46 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



indicated by polynomial terms, to which are added the English vernac- 

 ular names current in Jamaica. 



The History of Jamaica is the ablest of all the works describing a 

 local fish-fauna, prior to Linnaeus, in quality comparable to the work of 

 Osbeck, Hasselquist, and even of Forskal. 



The revised republication of the work in 1789 may perhaps make the 

 names of Browne eligible in nomenclature, if other authors rigidly cor- 

 rect as to generic names but polynomial as to species are to be consid- 

 ered. We have examined the original edition and the edition of 1789. 



The names of Browne are perhaps not eligible as not binomial and 

 as occurring in a slightly revised reprint of a pre-Linnccan work. 



Following the precedent of Opinion 57, rejecting Hasselquist {Iter 

 Palestinum) , Browne's work would not be regarded as available. 



Solenostomus Browne, 441 ; type "Solenostomus corpore terete sub- 

 ROTUNDO etc., the Trumpeter" = Fistularia tabaccaria L. 

 This name, if eligible, antedates Solenostomus Klein and Solenostomus Lace- 

 pede. Monotypic. 



Menidia Browne, 441 ; type "Menidia corpore pellucido, linea later- 

 ALi LATioRi argentea" = Atpierina browni Gmclin, 1789. 

 This name, if accepted, replaces Anchoviella Fowler, besides rendering Men- 

 idia Bonaparte ineligible. Monotypic. 



Amia Browne, 442; type "Amia subargentea labris yEOUALiBUS ossic- 

 ULUS branchiostegus vigintiduobus, the Tarpon" = Megalops 

 atlanticus Cuv. & Val. 

 This name is equivalent to Tarpon Jordan & Evermann. It is however pre- 

 occupied by Amia Gronow and by Amia L. Browne refers also to Amia, a sec- 

 ond species, "the Ten-pounder," which is Elops saurus L., type of the genus 

 Elops. 



Mormyra Browne, 445; type "Mormyra major c.^rulea et aureo 



VARiA, the larger Painted Parrot-fish" = Scarus vetula Bloch 



& Schneider. 



The name Mormyra, too close to Mormyrus L., is subsequent to Callyodon 



of Gronow, and to Scarus Forskal. Three other species of Parrot-fish are placed 



by Browne in Mormyra. Synonym of Callyodon. 



Plagusia Browne, 445 ; type "Plagusia subcinerea cauda attenuata, 

 the little Brown Sole with a pointed tail" == Pleuronectes 

 plagusia Bloch & Schneider, 1801 = Symphurus plagusia Jor- 

 dan & Evermann. 

 The name Plagusia was adopted for this genus by Cuvier in 1829. It had 



however been earlier (1806) used by Latreille for a genus of Crustaceans. 



