THE CYPRINODONTS. 17 



the ventrals, together with the great differences in skeletal and embrj-onic 

 features, might demand rank as a family, the Anablepince are included. 



CYPRINODONTES. 



Cyprinoida Wagner, 1828, Isis, XXI, col. 1054. 



Ci/prinodontes Agassiz, 1834, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuch., I, 35, — 1839, Poiss. Foss., V, pt. 2, p. 47, 

 — 1844, 1. c, I, pp. xlvii, 170, — 1854, Am. Jour., XVII, 353 ; MiiU., 1843, Wiegm. Arch., IX, (1) 320,— 

 1846, Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl., 183; Mull. & Tr., 1848, Schomb. Fauna, 632; Gill, 1856, Smith. Rep., 264; 

 Poey, 1858, Mem., II, 383; Kn. & St., 1865, Abh. Wien Ak., I, ext. p. 24; Kner, 1807, Novara Fische, 

 344 ; Fitz., 1873, Sb. Wien Ak., LXVII, (1) 34. 



Pacilini and Anahleptini (Sections) Bonap., 1831, Saggio, 94, 113,- - 1838, Nouv. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bo- 

 logna, II, 132 (sub fam.), — 1840, Syst. Vert., 53, — Nouv. Ann. Bolog., IV, 195. 



Pisciliini and Anahleptini Bon., 1850, Consp. Syst. Ichth. 



Pceciliaym McClell, 1839, J. As. Res., XIX, (2) 424. 



Paciliiiini Bon., 1839, Sel. Tab. Anal, 14. 



Pcecilitifs and Anableps Swains., 1838, Classif., I, 365,-1839, 1. c, II, 190, 311. 



Pacilida Bon., 1838, Nouv. Ann. Bologna, II, 132, — 1840, 1. c, IV, 194, — Syst. Vert., 52, — 1841, 

 Tr. Linn. Soc, XVIII, 299, — 1845, Specc. gen., 8 (as Poecilidae the name was first applied to a family of 

 Coleoptera by Kirby, in 1837). 



Pacilinida; Bon., 1839, Sel. Tabl., 14. 



Pcecilianx MacLeay, 1842, Ann. N. H., 204. 



Paciliida Bon., 1846, Cat. Meth. Pesci, 25, — 1850, Consp. Ichth. ; Gill, 1865, Can. Nat., — 1894, 

 Mem., Am. Nat. Ac, VI, 133, —P. U. S. Mus., XVII, 115. 



Pacilidi Bonap., 1841, Fauna Ital., Pesci ; Doderl., 1879, Atti Ac. Sci. Pal., (2) VI, 56. 



Cyprirwdontidce Owen, 1846, Lect. Corap. Anat., 48 (type named belongs to Umbrids) ; Grd., 1859, Mex. 

 Bd., II, Fishes, 66, — P. R. R. Rep. , X, 302 ; Rich., 1856, Encycl. Brit., XII. — 1860, Mus. Nat. Hist., Fish, 

 153 ; Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 299, — 1880, Intr., 613 ; Stor., 1867, Mass. Fish, 127 ; Gill, 1872, Arr. Fam., 15 ; 

 Day, 1878, Fish. Ind., 521 ; Steind., 1880, Denk. Ak. Wien, XLII, 85 ; Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. S. Mus., 

 326 ; Seeley, 1886, Fish. Eur., 22, 369. 



Cyprimdontidi Poey, 1868, Repert., II, 209, 410,-1876, An. Soc. Esp., V, 140. 



Ci/prinodotitoidei Blk., 1859, Euum., 155,-1860, Zesde Bijd., 59, 99, — Cypr., 479, — 1862, Mem. 

 Poiss. Guin., 116,-1875, Poiss. Madag., 101, 1879, Euum., 24. 



CypriiwdoiitiiiiWk., 1800, Cypr., 481,-1863, Atl., Ill, 139. 



Ci/prinodontoidcB Gill, 1861, Cat., 51. 



CypriiiodontiiKE Gill, 1861, Cat., 51. 



Cyprinodoiitoides Blk., 1863, Atl, III, 139. 



Cyprinodonti/ormes Blk., 1863, 1. c. 



Cypnnodontidce caniivorce Gth., 1866, Cat., 301, — 1880, Intr., 614. 



Cyprimdontida limnophaga Gth., 1666, Cat., VI, 339, — 1880, Intr., 617. 



In the following references, besides Cyprinodonts other fishes were included. 



Cyprinia, Raf., 1815, Analyse, 88. 

 Cyprins Cuv., 1817, R. An., II, pp. viii, 190. 



Cypriidda Flem., 1822, Phil. ZooL, II, 386; Bonap,, 1831, Saggio, 113,-1839, Selach. Tab. Anal., 

 14; McClell., 1839, Cypr., 424; MacLeay, 1842, Ann. Mag., IX, 203. 

 Cyprinides Latr., 1825, Fam. R. An., 122. 



CyprinoUes Guv., 1829, R. An., II, pp. xii, 269 ; Val., 1846, C.V. Poiss., XVIII. 

 Cobilidce Swains., 1839, Classif., II, 309. 

 Cyprinoidei Poey, 1855, Mem., I, 390. 

 Cyprinodontoidea GiU, 1872, Arr. Fain., 15. 



Commonly among the fishes of this group the head is somewhat broad 

 and flat on the crown, the body is compressed and moderately arched on the 



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