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Order K. SELACHOSTOMI 



Family 34. POLYODONTID^. Paddlefishes 



Genus 82. POIYODON lacepede. 



PolyodoH Lacepede, Bull., Soc. Philom., 1797, 49 (P. folium Lac6p&de). 

 Spathidaria Shaw, Gen. Zool., V, 1804, 362 (iS. reticulata^ Squalus 



spat hula Walbaum). 

 Platirostra LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 1817 (1818), 228 



(P. edentula). 

 Planirostra Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 83 (P. edentula). 

 Proceros Rafinesque, loc. cit., 87 (P viacxdatus). 



187. Polyodon spathula (Walbaum). Paddlcfish; Spoonbill cat; Duckbill 



cat; Spadefish. 

 Mississippi Valley and south in the larger streams, reaching a weight 



of 173 pounds; rare in Lake Erie. 

 Squalus spathula Walbaum, Artedi Pise, 1792, 522; after Spathula 



Rosier, Jour. Phys., 1774, 384, pi. 2; no locality given, 

 Polyodon feuille Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., I, 1798, 402, locality 



unknown. 

 Polyodon folium Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 457; after 



Lacepede. 

 Spatidaria reticulata Shaw, Gen. Zool., V, 1804, 362, after Lacepede. 

 Platirostra edentula LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 1817, 



227, Ohio River. 

 Acipenser lagenarius Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 86, Ohio River. 

 Proceros macidatus Rafinesque, loc. cit., 87, Mississippi River at St. 



Genevieve, Mo. 

 Proceros vittatus Rafinesque, loc. cit., 1820, 86, 87, Lake Ontario. 



Order I. HOLOSTEI 



Suborder GINGLYMODI 



Family 35. IEPISOSTEID.ffi. Gar pikes 



Genus 83. LEPISOSTEUS Lacepede. Gar pikes. 



Lepisosteus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 331 (L. gavialis 



Lac6pede = £soj osseus Linnaeus). 

 Sarchirus Rafinesque, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 1818, 419 (S. 



vittatus Rafinesque). 

 Lepidosteus Agassiz; corrected spelling. 



188. Lepisosteus osseus (Linnajus). Long-nosed gar; Billfish; Common gar 



pike; Ohio gar; Ohio garfish; Billy gar. 

 Maryland to Florida and Louisiana, in coastwise streams; also (huro- 



nensis) Great Lakes and the Mississippi Valley; the most abundant 



of the gars. 

 Esox osseus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 313, after Artedi; based 



on Acus maxima squamosa viridis, the green gar fish of Catesby, 



1738, pi. 30, Virginia. 

 Lepisosteus gavialis Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 333, "lakes 



and rivers of both Indies." 

 Lepisosteus longirostris Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 74, Mus- 

 kingum River, Ohio; head. 

 Macrognalhus loricatus Gronow, Cat. Fishes, 1854, 148, after Linnaeus. 

 Lepidosteus crassus Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XVII, 1865, 



Bombay Hook, Delaware River. 

 Lepidosteus louisianensis Dumdril, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1870, 343, New 



Orleans. 

 Lepisosteus huronensis Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., Ill, 1836, 237, 



Penitanguishene, Lake Huron. 

 ISarchirus vittatus Rafinesque, loc. cit., 69, Ohio River; young; not 



identifiable. 

 tSarchirus argenteus Rafinesque, loc. cit., 86, Ohio River; young; 



not identifiable. 

 Lepidosteus semiradiatus Agassiz, Poiss. Fossiles, II, 1836, 2, pi. 2. 



