146 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



RECAPITULATION. 

 Suggested Changes in Generic Nomenclature of Fishes. 



A. Changes resting in Priority. 



The following changes from current Nomenclature, apparently jus- 

 tified by the law of priority and the accepted rules, result from the present 

 survey. 



Acanthoessus Agassiz: in place of Acanthodes Agassiz (fossil). 



Alabes Cuvier: Cheilobranchus Richardson. 



Alosa Linck: Alosa Cuvier. 



Anacanthus Ehrenberg: Himantura Miiller. 



Anchoviella Fowler: Stolephorus Bleeker (not Lacepede). 



Apteronotus Lacepede: Sternarchus Bloch & Schneider. 



Bagre Cuvier : Felichthys Swainson, Ailurichthys Baird. 



Barbatula Linck : Oreias Sauvage, Orthrias Jordan & Fowler. 



Bengala Gray (1833) • Megarasbora Gijnther, 1868. 



Bodianus Bloch : Harpe Lacepede. 



Branchiostegus Rafinesque: Latilus Cuv. & Val. 



Caranx Lacepede : Carangus Griffith. 



Catonotus Agassiz : Ethestoma Jordan, not Raf . 



Cephalopholis Bloch & Schneider: Bodianus Cuv. & Val. (not Bloch). 



Enneacentrus Gill. 

 ChelonRose: Ch^nomugil Gill. 

 Citharus Rose : Eucitharus Gill. 

 Clupanodon Lacepede : Konosirus Jordan & Snyder. 

 Conger Houttuyn : Conger Cuvier. 

 Corvina Cuvier: Sci-^na Jordan & Evermann (not of Cuvier), Cora- 



cinus Pallas. 

 Curimata Walbaum: Curimatus Cuvier. 

 Diapterus Ranzani : Gerres Jordan & Evermann (not of Quoy & 



Gaimard). 

 Echeneis L. : Leptecheneis Gill. 

 Echelus Rafinesque : Myrus Cuvier. 

 Etheostoma Rafinesque : Diplesion Raf. 



