132 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



Ceratorhynchus Agassiz, lo; type Silurus militaris Bloch & 

 Schneider. 

 Not L. Name given in genitive only as "Ceratorhynchi." Genus close to 

 Ageneiosus Lacepede but with the two short barbels replaced by erectile bony 

 weapons. 



Centrochir Agassiz, 14; type Doras crocodili Humboldt. Based on a 

 species of Doras "non modo pinna pectorali uniradiata sed etiam 

 appendice quadriradiata primae caudalis maxime." 



Sorubim Spix, 24; type Silurus lima Bloch & Schneider. 

 Replaces Platvstoma. 



Xiphorhynchus Agassiz, 18; type Salmo falc.\tus Bloch. 



Salminus Agassiz, 18; type Hvdrocyon brevidens Cuvier. 



Osteoglossum (Vandelli) Agassiz, 46; type Osteoglossum vandelli 

 Cuv. & \'al. 



Ischnosoma Spix, 47; type Isciinosoma bicirrhosum Spix. 



A deformed Osteoglossum. 

 Glossodus ( Cuvier ) Agassiz, 48 ; type Glossodus forskali Agassiz 

 (ESOX VULPES L.). 



Same as Albula Gronow. 

 Anodus Spix, 57 ; type Anodus elongatus Spix. 



Prochilodus Agassiz, 57; type Prociiilodus argenteus Spix. 



Leporinus Spix, 58; type Leporinus novemfasciatus Spix. 



Schizodon Agassiz, 58; type Schizodon fasciatus Agassiz. 



Same as Anostomus Gronow. 

 Rhaphiodon Agassiz, 59; type Rhaphiodon vulpinus Agassiz. 



Cynodon Spix, 59, 76; type Cynodon girbus Spix. 



As restricted by Eigenmann. Not Cynodonta Schuhmacher, 1817, a genus of 

 mollusks. 



Name changed to Rhaphiodon because earlier used in botany. 

 Xiphostoma Spix, 60, 78; type Xiphostoma cuvieri Spix. 



Micropteryx Agassiz, 102; type (not named) Seriola dumerii,i Cuvier. 

 Substitute for Seriola, preoccupied in botany. A synonym of Seriola Cuvier. 

 Corniger Agassiz, 119; type Corniger spinosus Agassiz. 



Pachyurus Agassiz, 125; type Pachyurus squamipinnis Agassiz. 



