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XXXVII. OBLADA. 



Oblada Cuvier, R6gtie Annual, <■(!. 2, 1X2;) (vielannra). 

 Oblata Ciiv. & Yal., vi, 1830, ;566 {tndanura). 



Tyi)e: Spams melanurus L. 



Etymology: Fioin Oblado or Blade, the common name of Oblada 

 melanura at Marseilles. 



This genus contains a single species common in the Mediterranean. 

 "We here restore the older orthography of the name. 



141. OBLA.DA MELANURA (L.). Mediterranean Sea and neighboring 



w aters. 



XXXVIII. SCATHARUS. 



Scatharus Cuv. cV. Val., vi, 375, 1830 (grwcus). 



Type : Scatharus fjra'cus Ouv. & Yal. 



Etymology: aa/AOapo-, or trxadapoc, a name now used by the Greeks for 

 Scatharus grwcus and Spondyliosoma cantharus. 



This genus contains a single species, abundant on the coasts of Greece. 



142. SCATHARUS GRWCUS Cuv. A: Val. Eastern Mediterranean. 



XXXIX. SPONDYLIOSOMA. 



Cantharus Cuvier, R^gue Animal, ed. 1, 1817, 278 (mnlhants; name preoccupied in 



Mollusks and iu Polypi). 

 Spondyliosoma Cantor, Catal. Malayan Fishes, 1850, 50 {cantharus : substitute for 

 Cantharus, preoccupied). 



Type: Sparus cantharus Gme\m. 



Etymology: >T-ovdoXu)v, spindle; (rui/ia, body. 



This genus contains some half a dozen old-world species, well char- 

 acterized by the presence of a band of lanceolate teeth in each jaw. It 

 is remarkable that the generic name Cantharus, although twice preoc- 

 cupied, should have been almost universally used for this grou[), while 

 Cantor's substitute name of Spondyliosoma has been entirely overlooked. 

 The recognized species of Spondyliosoma in European waters are: 



143. SPONDYLIOSOMA CANTHARUS (Gmelin). Southern ICurope 



north to lOngland. 



144. SPONDYLIOSOMA ORBICULARE (Cuv. A Val.). Mediterranean 



Sea. 



Subfamily X.— GIRELLINiE. 

 XL. GIRELLA. 



Girella Cray, Illustrations of Indian Zoology, about 1840 {pnnctaia). 

 Melanichthys 'ronnninck A Schlcgcl, Faujia Japonica, Poissons, 75, IS^yO {punctatus). 

 Camarina Ayres. Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1860, 81 {nifjricans). 



Type : Girella punctata Gray. 



Etymology: From the Frenc^li ^^ Girelle,^'' wliicli is a derivative of 

 Julis, and is appUcd to tlie smaller labroids. 



