206 THE GENERA OF FISHES, PART II 



Rupisuga Swainson, II, 339; haplotype R. nicensis Sw. = Lepodogaster balbis 

 Risso. A synonym of Gouania Nardo (1833). 



1840 



252. BENNETT (1840). Narrative of a Whaling Voyage Around the Globe. 



F. D. Bennett. 

 Elagatis F. D. Bennett, II, 283; orthotype Seriola bipinnulata Q .& G. 



253. BONAPARTE (1840). Iconografia delta fauna italica. Fascicles 68 to 138, 

 part 27. According to Troschel, fascicle 91 dates from 1837, 92 to 96 from 

 1838, 103 from 1839, and fascicle 138 dates from 1840. 



Carlo Luciano Bonaparte. 

 Stomocatus Bonaparte, 129*; logotype (not named) Cyprinus catostomus Forster. 



A synonym of Catostomus Le Sueur ; species with the dorsal fin short, 



"especie . . . che han breve la pinna dorsale". 

 Ichthyocoris Bonaparte, fasc. 134; orthotype Blennius varus Risso. A synonym 



of Blennius L. 

 Ichthyococcus Bonaparte, fasc. 138; orthotype I. ov.\Tus Bon. Name later altered 



by Giinther to Coccia on account of its crude form (1840). 

 Lampanyctus Bonaparte, fasc. 138; orthotype L. bonapartei Bon. 

 Chlorophthalmus Bonaparte, fasc. 138; orthotype C. agassizi Bon. 



254. CUVIER & VALENCIENNES (1840) Histoire natiirelle des poissons. XV. 



AcHiLLE Valenciennes. 



Galeichthys Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 28 ; logotype Galeichthys feliceps Cuv. & 

 Val., as restricted by Bleeker. 



Pangasius Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 45 ; tautotype Pimelodus pangasius Ham. 



Silundia Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 49; tautotype Pimelodus silondia Ham. 

 A synonym of Silonia Sw . 



Arius Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 53 ; tautotype Pimelodus arius Ham. As so 

 understood, a synonym of Tachysurus Lac, if the latter is correctly identi- 

 fied. Bleeker takes the first species named, Arius stricticassis Cuv. & Val., 

 as type, thus replacing Notarius Gill. 



Trachelyopterus Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 220; orthotype T. coriaceus Cuv. & 

 Val. 



Arges Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 333; logotype Arges sabalo Cuv. & Val. 



Brontes Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 341 ; haplotype Brontes prenadilla Cuv. & 

 Val. Name two or three times preoccupied ; replaced by Strephon Gisfel 

 (1848). 



Saccobranchus Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 399 haplotype Silurus singio Ham. = 

 Heteropneustes Miiller, 1839. 



Chaca Cuvier & Valenciennes, XV, 444; haplotype Platystacus chaca Ham. 



255. EICHWALD (1840). (Fossil Fishes.) Bull. Acad. Sci. St. Petersburg. 



Carl Eduard von Eichwald. 



Astrolepis Eichwald, VIII, 79; orthotype A. ornatus Eichw. (fossil). Later spelled 



Asterolepis by Eichwald and by most writers. 

 Bothriolepis Eichwald, VII, 79; orthotype B. prisca Eichw. (fossil). 



