1884.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 161 



Hemibranchs with the first four vertebrae elongated, the form 

 elongated compressed, with an elongated tubiform mouth ; the 

 body covered with cycloid scales, with subabdominal ventrals 

 composed of six rays but without spines, and with a series of 

 dorsal spines. 



AULOSTOMA. 



= Aulostoma, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. des Poissons, t. 5, p. 357, 1803. 



< Polppterichthys, Bleeker, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederlandsch Indie, v. 4, 



p. 608. 

 Fistularia sp., Linn. 

 Solenostomus sp., Gronow. 



Aulostomids with a much compressed bod}', rudimentary teeth, 

 8-12 dorsal spines, opposite oblong dorsal and anal (with 23-28 

 rays each), and a cuneiform caudal. 



Type, A. chinensis = Fistularia chinensis Linn. 



PISTULARIID^, 



Synonyms as family names. 



< Siphonostomes, Dumeril, Zool. Anal., 23e fam., p. 138, 1806. 

 CentriscMni? Rafinesque, Indice d'lttiologia Siciliana, p. 34, 1810. 



< Siphostomia (Aulostomia), Rafinesque, Aualyse de la Nature, 20e fam., 



p. — , 1815. 



< Bouchea en flute, Cuvier, Regne Animal [Ire ed.], t. 2, p. 348, 1817; 2e 



ed., t. 2, p. 267, 1829. 



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



< Centrisecides, Risso, Hist. Nat. de I'Europe Merid., t. 3, p. 47(5, 1826. 



< Fistularidm, Bonaparte, Giom. Accad. di Scienze, v. 52 (Saggio Distrib. 



Metod. Animali Vertebr. a Sangue Freddo, p. 35), 1832; Isis, 1833, 

 col. 1200. 



< Scomberidce (FistularincB), Swainson, Nat. Hist, and Class. Fishes, etc., 



V. 2, pp. 175, 240, 1839. 



< Fistularidm, Bonaparte, Nuovi Annali delle Sci. Nat., t. 2, p. 132, 1838 ; 



t. 4, p. 190, 1840. 



< Fistularioidei^ Bleeker, Enum. Sp. Piscium Archipel. Indico, fam. 133, 



p. xxvi, 1859. 



< FistulariidoB, Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., v. 3, p. 529, 1861. 



< Fistulariidw, Cope, Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sc, v. 20, p. 339, 1872. 



= Fistulariidm, Gill, Arrangement Families Fishes, p. 14, 1872. (Named 

 only.) 



< Fistularia, Fitzingcr, Sitzungsber. K. Akad. der Wissensch. (Wien), 



B. 67, 1. Abth., p. 35, 1873. 



< Fistulariidm, Giinther, Int. to Study of Fishes, p. 507, 1880. 



— Fistulariidm, Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Am., pp. 387, 388, 1882. 



