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Raja stabuliforis Garman replaces Raja laevis, re- 

 garded as preoccupied. Raja granulata Gill is a 

 valid species. 



The name Mobula replaces Ao&on, unidentifi- 

 able. 



The group of suckers called Hypentelium con- 

 stitutes a valid genus. The species of this group 

 called Catostomus rhothcecus by Dr. Thoburn seems 

 to constitute a new genus, which we may name Tho- 

 burnia Jordan and Snyder, in honor of Wilbur Tho- 

 burn, professor of bionomics in Stanford University, 

 a young man whose life came to an untimely end 

 and who is remembered by his students not only as a 

 gifted naturalist, but as a powerful moral influence 

 in the lives of all associated with him. Thobumia 

 is distinguishable from Hypentelium by the very 

 small head, the skull not concave between the eyes. 



Xyrauchentexanus (Abbott) replaces X. eypho. 



Among the Hexagrammos-like fishes, several 

 distinct families must be recognized each with but a 

 genus or two. These are Anoplopomatidae, Erilepi- 

 dae, Hexagrammidae, Ophiodontidae, Zaniolepidae 

 and Oxylebiidae. Erilepis zonifer grows to a large 

 size, upwards of a hundred pounds in Japan and in 

 Alaska, where it is occasionally taken. The black 

 bars disappear with age. The "Fat Priest" of Japan, 

 Ebisus sagamius Jordan and Snyder, is the adult of 

 this species, of which the young was called Erilepis 

 zonifer. Zaniolepis fremitus Eigenmann is generi- 

 cally different from Zaniolejns latipinnis, having the 

 head much larger and more strongly armed, the su- 

 praorbital cirrus large, and the second dorsal spine 

 not specially elevated, shorter than the second and 

 shorter than head. This species may be made the 

 type of a new genus, Xantoelcs. Zaniolejris from 

 ocanion, a wool card or comb and lepis scale, should 

 have been spelled with an initial X. 



Under the ruling of the International Commis- 

 sion of Zoological Nomenclature, the generic names 



