BANKS'S OAR-FISH. 



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the present to keep Messrs. Hancock and Embleton's 

 fish distinct under the name of Banksii, proposed by M. 

 Valenciennes in the Histoire des Poissons. The right of 

 priority over the term Gymnetrus belongs to Regalecus, 

 and this is therefore used here, though M. Valenciennes 

 rejects it for its barbarity. 



BANKS'S OAR-FISH (Hancock and Embleton). 



