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XLV. BLOCK, Naturgeschichte der Ausldndischen Fische, VIII, 1794; 



IX, 1795- 

 Mark Elieser Block. 



Platystacus Bloch, VIII, 52, 1794; type Platystacus cotylephorus 



Bloch, as usually restricted. / 



Ophicephalus Bloch, VIII, 137, 1794; type Ophicephalus punctatus 

 Bloch. 

 Unquestioned. Corrected by later writers to Ophiocephalus. 

 Sphagebranchus Bloch, IX, 88, 1795 ; type Sphagebranchus rostratus 

 Bloch. 

 Monotypic. 

 Gymnothorax Bloch, IX, 83, 1795; type Gymnothorax mur^na Bloch 



= MUR^NA HELENA L. 

 A synonym of MUR.ENA L. Giinther, Cat. Fish, VIII, p. 100, 1870, restricts 

 the names to allies of Mur^na afra = Lycodontis McClelland, an arrangement 

 apparently not defensible, as Gymnothorax was plainly a substitute name for 

 MuR^NA, and must retain the same type, Mur^ena Helena L. 



Synbranchus Bloch, IX, 86, 1795 ; type Symbranchus marmoratus 

 Bloch. 

 Name corrected by later writers to Symbranchus. 

 Platycephalus Bloch, IX, 96, 1795; type Platycephalus spathula 

 Bloch = CoTTus iNSiDiATOR Forskal = Callionymus indicus L. 

 Unquestioned. 

 Gastrobranchus Bloch, XII, 51, 1797; type Gastrobranchus CvECUs 

 Bloch = Myxine glutinosa L. 

 A synonym of Myxine L. 

 Acanthonotus Bloch, XII, 113, 1797; type Acanthonotus nasus 



Bloch, 1797= NOTACANTHUS CHEMNITZI Bloch, I787. 

 A needless substitute name for Notacanthus. 



XLVI. FABRICIUS, Beskrivelse over to sieldne Gronldndske Fiske: 

 Skrivt. Naturhist. Selskab. Kjobenhavn, 1793, II. 



Otto Fabricius. 



Campylodon Fabricius, 12; type Campylodon (fabricii Reinhardt), 

 1838. 

 A synonym of Notacanthus Bloch. Mononomial and monotypic. 



