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= Aulorhynchidm, Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fishes, N. Am., pp. 387, 391, 



1883. 

 MstulariidcB, gen., Giinther. 



Synonym as subfamily name. 

 = AulorhyncUnm, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci, Phila. [v. 13], p. 169, 1861, 



Hemibranclis with the anterior vertebrae little enlarged, an 

 elongated . subcylindrical body, elongated tubiform snout ; sides 

 with a row of bony shields, and ventrals subthoracic, with a 

 spine and four rays each. 



AULORHYNCHTIS. 



= Aulorhynchus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. So. Phila. [v. 13], p. 169, 1861. 

 = Auliscops, Peters, Monatsber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., 1866, p. 510, 

 1866. 



Aulorhynchids with a smooth-skinned crown and tube, lateral 

 plates unarmed and hidden in the skin, dorsal spines (25-26) 

 moderately short, and naked back. 



Type, A. flavidus Gill. 



AULICHTHYS. 



— AuUchthys (Brevoort), Gill, Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. [v. 14], p. 234, 



1863. 

 Aulorhynchus sp., Steindachner, 



Aulorhynchids with a corrugated crown and rostral tube, lateral 

 plates each armed with a longitudinal posteriorly spinous ridge, 

 dorsal spines (about 25) very short and transversely triangular, 

 and reclining in grooves, behind each of which is a small plate. 



Tj^pe, A. Japonicus (Brev.) Gill, 



AULOSTOMID-ffil. 



Synonymy. 

 <^ Aulostomides, Latreille, Fam. Nat. du Regne Animal, p. 129, 1825. 

 <^ AulostomatidcB, Cantor, Cat. Malayan Fishes, p. 211, 1850. 

 = Aulostomatoidei, Bleeker, Enum. Sp. Piscium Archip. Ind., p. xxiii, 



1859. 

 < Aulosiomatoids, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. [v. 13], p. 168, 1861. 

 = AulostomidcB, Gill. Arrangement Families Fishes, p. 14, 1872. 

 <; Aulostomateidce, Cantor, Day, Fi.shes of India, v. 1, p. 360, 1878. 

 = AulostomatidcB, Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Am., pp. 387, 390, 



1883. 

 Bouches en flute, gen., Cuvier. 

 MstularidcB, gen., Giinther, et al. 



