268 THE GENERA OF FISHES, PART II 



Solenognathus Bleeker, 218 ; orthotype Syngnathoides blochi Blkr. ; also written 

 SoLEGNATHUS. A synonym of Syngnathoides Blkr., equivalent to Gastero- 

 TOKEUS Heckel. 



Xiphochilus Bleeker, 223 ; orthotype X. typus Blkr. 



553. BLEEKER (1856). Nieuzve bijdrage tot de kcnnis der ichthyologische 



fatina van Bali. Nat. Tijdschr. Neder.-Indie, XIII. 

 Pieter Bleeker. 

 Belobranchus Bleeker, 300 ; orthotype Eleotris belobrancha Cuv. & Val. 



554. COSTA (1856). Ittiologia fossile Italiana. Edizione simile all' opera dell' 

 Agassic sui pcsci fossili alia quale e destinata a sopplimento. Disp. v. Napoli. 



Oronzio Gabriele Costa. 

 Dichelospondylus Costa, 13; orthotype D. longirostris Costa (fossil). A synonym 



of Belonostomus Ag. 

 Ophirachis Costa, 13; orthotype O. ueperditus Costa (fossil). Probably a synonym 



of Belonostomus. 

 Anomiophthalmus Costa, 30; orthotype A. vetustus Costa (fossil). Probably 

 identical with Ccelodus and Cosmodus and of earlier date than the latter. 



555. DUM6RIL (1856). Ichthyologie analytique on classiftcation des poissons, 

 suivant la methode naturclle, a I'aide de tableaux synoptiques. Mem. Acad. 

 Sci. Paris, XXVII. 



Andre Marie Constant Dumeril. 



Heptatrema C. Dumeril ; orthotype Petromyzon cirrhatus Forster. A synonym of 

 Eftatretus Cloquet. 



Pastinaca Dumeril ; tautotype Raja pastinaca L. A synonym of Dasyatis Raf. 



Pterure Dumeril, 169; orthotype Syngnathus ^quoreus Gmelin (name in French 

 only). A synonym of Nerophis Raf. 



Peromere Dumeril, 170; logotype Syngnathus rondelett De la Roche (name in 

 French only). A synonym of Typhle or Typhlinus Raf. In this volume of 

 Dumeril a list of genera of eels is given by Kaup in advance of its publication 

 elsewhere. But in the same year, apparently before the appearance of 

 Dumeril's work, Kaup published his Catalogue of Apodal Fishes, and several 

 of the names given by him to Dumeril were dropped in this completed work. 



Auchenichthys (Kaup) Dumeril), 198; orthotype A. typus Kaup. Name only; 

 an ally of Mur.enichthys. 



Leiurus (Kaup) Dumeril, 198; orthotype Mur^ena colubrina Boddaert. Name 

 twice preoccupied in Swainson ; replaced by Chlevastes Jordan & Snyder. 



Scytallurus (Kaup) Dumeril, 199; orthotype Sphagebranchus imberbis De la 

 Roche. A synonym of C^cula Vahl, 1794. 



Enchelycotte (Kaup) Dumeril, 200; orthotype Enchelycore eurhina Kaup. A 

 manuscript name changed to Enchelycore when printed in 1854. 



Memarchus (Kaup) Dumeril. 201 ; orthotype Gymnotus albifrons L. No defini- 

 tion ; a synonym of Apteronotus Lac. = Sternarchus Cuv. 



Altona (Kaup) Dumeril, 201; orthotype Gymnotus rostratus L. (no definition), 

 a synonym of Rhamphichthys M. & T. 



Unipertura (Kaup) Dumeril, 201 ; orthotype Unibranchapertura l^vis Lac. 

 An abridgment of Unibranchapertura Lac. ; a synonym of Fluta BI. & Schn. 

 if regarded as a new name. 



Giton (Kaup) Dumeril, 201 ; orthotype Gymnotus fasciatus Pallas. .= Gym- 

 notus cARAPo L. A synonym of Gymnotus L. No definition. 



