222 KOMENCLATUIiE OF POECILIOID FISHES— GILL. vol. xviii. 



sequeutly tUe name Pceciliidie must be retained, as urged in my former 

 article, and even the justitication for the retention of the name Cyprino- 

 do)itcs, that it was the lirst used, disappears. 



This memoir of Waguer appears to liave been generally lost sight 

 of, as no reference to it appears in any work I have examined, amoug 

 which are Ouvier and Valenciennes, Bonaparte's Oatalogo (184(i),' Yon 

 Marteus's article, and Giinther's Catalogue, 



The two nominal new species, however, appear to have been based on 

 the different sexes of the previously described Cyprinodon fasciatna, 

 Lehias liiie((to-puncfat(i beiug a female and i. sarda a male. Both forms 

 had 10 anal rays, according to Wagner, a number likewise found by Von 

 Martens, although Dr. Giiuther only specifies '-A. 8 (9).'' 



I nuiy add that the name " Pfpciliida^ '' was first revived by me in ISO."),^ 

 but I had for the time overlooked it while preparing the synonymy of 

 the family in 1894. 



ADDENDUM. 



The foregoing article was presented for publication May 10, 1895, 

 but various causes have entailed delay in publication. ^Meanwhile a 

 monograi)h of "The Cyprinodonts," by Mr. S. Garman, has been pub- 

 lished as one of the "Memoirs of the Museum of Comj^arative Zoology."^ 

 Although dated July, 1895, the memoir was only received by the pres- 

 ent author September 17, 1895. Mr. Garman has given an excellent 

 history of tlie family of Cyprinodonts, and has made known (pp. 14, 15) 

 the long-neglected contribution by Waguer. 



As to the name, Mr. Garman remarks (p. 15): 



"The word Ci/prlndidw is incorrectly Avritteu: etymologically cor- 

 rected, it is identical with Cypmiidw. It seems to have been Wagner's 

 intention to coin a different word. This is shown both in the form he 

 gives the name as ho wa-ites it, and in the reason given for bestowing 

 it, 'wegen ihrer grossen Verwandtschaft mit den Cyprinus-Arten.' As 

 he failed to give a distinct title, it is left for us to adopt the next sub- 

 sequent applied to the family as such." 



The action of Wagner was, it appears to me, deliberate and inten- 

 tional, and, as shown above, in consonance Avith limited usage in his 

 day. The words Cypriuo'idae^nd Cyprinidcv are not identical ; the former 

 is a compound of Kunpbuz (cyprmm) and tH^^z (form or appearance), 

 while Cypriitidcv is the same main word, with the patronymic termina- 

 tion — o'^ai (idic), — indicating descendants or family, as in the classical 

 names Arsacidce^ Pelopid(e, Seleucidw and innumerable others. It was 

 on account of the resemblance of the Cyprinodonts to the Cypriuids 

 that Wagner gave the name CyjjrinouUd, nud he gave a distinctive name 



1 Under ieftms calaritana (Cat., p. 25, No. 135), " L. nifiropinicfata, Wa.!>;u.'' is uieu- 

 tioned, and by it is prol)ubly meant /,. Uiieuto-jjioictaUi, but L. sarda is not irfcrnMl to. 

 2 Can. Nat., n. s.. II, \>. 258. 

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