2-^0 FISHES, LIVING AND FOSSIL 



Psammodus, ij/d/xfjio?, sand, oSous, tooth (ed). 

 Psephurus, ij/rjcf>o';, a little stone, ovpd, tail. 



Pseudopleuronectes, t/'eSSos, false, -rrXtvpov, side, vrJKTr]<;, swimmer. 

 Pterichthys, Trripv^, fin or wing, IxOv?, fish. 



Raja, classic name of skate. 



Rhabdolepis, pa/38os, nail, XeVis, scale (d). 



Rhina, plvri, a rasp. 



Rhinobatus, ptVa, Rhina, /Sart's, skate. 



Rhynchodus, pvyxos, snout, oSow's, tooth (ed). 



Scaphirhynchus, o-Ka^tW, shovel, puy^os, snout. 

 Sconiberomorus, (TK6fx(ipo%, mackerel, p^opiov, part. 

 Scyllium, aKvXtov, classic name of this shark. 

 Selachii, (jeXaxr], shark. 



Semionotus, cmjp.tiov, a standard, v^>>To%, back. 

 Silurus, classic name of fish. 

 Siphostoma, o-t'^wv. tube, crrop-a, mouth. 

 Sirenoidei, siren, salamander, otSos, like. 

 Squaloraja, squalus, shark, raja, skate. 

 Squalus, classic name of a shark. 

 Squatina, a classic name of a sea-fish. 



Teleocephali, reAeos, entirely, ocrreov, bone, KecfiaXrj, head. 



Teleost, re'Aeos, entirely, oa-reov, bone. 



Teleostomi, re'Aeos, entirely, oareov, bone, a-rofxa, mouth. 



Titanichthys, ///«;/, giant, t;)(^i;s, fish. 



Torpedo, classic name (from the root of Torpor, stupefy) . 



Trachosteus, rpaxv'i, rough, oareov, bone. 



Trygon, rpvywv, the thorny ray. 



Urogymnus, ovpd, tail, yu/xvos, naked. 



Xenacanthus, ^eVos, strange, aKovda, spine. 



