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roposed an entirely different classification of an artificial group which 

 e called the suborder Trigloid^, and from which he excluded many 

 f the closest relations of the fishes combiued under that name. His 

 aodified views are expressed in the following scheme :* 



II. Ordo STERNICHTHYES. 

 II. Subordo. Trigloidae. Acautli6pt6rygieii8 a joue cuirass^e, Cuv. (part.)t 



1. Hauptfamilie: 

 Berycida). 

 Eolocentrinw.(l 

 !*. Hoplostethime.(l 

 [. Monocentrime.(l 

 [. Polyraixina3.(2 

 >. Eerycina3.(l 



4. Hauptfamilie: 

 Scorprenidae. 

 L. Sebastinas. 

 I. Pteroiua-. 

 1. Oreosomina? [sic/ 4] 

 1. Scorpcenina;. 

 3. Syuauceinas 



2. Hauptfamilie: 

 Triglida». [p. 841. 



1. Cepbalacauthime. 



2. Dactylopterince. 



3. Peristetbiuae. 



4. Prionotiuae. 



5. Tritflinaj. 



3. Hauptfamilie : 

 Platycephalic «■ 



1. 



2. BembrasinsB. 



3. HoplichthyincB. 



4. PlatyceplialiniK. 



5. Hemerocc6t'ma3.(3 



5. Hauptfamilie: 

 Agriopodid». 



1. 



2. Apistiuaj. 



3. Oreosomina: [sit.' 4]. 



4. Trichodontin».(5 



5. Agriopodma-.(6 



The subfamilies indicated by the figure (1) have no relation to the 

 |u"ed fishes, but belong to the ^f^S^X' 

 ElymiMna, (2) are peculiar fishes represent^ ad. net ^>*° 

 ILoctetin* (3, belong t^ .anothe, ^^T^^i?) 



BLEEKER. 



Tn 1859 Dr Pieter von Bleeker published the outlines of a new class!- 

 flca^ion of fi'blM in which he disintegrated and widely scattered the 

 mail-cheeked fishes, as follows : 



Caterva 1. Katapieseocepbali. 



Ordo 24. Percaj. (Subordo 4. Percicbtbymi. 

 Trachy crauiicbthy ini. ) 



*Kaup, o. c., p. 79. , o-euera of typical uaail- 



tTbe Cottids aud Agonids, as wel as a ™^^ by Dr. Kaap. "An* der 



cbeeked fisbes, have beeu excluded from tb J^J* hierher gehorig ent- 



Uuterorduung Trigloidae babe icb die Heterolej, Una a Tricll opleura 



ferut. Ebeuso die Genera ^"""P^*™ ^'^J Micropns Gray I vielfacb v.,- 

 Kp.,Hemitripteru 8 Cuv. ) Amphipr.omcbtbysBlkr und M I deu Trigloidae, 



gebener Name). Alle diese nieist kleinen Genera f horen m ^ 



sondern sind Tbeile der grossen Familie Cottoiaae * ; ^ oh ^ ryilUn - nm< 



tEnumeratio specierum Piscinm hncneqne . a. « «, „ ^ r „ & ^ ^ 



[etc.] auctore Petro equite a Bleeker, [etc.] BatavuB, ™ t6n tamen» (PP- »- 



The portion quoted is from the - Systematis Piaoium 



xxxiii), especially pp. xxi, xxiv, xxv. 



Sectio 1. Parastemiptori. Tribua 4. 



