416 PROOEEDINGS OF UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



BALISTID^.* 



SYNONYMY. 



> Balistini, Rafinesque, ludice d'lttiolog. Siciliana, j). 41 (58. ord.), 1810. 



< Balistides, Ilhso, IIist.Nat.de I'Europe M(5iid., t. 3, p.—, 1827 ( = Scl6rodermes). 

 <^ Acantliopteres, UJainvilh, Jonni. de Physique, 1816. 



< Scl<5rodermes, Cuvier, Eegue Animal, le <;d., t. 2, p. 149, 1817, 2e <5d., t. 2, p. 371, 1829. 



< Balistidi, Bonaparte, Fauna Italica, v. 3, Pesci, fol. 



<Ci BalistUlu^, Bouapdrte, Giorn. Arcad. di Scienze, v. 52 (Saggio Distrib. Metod. Ani- 

 mal!. Vertebr. a Sangiie Freddo), p. 39, 1832. 



< Balistididai, /?OHrtj;flHe, Nuovi Anuali delle Sci.Nat., t.2, p. 131, 1838; t. 4, p. 186, 



1S40. 



< Balistida', Swaiusou, Nat. Hist, and Class. Fishes, &c., v. 2, pp. 193, 323, 1839. 

 <^ Balistina, MacLcay, Calcutta Journ. Nat. Hist., 1841. 



= Balistida', Nardo, Atti Congressi Scieuz. Ital. rac. et ord., v. 1, p. 70, (1842), 1844. 

 <]Quatrieme famille [des Plectognathes], Dareste, Ann. Sc. Nat. (3), v. 14, p. 126, 



1850, 

 <::^ Balistida}, Adams, Manual Nat. Hist., p. 95, 1854. 



<BaIi8tides, IloUard, Ann. Sc. Nat. (3), v. 20, pp.77, 113, 1853; (4), v. 13, p. 23, 1860. 

 <^ Balistida?, Girard, Expl. and Snrv. for E.R. Route to Pacific Oc, v. 10, Fishes, p. 



338, 1858. 

 := Balisteoidei, Blccker, Eniini. Sp. Piscium Archipel. Indico, p. xiv, 1859 ; Atlas Ich. 



des Indes Nderlaud., t. 5, p. 93, 1665 ; Ned. Ti.jdschr. Dierk., v. 3, p. 9, 1866. 

 <^ Sclerodermi, Giiuther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., v. 8, p. 207, 1870. 

 = Balistidai, Cojje, Proc. Am. Assoc. Adv. Sci., v. 20. p. 340, 1872. 

 >BaIistiB, Fitzinf/er, Sitzungsber. K. Akad. der Wissensch. (Wien), B. 67, 1. Abth., 



p. 47, 1873. 



> Aluterte, Fitzinger, Sitzungsber. K. Akad. der Wissensch. (Wien), B. 67, 1 Abth., 



p. 47, 1873. 

 = Balistida?, Jordan # Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Am., pp. 852, 854, 1882. 



Scleroderms without paired ventrals or spines, and with reduced 

 rhombiform or more or less spiuiform dorsal appendages. 



BALISTIN^. 



SYNONYMY. 



= Balistia, Bajtnesque, Analyse de la Nature, p. — , 1815. 



<^ Balistinai, Swahison, Nat. Hist, and Class. Fishes, etc., v. 2, pp. 194,324,1839. 



< Balistidini, Bonaparte, Nuovi Annali delle Sci. Nat,, t. 2, p. 131, 1838; t. 4, p. 186, 



1840, 

 = Balistini, Nardo, Atti Congressi Scienze Ital. rac. et ord., v. 1, p. 70 (1842), 1844. 

 <[Balistini, Bonaparte, Catal. Metod. Pesci Europei, p. 8, 1846. 

 = Balistiens, Bollard, Annales des Sci. Nat. (4), t. 13 (p. 7), p. 46, 1860. 

 =Bali8tiua3, Gill, Cat. Fishes E. Coast N. Am., p. 50, 1861. 

 = Balisteiformes, Bleel'er, Atlas Ich. des Indes N<5erland., t. 5, p. 98, 1865. 

 = Balistidiforme8, Blecker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk.,, v. 3, p. 9, 1866. 

 <Balistina, GUntlier, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., v. 8, pp. 208,211,1870. 

 = Balistinse, Jordan cf Gilbert, Syn. Fishes N. Am., p. 854, 1883. 



Balistidse with vertebrae in small number (17=74-10), an anterior 

 dorsal consisting of 3 (or 2) spines, of which the first is enlarged and 



* Monographic de la famille des Balistides, par M. Hollard. Travail lu ^l'Acad6mie 

 des Sciences le 4 aoflt 1851. <CAnnales des Sci. Nat., 3e 86rie, Zoologie, tome xx, pp. 

 71-114, pi. 1, 2, 3; 4e 86rie, Zoologie, tome i, pp. 39-72, pi. 2, 3, pp. 30,3-339, pi, 5; tome 

 ii, pp. 321-366, pi. 12, 13, 14; tome iv, pp. .5-27, pi. 1. 



