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 APRION § PLATYINIUS. 



PARTIAL SYNONYMY. 



= Platyinius, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 236, 448. 



= Platyiniu8, Poey, Annals Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. x, p. 66, 1871. 



Interorbital area flat, separated by a transverse line of demarcation 

 from the occipital by which the median as well as lateral crests are 

 limited ; frontals wide in front,' not cavernous but simply normally per- 

 forated; postfrontals behind with funnel-shaped foramina; supraorbi-' 

 tal margins crenate. Periotic region much swollen outwards, and with 

 the bones thin and polished. 



Type Aprion macropJithalmus,= Centropristis macrophthahnus, Miill. 

 & Tr. = Mesoprion vorax, Poey. 



ETELIS. 



PARTIAL SYNONYMY. 



= Etelis, Cuv. ^- Tal., Hist. Nat. des Poissons, t. ii, p. 127, 1828. 



= Etelis, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862, p. 447. 



= Etelis, Poey, Annals Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. x, p. 67, 1871. 



Interorbital area flat, separated by a transverse line of demarcation 

 from the occipital by which the median as well as lateral crests are 

 limited ; frontals wide in front, not cavernous but simply normally per- 

 forate ; postfrontals behind with funnel-shaped foramina ; supraorbital 

 margins crenate. Periotic region little convex, and with the bones 

 thick and unpolished. 



Type E. carbunculns, Cuv. & Val. 



VERILUS. 



SYNONYMY. 



Verilus, Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. de Cuba, t. 2, p. 125. 



Verilus, Poey, Annals Lyceum Nat. Hist. N. Y., vol. x, p. 70. 1871. 



Interorbital area flat, separated by a transverse line of demarcation 

 from the occipital, by which the median as well as lateral crests are 

 limited ; frontals wide in front, cavernous (like those of Sciaenids), and 

 with longitudinal osseous bars leaving interspaces in front of transverse 

 ridge and on each side near the front ; prefrontals behind with simple 

 foramina for olfactory nerves ; supraorbital margins smooth. 



Type V. sordklus, Poey. 



