THE CYPRINODONTS. 17 



the ventrals, together with the great differences in skeletal and embryonic 

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



CYPRINODONTES. 



Cyprim'idm "Wagner, 1828, Isis, XXI, col. 1051. 



Cyprinodontes Agassiz, 183i, Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neucb., I, 35, — 1839, Poiss. Toss., V, pt. 2, p. 47, 

 — 1841, 1. c, I, pp. xlvii, 170, — 1854, Am. Jour., XVII, 353 ; Miill., 1S43, Wiegm. Arch., IX, (1) 320,— 

 1846, Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl., 183; Miill. & Tr., 1848, Scbomb. Fauua, 632; Gill, 1856, Smith. Rep., 264; 

 Poey, 1858, Mem., II, 383; Kn. & St., 1865, Abb. Wieu Ak., I, ext. p. 24; Kner, 1867, Novara Fiscbe, 

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



Pacilini aud Aiialleptini (Sections) Bouap., 1831, Saggio, 94, 113,- -1838, Nouv. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bo- 

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



Pieciliini and Anableptini Bon., 1850, Cousp. Syst. Ichtb. 



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



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



Pcecilvue and Anableps Swains., 1838, Classif., I, 365,— 1839, 1. c, II, 190, 311. 



Piecilida: 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 Poecilidse the name was first applied to a family of 

 Coleoptera by Kirby, in 1837). 



Paicilinida Bon., 1839, Sel. Tabl., 14. 



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



Pteciliida Bon., 1846, Cat. Meth. Pesci, 25,-1850, Consp. Icbth. ; Gill, 1865, Can. Nat., -1894, 

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



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



Cyprinodontida Owen, 1846, Lect. Comp. Anat., 48 (type named belongs to Umbridse) ; Grd., 1859, Mex. 

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

 153 ; Gtb., 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. 



Cypriiwdontidi Poey, 1868, Repert., II, 209, 410,— 1876, An. Soc. Esp., V, 140. 



Cyprinodoritoidei Blk., 1859, Euum., 155,-1860, Zesde Bijd., 59, 99, — Cypr., 479, — 1862, M(Sm. 

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



Cyprinodontini^W., 1860, Cypr., 481,-1863, Atl., Ill, 139. 



Cyprimdontoidre Gill, 1861, Cat., 51. 



Cyprinodontin/B Gill, 1861, Cat., 51. 



Cypriiwdontoides Blk., 1863, Atl, III, 139. 



Cyprinodontiformes Blk., 1863, 1. c. 



Cyprinodontidre carnivorie Gth., 1866, Cat., 301, — 1880, Intr., 614. 



Ci/prinoduntidie' 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. 



Cyprinidce Flem., 1822, Phil. Zool., II, 386; Bonap., 1831, Saggio, 113,-1839, Selacli. Tab. Anal., 

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

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



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

 Cobilido! Swains., 1839, Classif., II, 309. 

 Cyprimidei Poey, 1855, Mem., I, 390. 

 Oyprinodontoidea Gill, 1872, Arr. Fam., 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 



