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precedence over any other name. Indeed, it is very uncertain what 

 was intended hy the name. It was probabh- a misprint for Sauru.s. 

 Now there are four well-known fishes with which the name of saurus 

 has been associated— ^Z(9^s saurus^ Si/7iodihs munis^ Scomheresox sau- 

 rus^ and TracJmrus tixichiirus. None of these is destitute of teeth, 

 though the Scomheresox saurus has extremely small ones, the iaw^s are 

 much produced, and the lower one is considerably longer than the 

 upper. It is probable, therefore, that Linck had that species in view 

 when he named the genus Soarus^ but, of course, the name has no 

 right of way over Scomhefesox. 



10. Baebattjla. "Hieher gehoren Cobitis Barbatula Taenia. Sie 

 nahern sich Cobitis sehr." 



This, a synonym of Cohitism a wide sense, is left after the elimina- 

 tion of Cobltls anahlejys 'dnd O. heferocUtus iroui the iW-dedned hinnxan 

 genus. 



Of the nine new generic names proposed by Linck, three arc well 

 entitled to adoption from him, Mustelus, Pristls^ and Mola. The 

 others do not seem to be presented in such form as to demand recog- 

 nition; the}^ are Rkinohatos, CalUchtkys, Alosa, Thy //i alius, Soarus, 

 and Barhatula. 



