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Atherina risso Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 10, 435, 1835. Moreau, 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss. France, 3, 210, 1881. 

 Atherina rissoi Borsieri, Ann. Agricolt., 47, pi. 10, 1902 (1904). 

 Type-locality. — Nice, France. 

 Atherina sarda Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 10, 435, 1835 ; Carus, 

 Prodr. Fauna Med., Pisces, 704, 1893. 

 Type-locality. — Sardinia. 

 Atherina lacustris Bonaparte, Fawta Italica, Pesci, 3, no pagination, pi. 91, fig. 3, 

 1836; Martens, Arch. Naturg., 23, 167, pi. 9, figs. 1, 2, 1857 (?in part only) ; 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 40, 727, 1904. 

 ? Atherina lacustris Giinther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., 3, 394, 1861 (Pin part). 

 Type-locality. — Lake Albano, Italy (now restricted). 

 Atherina boieri Deperet, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse, 17, 82, 1883 (not of Risso). 

 Atherina hyalosoma Facciola, in Cocco, Nat. Sicil., 4, 239, 1885 ; Carus, Prodr. 

 Fauna Med., Pisces, 704, 1893. 

 Type-locality. — Italy. 

 Atherina riqueti Roule, Zool. Am., 25, 262, 4 figs., 1902; Feuille Jeunes Natural., 

 Paris (4), 32, 172, figs., 1902; Nature, Paris, 30, pt. 2, 56, 3 figs., 1902; C. R. 

 Acad. Sci. Paris, 136, 824, 1903; 137, 1276, 1903. 

 Atherina mochon, var. riqueti Boulenger, Zool. Egypt, 3 (Fishes Nile), 424, 1907. 

 Type-locality. — Canal du Midi, France. 

 Atherina sardinella Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 40, 729, pi. 41, upper 

 figure, 1904. 

 Type-locality. — Italy. 

 Atherina mochon, var. ^gyptiaca Boulenger, Zool. Egypt, 3 (Fishes Nile), 424, 

 fig., 1907; Catalogue Fresh-water Fishes Africa, 4, 75, fig., 1916. 

 Type-locality. — Lakes of Egypt. 

 Range. — Mainland and island shores of the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent 

 lakes. 



This form enters fresh water, like other fishes of similar habit form- 

 ing there numerous local races. Whether some of these races are suf- 

 ficiently distinct to warrant their recognition in nomenclature, either 

 as subspecies or species, must be determined by those having extensive 

 series. Having but few specimens, we provisionally follow Boulenger 

 in uniting all under a common name. We note, however, that the name 

 CASPiA has clear priority, a fact which seems wholly to have escaped the 

 attention of European ichthyologists. If for some reason the name 

 CASPIA should prove unavailable, then pontica should be used. These 

 two names were first proposed by Eichwald in 1831, four year before 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes fixed the name mochon upon Delaroche's 

 Atherina hepsetus, var. 2 (see synonomy). It is true that Delaroche 

 applied the names "mocho ou mochon" to this form in 1809, but in the 

 vernacular sense; similarly he applied the names "chuclet ou pescio 

 rey" to his var. 1, which is currently identified with typical A. hepsetus. 

 In 1810 five other species^^ of Atherina were described, all from Italy, 



^^ Atherina marmorata Risso, Ichth. Nice, 339, 1810 (young) ; Atherina 

 MiNUTA Risso, ibid., 340 (young) Atherina coroneda, A lattarina, and A. nun- 

 nata, Rafinesque, Caratteri, 57, 1810. 



