The Genera of Fishes from Linnaeus to Cuvier 



1758 to 1833 



I. LINN.EUS, Systema Nature, Ed. X, Vol. I, 1758. 



Karl Linne (Carolus Linnaeus). 



The generic names of Linnaeus represent, with one change and two 

 or three additions, the system of Ichthyology as developed in 1738 by 

 his friend and fellow-student, Peter Artedi, a naturalist whose knowl- 

 edge of fishes was far greater than that of Linnaeus. The types of 

 most of the Linnaean genera have been accepted by common consent. 

 As a rule we have not questioned the current application unless com- 

 pelled to do so by the insistence of established rules. 



Petromyzon Linnaeus, 230, after Artedi; type Petromyzon marinus L. 



Unquestioned. 

 Raja Linnaeus, 231, after .\rtedi ; type Raja batis L. 



Spelled also Raia, by authors. 

 Squalus Linnaeus, 231, after Artedi; type Squalus acanthias L. 



Restriction to S. acanthias and relatives, Rafinesque, Indicc d'lttioiogia Sici- 

 liana. 1810, 45, and by Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. Phila., 1862, 497. Gray, Cat. 

 Chond., 1851, following Bonaparte, 1838, uses the name Squalus for the allies of 

 Carcharhinus co.mmersonianus. But this use of the name is no more a speci- 

 fication of a type than is that of Rafinesque, and the more formal choice of type 

 by Gill reinforces the former. Swainson, 1838, chooses Carchakodon carcharias L. 



Chimaera Linnaeus, 236; type Chimera monstrosa L. 



I'tiquestioncd. 

 Lophius Linnaeus, 236, after .\rtcdi ; tyjic Lophius piscatorius L. 



Unquestioned. 

 Acipenser Linnxus, 237, after Artedi; type Acipenser sturio L. 



I'liqiicstioned. 

 Muraena Linnaeus, 244, after Artedi; type Mur^na Helena L. 



Unquestioned, except by Bleeker, who takes as type Mur^na anguilla L., 

 the first species named by Artedi. 



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