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The families and subfamilies admitted by system atists at various 

 times are indicated in the following table: 



•Although Dum6ril first introduced families into ichthyology, they were extremely artificial and 

 based on LacSpfede's ideas. Balistes (= Balistidas + Triaoanthidae) was associated in one family 

 (Chismopnes) with JBatrachus, Lophius, and Chimcera, and Ostracion, Tetraodon, Ovoides, Diodon, and 

 Spheroides were grouped in another family (Ost^odermes) with Syngnathus. "Balistini (=Solero- 

 dermi). sostracidi (=Ostracodermi). "Odontini ( = Gymnodontes). = Sclerodermea. « Gymnodontes. 

 'Balistini. * Monacanthini. ^Ostracionidas. '" Ostracionini. " Tetraodontini. '^Diodontini. 

 '3 OrthagoriscidiB. •'•Molini and Orthagoriscini pt. '^(jyjjinodontidae. iscephalidae. "Balistides. 

 IS Triacanthiens. " Balistiens. ^oMonacanthiens. 2' Ostracionides. ^a^racaniens + Ostiaciens. 

 ^'^Loganiasomes on '''Triodoniens. 26gpi,^i.osomes (Orbes epin). '« T^trodauiens. " Djcjoniens. 

 **Ellipsomes on^Orthagorisciens. 30Xriacanthoidei. 3i jjalistoidei. 32 08tracionoidei. 33Triodon- 

 toidei. 34pijygoga8troidei. 36 Xetrodontiformes. »«Diodontiformes. 37Qrthagori8Coidei. 38paratria- 

 canthiforraes. 39 xriacanthiformes. ^'Balisteiformes. ■»' Monacanthiformes with three phalanges — 

 Monacanthini + Aluterini = Monacanthinse Gill, and Psilocephalini = PsilocephaUnse Gill. *^Ostra- 

 cionoidei. *3 xetrodontiformes with phalanges — Tetrodontini and Canthogastrini. ■'•'See synonjTny of 

 respective groups. '•'Orthagoriacidas. 



SCLERODERMI. 



SYNONYMS AS FAMILIES. 



<Scl4rodermes, Cuvier, M4m. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., t. 1, pp 132 (120-121), 1815. 



<; Scl6roderme8, Cuvier, R^gne Animal [le 6d.'\, t. 2, p. 149, 1817; [2e €d.], t. 2, p. 



371, 1839. 

 <[ Sclerodermi, Giinther, Cat. Fishes in Brit. Mus., v. 8, p. 207, 1870. 



SYNONYMS AS SUBORDERS. 



<^ Scl^rodermes, Hollard, Annales des Sci. Nat. (4), v. 13, pp. 31,46,1860. 

 = Sclerodermi, Gill, Arrangement Families Fishes, pp. xli, 1, 1872. 

 = Sclerodermata, Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. K. Akad. der Wissensch. (Wien), B. 67, 1. 

 Abth., p. 46, 1873. 



