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(Linnean name.) (Modern name ) 



Perca undulata (type). Micropogon undulatus. 



(112) Skin, 10 in. long, in good condition. 

 Garden's label: No. 10, Perca. Nostrat. Croker. 

 Referred to by Goode & Bean, p. 202, with the erroneous 



number " No. 8." 



(113) A second skin, 10| in. long, with injured tail, is labelled on 

 the abdomen by Garden '• No. 10. Cat. 2. t. 3. f. 1," which is 

 a correct reference to Catesby. This specimen may have been 

 sent with the first, or ou a later occasion. 



Trichiurus lepturus. Trichiurus lepturus. 



(114) Skin, 30 in. long, much damaged. 



Garden's label : No. 1. Trichiurus. Nostratib. Snakefish. 

 Identified by Goode & Bean, p. 195. 



(115) Head, 8 in. long, of a very large specimen, without label or 

 mark, probably sent with the first specimen. 



Gastrosteus saltatrix (cotype). Temnodon saltator. 



(116) Head and fragments of skin. 



cfr. Garden's label : No. 31. Saltatrix. Skipjack, 

 135. The specimen was already in this condition when Linne 

 received it, as we may infer from Garden's letter in Corresp. 

 Linn. i. p. 312 ; by a lapsus he mentions there this specimen 

 as " No. 33 of my last parcel," and he seems to have forgotten 

 that he saved these fragments from the ravages by " vermin." 



Echeneis naucrates. Echeneis naucrates, 



(117-18) Two skins, 14 and 13 in, long, in good condition. 



Gardens label : No. 32. Echeneis. Nostrat. Sucking Fish. 

 Not mentioned by Linne, who in the ' Systema ' limits the 

 range of the species to " Pelagus indicus." 

 Referred to by Goode & Bean, p. 195. 



Gadus tau (types). Batrachus tau. 



(119-20) Two skins, 5 and 6| in. long, not well preserved. 



Garden's label : No. 16. Nov. Gen. Nostrat. Toad Fish. 

 Referred to in Corresp. Linn. i. p. 305 (see also p. 314). 

 Identified by Goode & Bean, p. 195. 



Trigla evolans (type). Prionotus evolans. 



(121) Skin, 4| in. long, tolerably well preserved. 

 Garden's mark on the specimen : No. 21. 



Label round the tail in Linne's handwriting : Trigla evolans. 

 Described by Goode & Bean, p. 204. 



Pleuronectes dentatus (type). Pseudorhombus dentatus. 



(122) Skin, 11 in. long, well preserved. 

 Garden's label : No. 28. Pleuronectes. Plaice. 

 Identified by GUnther, iv. p. 425. 



