196 THE GENERA OF FISHES, PART IT 



242. MITCHELL ( 1839) . Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia. 



Ed. IL 

 James Mitchell. 

 Tandanus Mitchell, I, 95 : orthotype Plotosus tandanus Mitchell ; replaces Copido- 

 GLANis Gthr., 1864. 



243. MtlLLER (1839). Vergleichende Anatomie der Myxinoideti, der Cyclostomen 



mit durchhohrten Gaumen. IV. Ueber das Gefcis System. Abh. Akad. 

 Wiss. Berlin, 1839. 



Johannes Muller. 



Heteropneustes Muller, 243 ; orthotype Silurus fossilis Bloch. Said to be the 

 same as Silurus singio Ham., 243 (also in Wiegni. Arch., 1839, 115). Re- 

 places Saccobranchus Cuv. & Val., 1848. 



Amphipnous Muller, 244; orthotype Unibranchapertura cuchta Ham. 



Physogaster Muller, 252; orthotype Tetraodon lunaris B1. & Schn. Name pre- 

 occupied ; replaced by Gastrophvsus Muller. A sj'nonym of Lagocephalus 

 Swain. 



Arothron Muller, 252; orthotype A. testudinarius Muller = Tetraodon reticu- 

 laris Bl. & Schn. A synonym of Ovoides Dum. 



Cheilichthys Muller, 252; orthotype Tetraodon testudineus L. A synonym of 

 Spheroides Dum. 



Chelonodon Muller, 252; orthotype Tetrodon patoca Ham. 



244. MUNSTER (1839). Ueber einige merkwiirdige Fische aus dem Kupfer- 



schiefer nnd dem Muschelkalk. Beitrage zur Petrefactenkunde. 

 Georg Munster. 

 Ascalabos Munster. I, 112; orthotype A. voithi Miinster (fossil). A synonym of 

 Leptolepis. 



245. NARDO (1839). Considerasioni sulla famiglia dei pesci Mola, e sui caratteri 



che li distinguono. Ann. Sci. Lombardo-Veneto, X. 



Giovanni Domenico Nardo. 



Pallasia Nardo, V, 10, 112; orthotype P. pallasi Nardo. A larval form of Mola 



Kolr. 

 Ranzania Nardo, V, 10, 105 ; orthotype Tetraodon truncatus Retzius. 



246. OWEN (1839). On a Nezv Species of the Genus Lepidosiren of Fitzinger and 



Natterer, L. Annectens. Proc. Linn. Soc. London, 1839, I, 27-32. 

 Richard Owen (1810-1890). 

 Protopterus Owen, 27; orthotype Lepidosiren annectens Owen. 



247. OWEN (1839). (Fossil Fishes.) Report British Association for 1838 (1839). 



Richard Owen. 

 Dictyodus Owen, 142; orthotype D. destructor Owen (fossil) (1854). 



248. RANZANI (1839). Dispositio familice Molanim in genera et in species. 



Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bonon., III. 



Camillo Ranzani. 



Ozodura Ranzani, 81 ; orthotype O. orstni Ranzani = Mola mola (L). A synonym 



of Mola Kolr. 

 Tympanomium Ranzani, 81 ; orthotype T. planci Ranzani. A .synonym of Mola. 

 Trematopsis Ranzani, 81 ; orthotype T. willughbeii Ranzani. A synonym of Mola. 



