210 THE GENERA OF FISHES, PART II 



278. SYKES (1840). The Fishes of Dukhun. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., TV. 

 WiLLTAM Henry Sykes. 

 Rohtee Sykes, H, 364; orthotype R. vigorsi Sykes. Replaces Osteobrama Heckel. 



1842 



279. AGASSIZ (1942). (Diplacanthus.) In Dwd's Geology of Moray. 



Louis Agassiz. 



Oiplacanthus (Agassiz) Duff, 71 ; orthotype D. crassissimus Duff = D. striatus 



Ag. (fossil) ; more fully defined in Poissons fossiles Vieux Grcs Rouge. 



Name misspelled Diplocanthus by Duff. 



280. CUVIER & VALENCIENNES (1842). Histoire naturelle des poissons. XVI. 



AcHiLLE Valenciennes. 

 Dangila Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 229; logotype Dangila cuvieri Val. 

 Nuria Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 238; logotype Nuria thermoicos Cuv. & Val. 



A synonym of Esomus Sw. 

 Rohita Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI. 242; tautotype Cyprinus rohita Ham., Rohita 



ruchanani Val. Apparently identical with Labeo Cuv. 

 Capoeta Cuvier & Valenciennes, XVI, 278 ; tautotype Capoeta fundulus Val. = 



Cyprinus capoeta Giildenstadt (logotype C. amphibia Cuv. & Val.) as 



restricted by Bleeker. 



281. DEKAY (1842). Zoology of New York; or^ The New York Fauna. Com- 

 prising Detailed Descriptions of All the Animals Hitherto Obsen'cd Within 

 the State Borders, etc. Natural History of New York State Geological Survey, 

 Albany. 



James Ellsworth Dekay (1792-1851). 

 Lepisoma Dekay, 11; orthotype L. cirrhosum Dekay = Clinus pectinifer Cuv. & 



Val. Regarded as preoccupied in beetles by Lepisomus Kirby. A synonym 



of Labrosomus Sw. 

 Pileoma Dekay, 16; haplotype Pileoma semifasciata Dekay = Etheostoma caprodes 



Raf. A synonym of Percina Haldeman, of earlier date in the same year. 

 Boleosoma Dekay, 20; haplotype B. tessellatum Dekay = Etheostoma olmstedi 



Storer. 

 Uranidea Dekay, 61 ; haplotype Uranidea quiescens Dekay. 

 Apeltes Dekay, 68; orlliotype Gasterosteus quadracus Milcliill. 

 Argyrea Dekay, 141; haplotype .^THERINA notata Mitchill. Name preoccupied; a 



synonym of Menidia Bon. 

 Amblyopsis Dekay, 187; haplotype .'Xmblyopsis spel-T!Us Dekay. 

 Stilbe Dekay, 204; haplotype Cyprinus crysolkucas Mitchill. A synonym of No- 



temigonus Raf. 

 Baione Dekay, 244; haplotype B. fontinalis Dekay (the young of Sat.mo fontinalis 



Mitchill). A synonym of Salvelinus Rich., 1836. 

 Acanthosoma Dekay, 350; orthotype A. carinatum Dekay. Same as Molacanthus 



Sw.. a larval form of Moi.a Cuv. 

 Pasttnaca (Belon) Dekay, 373; orthotype Raja pa.stinaca L. Name used for the 



same genus by several authors. .\ synonym of Dasyatis Raf. 



282. GRAY (1842). Description of Two Fresh-water Fish from New Zealand. 



(In Dieffenbach, Ernst: Travels in Nciv Zealand. II.) 

 John Edward Gray. 



