NO. 3 OPINIONS 82 TO 90 2Q 



(1758). It antedates and, if accepted, nullifies Scams Forskal (1775), for one 

 of the most important groups of fishes. Callyodon Gronow (1763) in this case 

 supersedes Scarus Forskal. It is, however, not identical with Calliodon of 

 Cuvier (1829), a name also in general use. (Calliodon Schneider, 1801, is a 

 variant spelling of Callyodon, as is also the case with Cuvier's Calliodoti.) 



If Scarus and Callyodon of Gronow are set aside, Scarus Forskal would be 

 adopted, Callyodon or Calliodon of later writers becoming a synonym of it. 



Cyclogastcr Gronow (1763) was replaced by Liparis Scopoli (1777), the 

 latter name being used by nearly all subsequent authors. 



Enchclyopus Gronow (1763) (rejected by Scopoli as a synonym of Blcnnius 

 L.) is equivalent to Zoarces Cuvier, 1817. Euchelyopus (borrowed from 

 Klein, 1744) was also used by Schneider (1801) as the equivalent of 

 Rhinoncmus Gill (1863), and by Agassiz (1844) for a fossil genus of eels 

 (Paranguilla Bleeker, 1864). 



Coracinns Gronow (not of Pallas, 1811) is equivalent to Dipterodon Cuvier 

 (1829), which, however, is preoccupied, and is replaced by Dichistius Gill (1888). 



Hcpatus Gronow corresponds to Acanthurus Forskal (i77S), and is based on 

 the same species as Tenthis Linnaeus, 1766. 



CoMMERSON .\ND Plumier. — The action of the Commission in the case of 

 Gronow will again raise the question partially touched in Opinions 23 and 24. 



In Lacepede's Histoire Naturelle des Poissons (1798-1803) a number of 

 manuscript names of field workers are mentioned in footnotes. These are 

 drawn from notes of one or the other of two active workers, Philibert Com- 

 merson, a traveler, and Charles Plumier, a priest stationed on Martinique. 

 For both cases the specific names quoted are polynomial, although Commerson, 

 at least, had a clear idea of the meaning of genus. Omitting names already 

 preoccupied or negligible as synonyms, the following are left as available in 

 case of acceptance : 



Alliens Commerson=:Rupiscartes 



Cheloniger Plumier ^=Conodon 



Chromis Plumier = Umbrina 



Enchrasicolus Commerson = Anchoviella 



Pagrus Plumier =:Ncomaenis 



Sarda Plumier ^Ocyurns 



In case these names are allowed as eligible, the names Pagrus, Sarda, and 

 Odar Cuvier must be replaced. Odax Commerson is a synonym of Scarus. 



I propose that the generic names of Commerson and Plumier, not adopted by 

 binomial authors, be regarded as ineligible, being (a) not binomial, (b) not 

 accepted by the author who published them, and (c) as likely to produce more 

 confusion than uniformity. 



The case of Antcnn-arius vs. Histrio, considered in Opinion 24, is not quite 

 parallel, as Histrio Fischer, 1813, seems (by tautonomy) not synonymous with 

 Antennarius (Commerson) Lacepede, 1798, and of Cuvier, 1877, but rather 

 of Pterophryne Gill, 1863. 



The " Gesellschaft Schauplatz." — I ask the Commission also to consider 

 the generic names found in a dictionary entitled " Neuer Schauplatz der Natur, 

 nach den richtigsten Beobachtungen und Versuchen, in alphabetischer Ordnung; 

 Durch eine Gesellschaft der Gelehrtcn " : Weidmann, Leipzig : 10 volumes, 1775 

 to 1781. 



