CHAPTER II. 



NOMENCLATURE AND MORPHOLOGY. 



• Class PISCES. 



SuiBCLAss TELE08TE1. 

 Oeder ACANTIIOPTERI. 



SUBOKDER PEPvCOMOEPHI. 



Family CENTRARCHID^. 



Subfamily MIGEOPTEEm^. 



Genus MICROPTERUS Lac^pede. 



synonomy. 



3ficroj)terus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. des Poiss. IV, 325, 1802. 

 (Type M. dolomieu Lac.) 



Lahnis species, Lacepede, Hist. Nat. des Poiss. IV, 716, 1802. 

 (L. sahnoide.i Lac.) (Not of Linnaeus, tlie type Labrus 

 viixtits L. belonging to the family of Labridw, the com- 

 mon wrasse-fish of the coasts of Europe.) 

 6 (65) 



