ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO PART I. 



1758 



1. LI.VN'/EL'S (1758). Syslcma Xaturac. Ed. X, Vol. 1. 



Carl LiNNfe (Carolu.s Linx^us). (1707-1778.) 



Trigla Linna-us, 300; logotype T. curnardus L., as restricted by Kaup, 1S7.3, .\p- 

 parcntly this should replace the later restriction to T.' lyra L. of Jordan & 

 ("lilhert. 1883. this species being type of Lvrichthys Kaiip. 



Mormyrus Linnsrus, 327; logotype M. caschive Hasselquist, as restricted by Gill. 

 (Not M. CYPRINOIDES L.. as stated in part 1. page IS; this species is the type 

 of Marcvsenmi-s Gill.) 



Tetraodon Linnseus. 332: logotype T. lineatl's L. I am compelled to revise my 

 judgment, as given in part I of the Genera of Fishes, page 15. in which I 

 present the reasons for regarding T. testudineus L. as the type of Tetraodon. 

 This judgment is based on Bleeker's restriction of the genus in 1865. I find 

 that an earlier restriction was made by Bonaparte in the Fauna llalica, about 

 1841, "Tetraodon lineatus Bloch" being taken as type following a suggestion 

 of Swainson. Bloch's account includes the synonymy and description of T. 

 LINEATUS L., although the figure he offers may have been based on an exam- 

 ple of T. STELLAT'.'S. 



In this view of the case, the type of TEiRAonoN should be T. lineatvs, 

 a fresh-water species of the Nile, with which the numerous marine species 

 called OvoiDES (Arothron) may not be congeneric. According to Dr. Gill, 

 the type of Tetraodon is distinguished from the Pacific species known as 

 OvoiDES by the form of the frontal bones, a matter which needs further 

 elucidation. 



In this view the name Spheroidf.s should stand, as used by Jordan and 

 Evermann, for the allies of T. testi;dineus L. 



1764 



7 IIOUTTUYN (1764). Xaliirlike lusloric vulgcns den ilcer Linnaus. 



Martin Hol'ttuvn. 



Conger Houttyn, VII, 103, and Torpedo Houttuyn, VII, 453, as quoted iii Genera 



of Fishes, page 22, are not presented by Houttuyn as generic names, and the 



reference to them should be canceled. 



In a personal letter dated August 23, 1918, Mr. C. Davics Sherborn says; 

 "Torpedo is the trivial Linnxan name of the species Raja torpedo and Con- 

 ner is the trivial Linnxan part of the species name Mur.ena conger. Neither 

 name is used scientilically nor is there any intention on Ilouttuyn's part 

 to do more than quote the Linn.Tan term for the fish he describes as "Kramp- 

 Fi.scii' and 'Conger'." 



The record of this work of Ilouituyn should therefore be erased as hav 

 ing no relation to scientific nonicnclaliirc. 



1767 

 9. MOLLKR (17()7). /Mi(ii-<j/i.>ii,m Xatunr. II, 141. 

 Philip Ludwic Statius MOller (1725-1776). 

 Mr. Sherborn informs me that the generic names Acus. page 141, and 



