, 1838; 



t. 4, p. 275, 1840. 

 = Gasterosieidce, Girard, Expl. and Surv. for R. R. Route to Pacific Oc, 



V. 10, Fishes, p. 84, 1858. 

 =: Gasterosteoidei, Bleeker, Enum. Sp. Pise. Archip. Ind., p. xxiii, 1859. 

 = Gasterosteidm, Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., v. 1, p. 1, 1859. 

 = Gasterosteoida', Gill, Cat. Fishes E. Coast N. A., p. 39, 1861. 

 =r Gasterosteidce, Cope, Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., v. 20, p. 338, 1872. 

 = Gasierostei, Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. K. Akad. der Wissensch, (Wien), 



B. 67, 1. Abth., p. 34, 1873. 

 = Gasterosteidce, Giinther, Int. to Study of Fishes, p. 504, 1880. 

 = GasterosteidiF, Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Am., pp. 387, 393, 1833. 

 Percoides [?], Latreille, 1825. 

 Triglidnp, Subf. Gasterosteini, Bonaparte, 1832. 



Hemibranchs with the anterior vertebrae little enlarged, a more 

 or less fusiform body, conic or moderately produced snout, sides 

 naked, or with a row of bony shields, and ventrals subthoraclc, 

 each with a large spine, and one or two rays. 



Apeltinse. 



Gasterosteids with post-thoracic ventrals, pubic bones widely 

 separated behind and extending on the sides, a moderately 

 projecting snout, and a moderate caudal peduncle. 



APELTES. 



= Apeltes (Brevoort), Gill, Cat. Fishes E. Coast N. A., p. 39, 1861 ; Canad. 



Nat., n. s., V. 2, p. 8. 

 = Apeltes, Jordan, Man. Vertebrates Northern U. S., p. 249, 1876. 



< Gasterosteus, Sauvage, Nouv. Arch. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Paris, t. 10, pp. 



7, 29, 1874. (Subgenus). 



