I 



1895. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 149 



III. 



In 1800 Lacepede, failing to recognize tlie identity of Blennins 

 murivnokles Avith B. gutinellus, isolated the former as representative of 

 a distinct genus, Murcenoides, while be retained the latter m the genus 

 Blennius. 



IV. 



In 1801 Bloch and Schneider established the genus Centronotus, with 

 the following diagnosis: "Corpus gracile, pinna dorsi longitudinalis, 

 tota aculeata." 



V. 



In 1815 Eaflnesque proposed Dactyleptus as a substitute for Murce- 

 noides, because he did not like the latter. 



VI. 



In 1817 Cuvier renamed the same genus ^'Les GonHelles,^^ and later 

 the latinized form Gunnellus was introduced by Fleming. 



VII. 



In 1839 Swainson substituted for Gunnellus the new name OpMsomus, 

 because it was not derived from the Greek or Latin. ^ 



VIII. 



The further history is summarized in the following synonymy : 



Genus PHOLIS. 



<^Ophidio)i, LlNN^Us, Systema Naturae, eel. x, I, p. 259, 1758. 



<^Pholis, Gronow, Zoophylacium, p. 78, 1763. (Not biuomial.) 



<^Oph'uVmm, Lixn.eus, Systema Nature, ed. xii, I, p. 431, 1766. 



<^PhoUs, ScoPOLi, lut. Hist. Nat., j). 456, 1777. 



<^Murwnoides, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. des Poissoiis, 11, p. 324, 1800. 



<^Centronottis, Block, Systema Ichtbyologia', ed. Schneider, p. 165, 1801. 



(Not Centronotus, Lac<?pede, 1802.) 

 <^Dactyleptus, Rafinesque, Anal. Nat., p. 82, 1815. 

 = Les Gonnelles (Murcvno'ides, Lacepede, Centronotus, Schneider) Cuvier, Ri'gne 



Auim. [Ire 6d.], II, p. 252, 1817; 2e ed., II, p. 239, 1829, etc. ; M. illus., 



Poiss., p. 174. 

 <^Mura'noides, Cloquet, Diet. Sc. Nat., XIX, p. 202, 1821. 

 <^GunneUu8, Fleming, Hist. Brit. An., p. 207, 1828. 



<^Guiinellus, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. des Poiss., XI, p 418, 1836. 

 <^GiinneUus, Kroyer, Naturhistorisk Tijdskrift, I, p. 376, 1837. 

 <^OphisomH8, Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fislies, etc.. II, pp. 183, 277, 1839. 

 = Gunnellus, Girard, Espl. and Surv. for R. R. Route to Pacific Oc, X, Fishes, 



p. 116, 1858. 

 <^Centronotu8, Gunther, Cat. Fislies Brit. Mus., Ill, p. 285, 1861. 

 Blennius, sp., LiNN^US, etc. 



^ Ophisomus ^:^ " Gunnellus Auct. 'Nomina generica quie ex Gncca vel Latina lingua 

 radicem non habeut, rejicienda sunt.' Illiger, Prod, xvii."' — Swainson, Vol. II, 277. 



