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Epinephelus Bloch, VII, 11, 1793; type Epinephelus marginalia 

 Bloch = Perca fasciata Forskal, by general consent. 

 The genus Epinephelus was based on E. afer, E. marginalis, E. merra, and 

 E. RUBER. Marginalis and merra are congeneric, and belong to the great group 

 called Epinephelus by Gill, Bleeker, and nearly all recent authors. Of these, 

 MARGINALIS is typical. The species named first, afer, has been on that account 

 chosen as type by Fowler, 1907. This species was separated as the type of Alph- 

 estes by Bloch & Schneider, 1801. Ruber was named as type by Jordan & Gilbert, 

 1883. This species under another name (acutirostrjs Guv. & Val.) became the 

 type of Parepinephelus Bleeker, 1875. Justice and convenience are best served by 

 retaining the name Epinephelus for its chief components, as understood by nearly 

 all authors. Otherwise the genus would stand as Cerna Bonaparte, 1837, unless, 

 with Fowler, we recognize Epinephelus gigas (Perca gigas) L. as the type of 

 Serranus Cuvier, 1817, a change we think unnecessary. If the subgenera of For- 

 skal, with Arabic names, are recognized, Epinephelus must give place to Daba. 



Gymnocephalus Bloch, VII, 24, 1793; type Perca schr^tzer L., equiv- 

 alent to Cernua Schaefer, Acerina Cuvier, and Cernua Fleming. 



Johnius Bloch, VII, 132, 1793; type Jopinius carutta Bloch, as re- 

 stricted by Gill. 



Lonchiurus Bloch, VII, 143, 1793 ; type Lonchiurus barbatus Bloch, 

 1793 = Perca lanceolata Bloch, 1788. 

 Monotypic. Corrected by later writers to Lonchurus. 



Cataphractus Bloch, VII, 80, 1793 ; type Silurus callichthys L. as 

 here restricted. 

 A synonym of Callichthys. 



XLII. ROSE, Petri Artedi Angermannia-Sueci Synonymia Nominum 

 Piscium etc. Greifswald. Edition II, 1793. 



Anton Ferdinand Rose. 



This article, published as a supplement to Walbaum's Artedi Piscium, 

 enumerates the generic names of Artedi and others, the species in their 

 original polynomial form. In an Appendix are given a few new generic 

 names, mostly taken from Aristotle. These genera are not described, 

 nor are their species named, but the synonymy is fully given. Some of 

 them had been already used by other authors. In our judgment, these 

 names are eligible, and a few maintain priority of date. 



Phycis Rose, in ; type (fvaig Aristotle, Phycis tinca Bloch & Schreider. 

 Gadus blennioides Briinnich. 

 This is identical with Phycis Bloch & Schneider, 1801 ; the latter, but not the 

 former, antedated by Phycis Fabricius, 1798, a genus of Insects. Phycis Rose re- 

 places Emphycus Jordan & Evermann, 1898. 



