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It is not, however, mentioned bvDoderlein in bis very full synonyms of 

 the Myliohaiids of the Mediterranean, and the l)Ook in (juestion cannot 

 be found. While 1 have little doubt that Dr. Jordan is correct in his 

 identification and that the name Ce}) ha lent her us should be taken for 

 Myliohatis, I defer doing- so until I am able to consult the ludice or a 

 copy of it. Meanwhile I retain the name Myliohatis, but adopt for the 

 family Aetobaticlw. 



SYNONYMY. 



The principal synonyms of the family and its primary divisions are 

 as follows : 



Family A ii 'i' o u A t 1 1) ^k . 



=MyUobaiides, Mullek & Henle, Syst. bcsclireib. Pliiiiiostoiiieu, p. 17t>, 1841. 



=MyUohatkla', Adams, Man. Nat. Hist., p. 87, 18.")4. 



= MtjHobatida-, Eichardson, Encycl. Brit., 8. ed.,v. 12, p. 828, 1856. 



:=MyUobatoidei, Bleeker, Enum. Sp. Piscium Archipel. Iiidico, p. xiii, 1859. 



=MyUobaioidcv, Gill, Cat. Irishes E. Coast N. America, j). 62, 1860. 



=^MyHobatidcs, A. Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Poiss.,v. 1, pp. 469, 631, 1865. 



<^MyViobatida', Guxtiieh, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mns., v. 8, ])p. 435, 488, 1870. 



= MyUobatw, Fitzinger, Sitzmigsber. K. Akad. der AVi.ssonsch. (Wieu), B. 67, 



1. Abtb., p. 57, 1873. 

 =Ai:tobatid(v, Jordan, Man. Vert. An. N. V. S., 5. cd., ji. 22, 1888. 

 ^^Rajidm gen. or subf. early authors. 



Subfamily Myliobattn^e. 



<^Myl\oba1ini, Bonaparte, Nnovi Annali delle 8ci. Nat., \. 2, ji. 130, 1838; t. 4, p. 



182, 1«40. 

 <^MyHobat\na, Gray, List Fish B. M., part 1, \). 127, 1851. 

 :=:iMyHobatina', Agassiz, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., v. (!, )>. 385, 18(il. 

 —MyJiobatina', GiLL, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, v. S, p. 13(), 1865. 

 <^MyJiobathia, Gl'NTHEr, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mns., v. 8, jip. 135, 488, 1870. 

 =Cephaleutherina;, Jordan, Mss. 



Genus M VL lol! ATIS. 



::^Cep]i((leuther>(8, KAFiXESiii'E, Ind. Ittiol. Sic., p. — , 1810. (Fide Jordan Mas.) 

 <^Mylioba1is, (DtiME]{iL) Cuvier, Regne Animal, v. 2, p. 137, 1817. 

 =Myliobatis, Muller & Henle, Mag. Nat. Hist., v. 2, p. 90, 1838. 

 =MyJiobatis, Muller & Henle, System. Beschreib. Plagiostonien, \t. 176, 1841. 

 <iHolorhinus, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., v. 14, p. 331, 1862. [Holorldnns 



may liereafter be restored to generic rank, and is at least a 



good subgenvis.] 

 =MyIiobatis, Gill, Ann. Lj^c. Nat. Hist. New York, v. 8, ])p. 13(), 137, 1865. 

 =Aclobatis, Jordan, Man. Vert. An. N. U. S., 5 ed,, p. 23, 1888. 

 Aetobatus sp., Blainville. 



Snbfamily AETOBATIN.E. 



=Aetobatin(v, Agassiz, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., ^•. 6, p. 385, 1861. 

 =Actobatinw, Gill, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, v. 8, pp. 135, 136, 1865. 

 MyUobatina gen. Auct. pi. 

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