126 THE GENERA OF FISHES 



Centropristes Cuvier, 145 (Cuv. & Val., Ill, 56) ; type Centropristes 

 NIGRICANS Cuv. & Val. (Labrus striatus L.). 

 Later written Centropristis. 



Gristes Cuvier (Cuv. & Val., Ill, 54) ; type Labrus salmoides Lace- 

 pede. 

 A synonym of Micropterus Lacepede. Later written Grystes. 

 Chironemus Cuvier (C. & V., 78), 146; type Chironemus georgianus 

 Cuv. & Val. 

 Monotypic. 



Pomotis Cuvier, 147 (C. & V., Ill, 99) ; type 'Tomotis vulgaris" 

 (Perca gibbosa L.). 

 No reference is made to Rafinesque's genus Pomotis, proposed in 1819, with 

 "Labrus auritus L." as type. The description of Cuv. & Val. refers to the spe- 

 cies called Perca gibbosa by Linnaeus (Eupomotis gibbosus of Gill & Jordan). To 

 this same species Rafinesque later transferred his generic name Pomotis. Stands 

 as Eupomotis Gill & Jordan. 



Centrarchus Cuvier 147 (C. & V., Ill, 84) ; type Cychla .enea Le 

 Sueur. 

 A synonym of Ambloplites Rafinesque, 1820. Labrus irideus Lacepede, usu- 

 ally accepted as the type of Centrarchus, is noted by Cuvier as an uncertain 

 species which the author had not seen. The genus typified by irideus Lacepede 

 ( = MACROPTERUS Lacepede) must stand as Eucentrarchus Gill, and its family 

 as MiCROPTERiD^, as Fowler has already indicated. 



Dules Cuvier, 147 (C. & V., Ill, iii) ; type Dules auriga Cuvier. 



Fowler (1907) regards Dules as preoccupied by Dulus Vieillot, 1816, a genus 

 of birds. He gives a new name, Eudulus, to Dules auriga. 



Datnia Cuvier, 147 (C. & V., Ill, 138) ; type Coius datnia Hamilton 



(Datnia argentea Cuv. & Val.). 

 Palates Cuvier, 148 (C. & V., Ill, 145) ; type Pelates quadrilineatus 



Cuv. & Val. 



lis Marinis, 1793) divides the star-fishes into three "genera" ("Geschlechte"), to 

 which he gives group names, the five-rayed forms being under the "genus" "quin- 

 quifidae." Under these are several kinds or species ("Arten"), one of them, "Der 

 fiinfhornichte, Pent.a.ceros, hat fiinf tiefe ausgeschweifte Seiten und lange kol- 

 bichte oder zugespitzte Strahlen. Die hierher gehorigen Arten sind entweder 

 platt, Plan^, oder ab hockericht und bauchericht, Gibb^." 



Obviously this is not scientific nomenclature. 



"Schroter in 1782 (Musei Gottwaldiani Testaceorum, StcUarum marinum etc., 

 Niirnberg, 58) used Pentaceros, but he is not a consistent binomialist, and his 

 'generic' names are not tenable." 



It is evident that Pentaceros has no standing in nomenclature prior to its use 

 by Cuvier & Valenciennes, unless given it by Schroter in 1782, a matter which 

 awaits decision. 



