LIST OF DERIVATIONS OF PROPER NAMES 



Acanthodes, dKavOwSrj'i, provided with spines. 

 Acanthopterygii, aKavOa, spine, irTepv^, fin(ned). 

 Acipenser, aKf!rrj(no<;, classic name of sturgeon. 

 Actinopterygii, olktls, stout ray, Trrepvi, fin(ned). 

 Alopias, dAwTreKtas, classic name of the fox shark. 

 Amia, d/xt'a, classic name of tunny(?). 

 Amiurus, d/^ta, Amia, ovpd, tail(ed). 

 Ammocoetes, afxixos, sand, koltt], (a bed) abider. 

 Anacanthini, dvd, without, aKavOa, spine. 

 Anguilla, classic name of eel. 

 Arthrodira, dpOpov, joint, (?)8ts, double. 

 Aspidorhynchus, dcTTrts, shield, pwy;!(os, snout. 



Bdellostoma, (38iXXa, leech, o-TOfxa, mouth. 



Belonorhynchus, fSeXovrj, classic name of gar-fish, pvy)(o<;, snout. 



Calamoichthys, calamus^ a reed, tx^us, fish. 



Callichthys, Kot/VAos, beautiful, lyBv'i, fish. 



Callorhynchus, KaAAos, beautiful, pvy^^^ snout. 



Carassius, \dpai,, classic name of (sea) fish. 



Caturus, /cara, on the under side, ovpd, tail. 



Cephalaspis, Kf.<^aXy], head, da-7r[<;, shield. 



Ceratodus, Kcpas, horn, oSous, tooth (ed). 



Cestracion, Kearpa, classic name of (pavement-toothed) sea-fish. 



Cheirodus, x^'P' hand, 68ows, tooth (ed). 



Chimasra, y^ifJucLipa, fabulous monster, — lion's head, goat's body, dragon's 



tail. 

 Chlamydoselache, xAa/x,v8ds, frilled, o-eAax>7, shark. 

 Chondrostei, xwS/aos, cartilage, oo-re'ov, bone(d). 

 Cladoselache, for Cladodonto-selache, kAcxSos, branch, oSous, tooth (ed), 



creXdxr], shark. 

 Climatius, KXcfxa, a gradation (in allusion, perhaps, to the graded row 



of fin spines). 



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