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Epinephelus Hloch, \ll. 11, 1793; type Epinephelus marginalis 

 Hloch = Perca kasciata Forskal, by general consent. 

 The Kcnus Epinephklus was based on E. afer, E. marginai-is, E. merka, and 

 E. RUBEK. Marcinaus and merra arc congeneric, and belong to the great group 

 called Epinephelus by Gill, Blecker, and nearly all recent authors. Of these, 

 MARCiNALis is typical. The species named first, afer, has been on that account 

 chosen as type by Fowler, 1907. This species was separated as the type of .Xlph- 

 estes by Bloch & Schneider. rSoi. Ruber was named as type by Jordan & Gilbert, 

 1883. This species under another name ( acutirostris Cuv. & Val.) became the 

 type of Parepinephelus Blecker, 1875. Justice and convenience are best served by 

 retaining the name Epinephelus for its chief components, as understood by nearly 

 all authors. Otherwise the genus would stand as Cerna Bonaparte, 1837, unless, 

 with Fowler, we recognize Epinephelus gicas (Perca cigas) L. as the type of 

 Serranus Cuvier, 1817, a change we think unnecessary. If the subgenera of For- 

 skil, with .Vrabic names, are recognized, Epinephelus must give place to Daba. 



Gymnocephalus Bloch, \II, 24. 1793; type Perca schr^etzer L., equiv- 

 alent to Cernua Schaefer, Acerina Cuvier, and Cernua Fleming. 



Johnius P.loch, VII, 132, 1793: type Johnmus carutta Bloch, as re- 

 stricted by Gill. 



Lonchiui^s Bloch, \'l], 143, 1793: ty[ie Lonchiurus barbatus Bloch, 

 1793 = Perca lanceoi^ta Bloch, 1788. 

 Monntypic. Corrected by later writers to Lonchurus. 



Cataphractus Bloch, VII, 80, 1793; type Silurus callichthys L. as 

 here restricted. 

 A synonym of Callichthys. 



XLII. ROSE, Petri Artcdi .-Ingermannia-Sueci Synonymia Nominum 

 Piscium etc. Greifswald. Edition II, 1793. 



Anton Ferdinand Rose. 



This article, published as a supplement to W'albaum's Artedi Piscium, 

 enumerates the generic names of Artedi and others, the species in their 

 original polynomial form. In an Appendix are given a few new generic 

 names, mostly taken from Aristotle. These genera are not described, 

 nor are their species named, but the synonymy is fully given. Some of 

 them had been already used by other authors. In our judgment, these 

 names arc eligible, and a few maintain jiriority of date. 



Phycis Rose. 1 1 1 ; type qnmlt; Aristotle, Pii vcis tinca Bloch & Schneider. 

 G.\DUS BI.ENNIOIDES Briinnich. 

 This is identical with Plivris Bloch & Schneider. 1801 ; the latter, hut not the 

 former, antedated by Piivcis Fahricius. 1798, a genus of In.sccts. Phycis Rose re- 

 places Emphvcus Jordan & Evermann, 189S. 



