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 XIPHIID^ AUOT. 



Synonyms as families. 



X Pantopteres, Dumeril, Zool. Anal., p. 114, 1806. 



X Atractosomes, Dumtril, Zool. Aual., p. 124, 1806. 



> Istioforlfli, Raf., luilice d'lttiol. Sic, p. 30,* 1810. 



>Ziruli, Raf, ludice d'lttiol. Sic, p. 39,t 1810. 



X Lopliiouota, Raf., Analyse de la Nature, 11^ fani., 1815. 



X Pautopteria, Raf., Analyse de la Nature, 23* fam., 1815. 



= Xipliirliynques (Xipbirhynchi), Latreille, Fam. Nat. du Regue An., p. 131, 1825. 



<^Xipboides, Risso, Hist. Nat. de I'Europe merid., t. 3, p. — , 1826. 



= Xiphiidie, Bonaparte, Nuovi Anuali delle Sci. Nat., t. 2, p. — , 1838; t. 4, p.—, 1840. 



= Xipliioide8, Agassiz, Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles, v. 5, p. 89, 1843. 



=:Xipliioidei, Agassiz, " Plsc Ad.", 1843. 



= Xiphioidit', Agassiz, Norn. Zool. Index Universalis, 12" ed., p. 1123, 1848. 



= Xipliioidei, Bleeker, Enum. sp. Piscium Arch. Ind., p. xxii, 62, 1859. 



= Xipliioidie, Gill, Cat. Fishes E. Coast N. A., p. 38, 1861. 



= Xiphiadida^, Co2)e, Trans. Am. Phil. Soc, n. s., v. 14, p. 459 (Oct. 7, 1870), 1871. 



= Xiphi£B, Fiizinger, Sitzungsber. k. Akad. der Wissenseh. (Wien),b. 67, 1. Abtb., p. 



33, 1873. 

 = Xiphiidi. Poey, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., t. 4 (Enum Pise Cub., p. 7, 70,) 1875. 



HISTIOPHOEID^. 



Synonyms as subfamilies. 



= Istiopboria, Raf, Analyse de la Nature, p. — , 1815.t 



= Tetrapturinai, Gill, Rep. U. S. Fish Comm., v. 1, p. 787, 1873. 



= Tetrajiturini, Poey, Anal. Soc Esp. Hist. Nat., t. 4 (Enum. Pise. Cub., p. 7), 1875. 



= Histiophorinse, Liitken, Videnskab. Meddel. Naturbist. Forening . Kjobenhavn, 



1875, p. 18, 1875. 

 = Tetraptnrin*, Goode, Proc U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 4, pp. 416, 417, 1882. 



XIPHIIDI. 



Synonyms as siibfamilies. 



<^ Xypbidia, Raf, Analyse de la Nature, p. — , 1815. § 



< Xiphiadini, Bon., Giorn. Arcad. di Scienze, v. .52, p. — (Saggio Distrib. Metod. Ani- 

 mal Vertebr. a sangne freddo, p. 34, 1832). 

 <^Xipbianai, Swainson, Nat. Hist, and Class. Fishes, etc., v. 2, p. 175, 1839. 

 <^ Xipbiina;, Sivains., Nat. Hist, and Class. Fishes, etc., v. 2, p. 239, 18.39. 

 = Xiphiini, Poey, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., t. 4) Enum. Pise. Cub., p. 7), 1875. 

 = XiphiiniB, Gill, Canad. Nat., (2,) v. 2, p. 250, 1867. 



= Xiphiinie, Liitken, Videnskab. Meddel. Naturhist. Forening Kjobenhavn, 1875, p. 18. 

 = Xiphiina», Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 4, pp. 416, 427. 1882. 



"^ XXI. Ordine. Gli Istioforidi ''Corpo, e mascelle allungate. Ale toracine con i raggi 

 riunite seuza membrana intermedia." — Raf. 



tXLVII. Ordine. I Zilidi. "Corpo conico, o lauceolato, nessun' ala di meno, muso 

 colla mascella superiore multo prolungata, o spinosa." — Raf. 



t Ire subfam. of 11« fam (Lophionota). 



^2e sub-fam. of 23« fam (Pautopteria).— The subfamily is a heterogeneous group, 

 containing -4rtarAic/(«s, Comepliorua, " Oinctus, R.," Xiphias, and Maerognathus. 



