44 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



Blennus Klein, VIII, 589, 1779; type Blennius ocellaris L. "Blen- 

 Nus piNNiCEPS coLORis" Klein. 

 Synonym of Blennius L. 

 Psalisostomus Klein, X, 154, 1781 ; type Esox osseus L. "Psaliso- 

 STOMUS OMNIUM MAXiMUs" Klein. 

 If allowed, replaces Lepisosteus Lacepede. 



XXVI. HERRMANN, Schreiben ueber eine neues Americanise hes 

 Fischgeschlecht, Sternoptix : Der Naturforscher, 2 Stiick, vol. 

 XVI, 1781. 



JoHANN Herrmann. 



Sternoptix Herrmann, 8, 36; type Sternoptix diaphana Herrmann. 

 Monotypic. 



XXVII. HOUTTUYN, Beskrivning van Ecnige Japanske Visschen: 

 Actse Harlemensis, XX, pt. 2, 1782. 



Martin Houttuyn. 



Centrogaster Houttuyn, 333 ; type Centrogaster fuscescens Houttuyn. 

 A synonym of Siganus Forskal. 



XXVIII. BLOCH, Natiirgeschichte der Ausliindisehcn Fische. Nine 

 parts, 1785 to 1795. Part 2, 1786. 



Mark Elieser Bloch. 



Kurtus Bloch, II, 122, 1786; type Kurtus indicus Bloch. 

 Also written Kyrtus and Cyrtus. Monotypic. 



Macrourus Bloch, II, 150, 1786; type Corvph.ena rupestris Fabricius, 

 the "Ingmingoak" = Macrourus berglax Lacepede, which is not 

 the same as Coryph^noides rupestris Gunner. 



XXIX. BLOCH, Ueber Zwey Mcrkwiirdige Fiseh-Arten: Abhandlungen 

 Bohmischer Gesellschaft, I, 1787. 



Notacanthus Bloch, 278; type Notacanthus chemnitzi Bloch. 



This name was changed l)y Rloch in 1797 to Acanthonotus and the species to 

 AcANTHONOTUs NASUS. Monotypic. 



