NO. 1344. SOME NEGLECTED GENERA OFFISH-GILL. \U\l 



2. Pkistis. " Das Maul ist in eine Sage vergezoo-en " etc. 



S(ju<(hii< prist is is specified as the representative of the genus. Tlie 

 genus is thus well detined, has a typonyni, and tho luuncr being long 

 anterior to Shaw's, must be accredited to Linck. 



8. RniNOBATOS. " Stunipfe Ziihne, Platter Kor per." 



This name is long prior to Mhinohatus of Eloch and Schneider ( 1 ^( »L), 

 Imtis not accompanied by a full definition or a typonyni. Ilappilv 

 this is not of much consequence, the names being essentially similar 

 and different authors may exercise their preference of antlioiities 

 without difference of result. 



4. Callichthys (Silurus Linn.). The meaning of this association 

 of names is not evident, although the natural inference would ))<• that 

 Callichthys was proposed at the expense of Sihcrns of Limiicus. At 

 any rate, it does not militate against the restriction of CalUchthijs to 

 the genus generally known by that name, and was, indeed, probiib-Iy 

 intended for that genus. 



.5. CoBiTis. This name stands out without any (lualitication as that 

 of a fish with uniform teeth in both jaws. Linck, consequently, must 

 have intended to restrict the name to AnaUcps^ and did remove the 

 Cobitis Ixirhatula and tfenia from the Linnivan genus to constitute a 

 new one {Barhatula) on a later page (38). He referred to the ''"Cabifis 

 [Chiitis] heteroclita'^ of Linnaeus as a fish of uncertain relationship. 

 (" Ungewisse Stellen haben Blennius Cornutus Cabitis heteroclita. 

 Chaetodon Ciliaris, Gasterosteus ovatus" (p. 33). 



6. Alosa. 



7. Thymallus. 



Linck, in a paragraph under section 3, remarks that Alosn has no 

 lingual teeth, and that Thymallas differs somewhat from Sal/no, but 

 does not say, in so many words, that they are distinct generically. 

 The paragraph is reproduced from p. 35 to enable anyone to judge for 

 himself. 



Das Geschlecht Clupea ist iioch nicht genau bestimmt, die meisten haben im 

 Gaumen kleine Ziihne. Alosa hat keine Ziihne auf der Zunge. Sie sind keine 

 Raubthiere. Thymallus weicht etwas von Salmo ab. 8ie liat nur wenig Ziihne ini 

 Gaumen, und zuweilen ein paar auf der Zunge. Auch ist sie kein Raubfisch. 



This seems scarcely sufficient to entitle Linck to recognition as tlu> 

 responsible authority for the generic names. 



8. MoLA. "Mola est zu sehr durch die korperform vcrscliieden, 

 als dass das Geschlecht konnte unter Tetradon [TetraodonJ stehen." 



Mala is thus sufficiently named and differentiat(Hl from Tetraodoiu 

 but fortunately there need only be a change of authority for the 

 genus— Linck (1790), instead of Cuvier (170S). 



9. SoARUS. This name, already referred to (p. 960), is not presented 

 in a form sufficiently precise to require attention or to entitle it t() 



