182 PROCEEDINGS OP THE ACADEMY OP [1884. 



Subfamily Synonyms. 



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



4, p. 276, 1840. 

 = Ammodyteiformes, Bleeker, Enum. Sp. Piscium Archipel, Indico, p. xxvj 



1859. 

 =: Ammodytina, Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., v. 4, p. 384, 1862 r 

 = Ammodytince, Gill, Cat. Fishes E, Coast N. A., p. 40, 1861. 

 > Argyrotcenince, Gill, Cat. Fishes E. Coast N. A., p. 40, 1861. 



Anacanthini ? with an elongated, almost parallelogram mic body, 

 with a dorsal lateral line, postmedian anus, narrow suborbitals, 

 terminal mouth with protractile jaws, enlarged suboperculum, 

 widely cleft branchial apertures, lamelliform pseudobranchise, a 

 long dorsal and long but postmedian anal with articulated rays, 

 low pectorals and no ventrals. 



ATELEOPODIDiE. 



Synonyms as Family Names. 



= Ateleoiyodoidei, Bleeker, Envim. Sp. Piscium Archipel. Indico, p. xxvi, 

 1859. (Not defined ; made the type of a distinct order — "Ateleopodi — 

 au forte cum Siluris adjungendi.") 



= Ateleopodid(e, Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., v. 4, pp. 318, 398, 1862. 



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



Synonym as Subfamily Name. 

 = Ateleopodini) Bonaparte, 1850. 



Anacanthini ? with an elongated tail tapering backwards, but 

 provided with a narow caudal, antemedian anus, moderate subor- 

 bitals, inferior mouth, thoracic ventrals reduced to double or 

 simple filaments, a short anterior dorsal only, and a long oval 

 continuous with the caudal. 



XENOCEPHALID^. 



Synonyms. 



= Xenocephaliformes, Bleeker, Enum. Sp. Piscium Archipel. Indico, p. 



xxvi, 1859. 

 = Appendix to the Anacanthini Gadoidei, Giinther, Cat. Fishes in Brit. 



Mus., V. 4, pp. 318, 399, 1862. 

 Gadoidei, s. fam., Bleeker. 



Anacanthini? with a "small body," a distinct caudal, post- 

 median anus ; head very large, truncated, cuirassed with plates 



