174 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1884. 



= LepidoUprides, Risso, Hist. Nat. cles Poissons de I'Europe Merid., t. 3, 

 p. 242, 1826. 



< Gadoides, Cuvier, Regne Animal, Ire ed., t. 2, p. 211, 1817 ; 2e ed., t. 2, 



p. 330, 1829. 

 ^= Lepidolepridm, Swainson, Nat. Hist, and Class. Fishes, etc., v. 2, pp. 



179, 261, 1839. 

 = Macru7'idcB, Bonaparte, Nuovi Annali delle Sci. Nat., t. 2, p. 132, 1838 ; 



t. 4, p. 194, 1840. 

 ^= Lepidosomatidce, Adams, Manual Nat. Hist., p. 101, 1854. 



< Oadoidei, Bleeker, Enum. Sp. Piscium Archipel, Indico, p. xxvi, 1859. 

 = MacruridcB, Giintlier, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., v., 4, p. 390, 1862. 



= Macruridm, Cope, Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., v. 20, p. 341, 1872. 



= MacruridoR, Gill, Arrangement Families of Fishes, p. 3, 1872. 



^ Macrouri, Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. K. Akad. der Wissensch. (Wien), B. 



67, 1. Abth., p. 43, 1873. 

 = MacruridcB, Jordan & Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Am., p. 400, 810, 1882. 

 Oadinia, gen., Rafinesque, 1815. 

 Oadidw, s. fam., Bonaparte, 1832. 

 Gadoidei, s. fam., Bleeker. 



Subfamily Synonyms. 



< TracMnia, Rafinesque, Analyse de la Nature, p. — , 2e s. fam., 1815. 



= Macrourini, Bonaparte, Giom. Accad. di Scienze, v. 52 (Saggio Distrib. 



Metod. Animali Vertebr. a Sangue Freddo, p. 37), 1832. 

 = Macrurini, Bonaparte, Nuovi Annali delle Sci. Nat., t. 2, p. 132, 1838 ; 



t. 4, p. 194, 1840. 

 = Macrurini, Kaup, Archiv fiir Naturgescbichte, Jahrg. 1858, B. 1, p. 86, 



1858. 

 = Macrouriformes, Bleeker, Enum. Sp. Piscium Archipel. Indico, p. xxvi, 



1859. 



Gadoidea with an elongated tail tapering backwards and 

 destitute of a caudal fin, postpectoral anus, enlarged suborbital 

 bones, inferior mouth, subbrachial ventrals, a distinct anterior 

 dorsal, and a long second dorsal and anal converging on end of 

 tail. 



The several families thus defined are certainly, or in the case 

 of the Ranicepitids and Bregmacerotids, presumably typical Ana- 

 canthines, and exhibit the cranial and scapular characteristics 

 signalized for the superfamily Gadoidea. The group thus defined 

 is quite a natural one and perhaps may be deemed worthy of 

 continued isolation under the name Anacanthini or Jugulares, 

 although the propriety of assigning to it subordinal rank is very 

 doubtful. 



