128 NOMENCLATURE OF STIZOSTEDION—GILL. 



Gen 75. " Sandrus. Cuv. 

 Head entirely destitute of scales; jaws armed with pointed and distant teeth; 

 preoperculi deutated, but opercnli without spines. 



S. lucioperca and 8. coro were the admitted species. 



In 1828 Cnvier and Valenciennes t for the iirst time formally devolved 

 on the pike-perches, the name Lucioiierca. This they did in the follow- 

 ing manner: 



Des Sandres {Lucioperca, nob.). 



Ce sous-genre se distingue des antres par la reunion qu'il preseute des nageoires 

 et des preopercules de la perche, avec des dents pointues qui rappellant celles du 

 brochet, et c'est qui a fait donuer, par Conrad Ciesner, a I'espece d'Europe le nom 

 compose dc lucioperca (brocliet-perche) .\ 



The history thus detailed is summarized in the following synonymy: 



Stizostedion. 



Synonymy . 



=Les Sandres, Cuvier, Regne Animal, vol. 2, p. 294, 1817. 



■■^Stizostedion, Rafinesque, West. Mag. and Misc. Mag., vol. 1, p. 371, Jan. 1820; 



Ich. Oh., p. 23, 1820. 

 =Luciope7-ca, Fleming, Phil, of Zool., p. 394, 1822. 

 :^Sandat, Cloquet, Diet. Sc. Nat., vol. 47, p. 173, 1827. 

 =Sandrus, Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., vol. 1, p. 465, 1828. 



^^Lucioperca, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poissons, vol. 2, p. 110, 1828. 

 =^Schilus, Krynicki, Nouv. Mem. ^oc. Nat. Moscou, vol. 2, p. 441, 1832. 

 ^Centropomus, Bleeker, Arch. Neerland. Sc, vol. 11, p. 26.5, 1876. (Vix Centro- 



pomns Lacepede, 1801.) 

 —Stizosfethiu7)i, Jordan, Cont. to N. Am. Ich., ii, p. 43, 1877. 

 ^Stizostedium, Jordan and Gilbert, Syn. Fislies N. Am., p. 525, 1882. 



Suhge7iera. 



<^Cynoperca, GiLi. and Jordan, Jordan's Cont. to N. Am. Ich., ii, p. 45, 1877. 

 <^StizosletMum, Gill and Jordan, Jordan's Cont. toN. Am. Ich., ii, p. 45, 1877. 

 <iLucioperca, Gill and Jordan, Jordan's Cont. to N. Am. Ich., ii, p. 45, 1877. 

 <^Miriioperca, Gill and Jordan, Jordan's Cont. to N, Am. Ich., ii, p, 45, 1877. 



*Gen. 75 of Acauthopterygii. 



tHistoire Naturelle des Poisson, vol. 2, p. 110. 



t Gesn., Parallp., p. 28 et 29. 



