HECK EI.. 1840 20" 



256. IIKCKKL (1S40). JoImiiii Sallcri-r's item- I'liissfische hrasilien's iiach Jen 

 Beobachluiigcn und Mitthcilunnen dcs Enldfckers hcschrichcn. ,\htli. 1. Die 

 Labroiden. Ann. Wien. Mus., II. 



JoHANN Jakob Meckel. 

 Uaru Ilcckrl, II, 330; orthotype V. .vmphacanthoides Meckel. 

 Symphysodon llickcl, II. Hi; orthotype S oiscus Meckel. 

 Pterophyllum lleckel, II, 334; orthotype Platax scalaris Cuv. & \';il. 

 Acara Meckel, II, 338; logotype A. crassispinis Meckel, as restricted by Gill 



(1858). A synonym of .-\stro.notus Sw. (HvcROCONtjs Gthr.). 

 Heros Meckel, II, 362; logotype H. severus Meckel, as restricted by J. & G., 1883. 



.\ >yMi)nyni of Cichlai'rus or Cichlasoma Sw. 

 Geophagus Meckel, II, 3&i\ logotype G. .mecasema Meckel. 

 Chxtobranchus Meckel, II. 4()1 ; logotype C. flavkscens Meckel. 

 Crenicichia Meckel. 11, 416; logotype C. vittata Meckel. 

 Batrachops Meckel. M. 432; logotype B. reticvlatu.s Meckel. 

 Monocirrhus Meckel II, 439; orthotype M. polyacanthus Meckel. 



257. LOWK (1840). Certain Sew Species of Madeiran Fishes. Proc. Zool. Soc. 



London, 36-39. 

 Richard Thomas Lowe. 

 Cheilopogon Lowe, VII, 38; orthotype Cypselurus pulchellus Lowe. A manu- 

 script name, withdrawn because of the earlier name Cypselurus Sw. Applied 

 to young flying lish with barbels; equivalent also to Ptenichthvs Miiller. 



258 MONSTER (1840). Leber einige Placoidcn im Kupferschiefer :u Riehscls- 



dorf; Beilriige cur Pelrefaclenkunde. 



Georh Munster. 



Dictea Miinster. Ill, 124; otrhotype D. striata Munster (fossil). A synonym of 



Jana^.sa Miinster. 



259-261 MONSTKR (1840). (Braun, Petrefaklen von Bayreuth.) 

 Georg monster. 

 Saurorhynchus (.Miinster) Braun, 73 (not defined) ; orthotype Saurichthys tenui- 

 RosTRis (.Miinster) (fossil). Name apparently eligible, as being applied to a 

 species already described. 



262. NORDMANX (1840). Obsen'alions sur la fauna ponlique: im DemidofT, 



voyage dans la Kussic meridionale el la Crimie. III. 

 Alexander vo.n Nordmann. 

 Percarina Nordmann, 357; orthotype P. demidoffi Nordmann. 



263. OWEN (1840). Odontography; or a Treatise on the Comparative Anatomy 



of the Teeth. 

 Richard Owen. 

 Petalodus Owen, 61 ; orthotype P. hastincsi Owen (fossil). 



Rhizodus Owen, 75; orthotype Megalichtiivs iiiiii.frti Ag. (fossil). A synonym 

 of Mkc.alichthvs Ag. 



264 R.\NZ.'\NI (1840). De novis speciebus piscium: dissertationes quotunr. 



Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bonon., IV 



Camili.o Ranzam. 



Syacium Ranrnni, 20; orthotype S. micrvrum Ran^ani. Replaces IIemimhomiius 



Blkr. (1862). 



