1. -TABLE OF THE HIGHER GROUPS. 



Class A.— PISCES OR TRUE FISHES. 

 Sub-Class L— TELEOSTEI. 



Order 1. — Pediculati. 



Sub-order. 



Suijer-family. 



Painilv. 



Sub-faiuily. 



Genus. 



Lopbioidea . 



Anteunarioidea 



Maltlieidse (1) 



Lopliiidaj (2) 



Ceratiidaj (3) 



Antennariidaj . (4) 



Maltlieinfe , 



AntennariinfE . 



Maltlie Cuv. 

 Lopbius (Linn.) Guv. 

 Himantolophua Scinh. 

 Oiieirodes Liitken. 

 Ceratias Kroyer. 

 Pteropbryne Gill. 



Order 2. — Plectognathi. 



Order 3. — Lophobranciiii. 



Syugnathi . 



Hipiiocampida3 (10) 

 Syngnatbidaj. (11) 



Hippocampiuai . 



Syngnathinae . . . 



Hippocampus Cuv. 

 Syngnatlius Linn. 



Order 4. — Hemibranchii. 



Centriscoidea ... 

 Aulostomoidea . . 

 Gasterosteoidea. 



Centriscidse . . (12) 

 Fistularii^sB . (13) 

 GasterosteidcB (14) 



Gasterosteinse 



Centriscus Linn. 

 Fistularia Linn. 

 Gasterosteus (L.) Brcv. 

 Pygosteus, Brev. 

 Apeltes (VeKay) Brev. 



