cuviER, 1817 103 



Aurata (Cuvier) Oken, 272, ("Les Daurades" Cuvier), Oken, 1183; 



type Sl'ARUS AURATA L. 

 Equivalent to Sparus L., as restricted by Fleming. Later called Ciiryso- 

 PHRYS by Cuvier. 



Pagrus Cuvier, 272; type Sparus argenteus Bloch & Schneider 

 ( Sparus p.uirus L.). 

 Not Pagrus Plumier. 

 Dentex Cuvier, 273 ; type Sparus dentex L. 



Diacope Cuvier, 275 ; type Diacope seb^ Cuvier. 



NiiMic preoccupied in buttcrllies (Diacope Hiibner, 1816) ; replaced by Gen- 

 YOROGE Cantor, 1850. Equivalent to Naqua Forskal, 1775, a name doubtfully 

 eligible. 



Serranus Cuvier, 276, ("Perclie de mer ou serran") ; type Perca 

 CABRiLLA L. ("le Serran proprcment dit"). 

 Serranus cabrilla is usually assumed as the type of the genus Serranus, 

 and therefore of the family SFJ<RANiDiE. But no species of the genus as thus re- 

 stricted is mentioned by Cuvier by scientific name. Cuvier, however, remarks: 

 "La Mcflitcrranee en pri/duit beaucoup dont les plus conununs s'y confondent 

 sous les nonis vulgaircs de Perche de mer, de Serran, etc." This refers to Ser- 

 ranus CABRILLA and Skrr.\nus SCRIBA. The first of these may be retained as type, 

 following general custom, although its scientific name is not mentioned. Other- 

 wise lloLOCENTRUs GiGAS Bloch & Schneider, which is explicitly mentioned, must 

 be taken, in which case Serranus disappears, as a synonym of Epinephelus 

 Bloch, and the name Serranfxlus Jordan & Eigcnmann, a sub-generic term for 

 Serranus scriba, would stand for the genus, as in Fowler's arrangement ( Proc. 

 Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1907, 266). 



Plectropomus (Cuvier) Oken, 277, ("Les Flectroiiomes" Cuvier), 

 I'l.iiCTROPOMUs Oken, 1182, Plectr(jpoma of Cuv. & V^al. ; type 

 as restricted Bodianus maculatus Bloch. 



Cantharus Cuvier, 278; type Sparus cantharus L. ("Les Canthares," 



1815.) 

 Name preoccupied; replaced by Spondvliosoma Cantor, 1850. 



Pristipomus (Cuvier) Oken, 279, ("Les Pristipomes" Cuvier), Oken, 

 1 1.S2, ( Pristipoma of Cuvier &• X'alenciennes) ; type Lutjanus 

 iiASTA Bloch. 

 Equivalent to Pomadasys Lacepedc. 



Scolopsis Cuvier, 280; type "le Kurite, Russell" (Scoi.opsinics kukita 

 Cuv. & \al.). 

 Called Scoix)PSiDES by Cuvier. 

 Diagramma (Cuvier) Oken. 280, ("Les Diaprammes" Cuvier), Oken, 

 1183: type Antiiias dia(;ramma Bloch. 

 Equivalent to Plectoriiynciius Lacepedc. 



