GILL, 1861 303 



Pleuronectes hippoglossoides Walbaum. Replaces Platysomatichthys Blkr., 



1862. 

 Chaenopsetta Gill, 50 ; orthotype Platessa oblonga Storer. A synonym of Para- 



UCHTHYS Grd. 

 Drepanopsetta Gill, 50 ; orthotype Pleuronectes platessoides Fabricius. A syno- 

 nym of Hippoglossoides Gottsche. 

 Myzopsetta Gill, 51 ; orthotype Platessa ferruginea Storer. A synonym of 



LiMAND.\ Gottsche. 

 Lophopsetta Gill, 51 ; orthotype Pleuronectes maculatus Mitchill. 

 Glossichthys Gill, 51 ; orthotype Pleuronectes plagusia L. A synonym of Sym- 



PHURUs Raf. 

 Trachinocephalus Gill, 53 ; orthotype Saurus myops Guv. & Val. 

 Alausella Gill, 54; orthotype Clupea parvula Mitchill. A synonym of Pomolobus 



Raf. 

 Opisthonema Gill, 54; orthotype "O. thrissa Gill" (not Clupea thrissa Osbeck) = 



Megalops oglina Le Sueur. 

 Brevoortia Gill, 55; orthotype Alosa menhaden Storer = Clupea tyrannus 



Latrobe. 

 Conorhynchus (Nozemann) Gill, 55; orthotype Butyrinus valpes Storer (Albuta 



VALPEs). Revival of a pre-Linnsean name, 1757; a synonym of Albula 



Gronow. 

 Isognatha (Dekay) Gill, 56; orthotype Anguilla oceanica Storer = Mur^ena 



conger L. a synonym of Leptocephalus Gronow = Conger Cuv. 

 Ariopsis Gill, 56; orthotype Arius milberti = Silurus felis L. A synonym of 



Hexanematichthys Blkr., 1858. 

 Ceratacanthus Gill. 57; orthotype Monacanthus aurantiacus. 

 Aprionodon Gill, 59; orthotype Squalus punctatus Mitchill. A substitute for 



Aprion; preocupied in fishes. 

 Cestracion (Klein) Gill, 59; orthotype Squalus zyg^na L. .\ synonym of 



Sphyrna Raf. 

 Eugomphodus Gill, 60 ; orthotype Carcharias griseus Storer. .\ section under 



Odontaspis Agassiz — Carcharias Raf. 

 Narcacion (Klein) Gill, 61; orthotype (Raja torpedo L.). A revival of a pre- 



Linnaean name ; same as Torpedo Dum. 



720. GILL (1861). Synopsis of the Subfamily of Clupeincr, etc. Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Phila., 1861. 



Theodore Gill. 



Alausella Gill, 36; orthotype Clupea parvula Mitchill. the young of some species of 



Pomolobus, perhaps P. mediocris (repeated from Catalogue Fishes East 



Coast). 

 Opisthonema Gill, 2>7 ; orthotype Clupanodon thrissa Lac. (not of Osbeck) = 



Megalops oglina Le Sueur (repeated from Catalogue). 

 Opisthopterus Gill, il. 38; orthotype Prjstigaster tartoor Cuv. & Val. 

 Brevoortia Gill, 37; orthotype Clupea menhaden Mitchill = Clupea patronus 



Latrobe. (Repeated from Catalogue.) 



721. GILL (1861). Synopsis of the Family of Percince. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 



Theodore Gill. 

 Asperulus (Klein) Gill. 46; orthotype Perca zingel L. Equivalent to Zingel 

 Oken = AsPRO Cuv. 



