56 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



Macrorhynchus (Lacepede) Dumeril (les Macrorhynques) ; type le 

 Macrorhinque argente Lacepede, Syngnathus argenteus 

 Osbeck. 

 Probably replaces Dicrotus Giinther. 

 Caecilia Lacepede), II, 134, 1800 (les C^cilies) ; type Cecilia bran- 

 deriana Lacepede ^= Mur^na c^ca L. 

 Not CECILIA L., a genus of Amphibians. A synonym of Sphagebranchus 

 Bloch. 



Monopterus (Lacepede), Dumeril, II, 138, 1800 (les Monopteres) ; 

 type Monopterus javanensis Lacepede. 



Notopterus Lacepede, II, 189, 1800; type Gymnotus kap^rat Bonna- 

 terre (Gymnotus notopterus Pallas). 



Ophisurus Lacepede, II, 195, 1800; type Mur^na serpens L. as re- 

 stricted by Risso, 1826. 



Triurus Lacepede, II, 200, 1800; type Triurus bougainvillei Lace- 

 pede, later called Pomatias by Bloch & Schneider. 

 Unidentified. A deep-sea fish, apparently allied to Aulostomatomorpha 



Alcock, but without ventral fins. 



Apteronotus Lacepede, II, 208, 1800; type Apteronotus passan Lace- 

 pede ^ Gymnotus albifrons L. 

 Must replace Sternarchus Bloch & Schneider. 

 Odontognathus Lacepede, 220, 1800; type Odontognathus muricatus 



Lacepede. j^"^^ 



Macrognathus Lacepede, II, 283, 1800; type Ophidium aculeatum L. 

 Replaces Rhynchobdella Bloch & Schneider, with the same type. The name 

 Macrognathus was used by Gronow in 1754 (but not in 1763) to designate the 

 group called Belone Cuvier. 



Comephorus Lacepede^ II, 312, 1800; type Callionymus baikalensis 

 Bonnaterre. 



Monotypic. 

 Rhombus Lacepede, II, 312, 1800; type Stromateus alepidotus L. 



Preoccupied, replaced by Peprilus Cuvier. 

 Murasnoides Lacepede, II, 324, 1800; type Blennius mur^noides 

 Sujef (Blennius gunnellus L.). 



Equivalent to Pholis Scopoli, 1777. 

 Calliomorus Lacepede, II, 343, 1800; type Callionymus indicus L. 



Synonym of Platycephalus Bloch. 



