I.— LIST OF RAFINESQUIAN GENERA AND SUBGENERA, 

 WITH TO Em EQUIVALENTS IN THE ADOPTED NOMEN- 

 CLATURE. 



I give here a catalogue in chronological order of the generic and sub- 

 generic names proposed by Rafinesque for our fresh-water fishes, with 

 the type of each where any type is either designated or in any definite 

 way implied, with its equivalence in the nomenclature which the writer 

 at present adopts. The reasons for the use or non-use of these names 

 will appear farther on. Those names originally proposed for subgenera 

 are designated by a star (*). 



Eafinesquian genera. 

 N'otropis 



Glossodon 



Litholepis 



Diuoctus 



Pogostoma 



Pomoxis 



Noturus 



Sarchirns 



Exoglossum 



Masilliugua* 



Hypentelium* 



Aplodinotus 

 Etheostoma 



Leucops 



Aplocentrns 



Calliurus 



Lepomis 



Pomotis* 



Type species. 

 1818. 

 atherinoides. 



harengoides. 



adamantinus. 



truucatus. 



leucops. 



annularis. 



flavus. 



vittatus. 



lesurianum. 



lesurianura. 



macropterum. 



1819. 



grunniens. 

 flabellaris. 



leucops. 

 calliops, 

 punctulatus. 

 auritus L. 

 auritus L. 



Modern genera. 



Nototropis {=MinniUis 



=Alburnellus). 

 Hyodon. 



Litholepis (Atractosteiis). 

 Acipenser L. 

 A myth ! 

 Pomoxys. 

 Noturus. 

 Lepidosteus. 

 Exoglossum. 

 Exoglossum. 

 Hypentelium {Uylomy- 



zon Ag.). 



Haploidonotus. 

 Etheostoma {Catono- 



tus). 

 A myth ! 

 A myth ! 

 Micropterus. 

 Lepiopomus. 

 Lepiopomus. 



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