240 THE GENERA OF FISHES, PART II 



John Richardson. 

 Choridactylus Richardson, 8; orthotype C. multibarbis Rich. Later spelled Cho- 



RISMODACTYLUS. 



Sthenopus Richardson, 10; orthotype S. mollis Rich. Name preoccupied; replaced 



by Trichopleura Kaup. 

 Podabrus Richardson. 11; logotype P. centropomus Rich. Preoccupied in beetles; 



replaced by Vellitor Jordan & Starks (1894). 

 Nemichthys Richardson, 25 ; orthotype N. scolopaceus Rich. 

 Aperioptus Richardson, 27 ;orthotype A. pictorius Rich. 



1849 



395. AYRES (1849). On a Very Curious Fish, for ivhich the Name Malacosteus 



niger Is Proposed. Journ. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 

 William O. Ayres. 

 Malacosteus Ayres, 53; orthotype M. nicer Ayres. 



396. BLEEKER (1849). A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Ichthyological 



Fauna of Celebes. Journ. Ind. Arch., III. 

 Pieter Bleeker. 



Apogonoides Bleeker, III, 70; orthotype A. macassariensis Blkr. This forgotten 

 genus is based on a species without teeth on the plate ; with the preopercle 

 entire, no opercular spines: D .VI-1, 9; caudal bilobed. Apogonoides seems 

 to differ from the later Apogonichthys only in the presence of 6, not 7, 

 dorsal spines and in the bilobed caudal. 



Amblygaster Bleeker, 70; orthotype A. clupeoides Blkr. A synonym of Sardinella 

 Cuv. & Val. The true sardines (Sardinia Poey) are well distinguished from 

 Sardinella externally by the strong concentric grooves on the opercles. 



Dipterygonotus Bleeker, 70; orthotype D. leucogrammicus Blkr. An ally or 

 synonym of Emmelichthys Rich. 



Pogonognathus Bleeker, III, 73; orthotype P. barbatus Blkr. = Anacanthus 

 barbatus Gray. A synonym of Psilocephalus Sw. 



397. BLEEKER (1849). Ovcrzigt dcr te Batavia voorkomende Gladschubbige 

 Labroiden, met deschrivning van 11 nicuwe soorten. Verb. Bat. Gen. XXII, 

 1849, 1-64. 



Pieter Bleeker. 

 Scarus (Forskal) Bleeker XII, 3; orthotype Labrus cretensis L. (not Scarus 

 Forskal). A synonym of Sparisoma Sw. 



398. BLEEKER (1849). Bijdragc tot de kennis der Percoiden van den Malayo- 

 Molukschen Archipel, mit beschrijvning van 22 nieuwen soorten. Verb. Batav. 

 Genootsch., XXII. 



Pieter Bleeker. 

 MuUoides Bleeker, 12; orthotype Mullus flavolineatus Lac. 

 Upeneoides Bleeker, 63 ; orthotype Mullus vittatus Forskal 



399. BLEEKER (1849). Bijdrage tot de kennis der Blennio'iden en Gobiotden van 



den Soenda-Molukschen Archipel, met beschnjvnmg van 42 nieuwe soorten. 

 Verb. Batav. Genootsch., XX. 



Pieter Blfj:ker. 



