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LIST OF KISH. 



1. Polyodon spatula. Spoonbill Sturgeon. 



Squalus spatula, Mand. Jour. Phys. pi. ii. n. 1774. 



Le Polyodon feuille, Lacip. i. 403, pi. 12, f. 3, 1798. Diet. Sri. 



Nat. pi. , 1816—30. Cuv. Reg. An. 2 ed. ii. 380, 1829. 

 Polyodon folium, Schneid. Block, Syst. Ichth. p. 457, pi. 62, 



f. I, 1801. Rich. Faun. Bor. Am. pt. Hi. 278, 1836. 

 Spatularia reticulata, Shaw, Gen. Zool. v. pt. ii pi 156 i> 3(>-> 



1804. ' *' 



Polyodon folium (Paddle Fish), Silt. Jour. xii. 201, pi. , f . 1, 2,3, 



7, 1824. 

 Polyodon reticulatus, Swains. Lard. Cab. Ci/cl. i 122 f 7 ii 322 



1838—39. 

 Spatularia, Mull. Mem. Acad. Berl. p. 74 — 211, 1834. 

 Platirostra edentula, Rafin. Ichth. Ohi. p. 83, 1820. Lesucur, Phil. 



Ac. Nat. Sci. ii. 288, 1817—18. Say, App. Sengl. Exped. 



254. Rich. Faun. Bor. Am. pt. iii. 278, 1836. De Kay, Nat. 



Hist. New York, pt. i. (Zool.) 347, 1841. 



Hab. — N. America, Ohio. 



a. Stuffed. Mississippi. From Mr. Salle's collection. 



b. In spirits. Mississippi. From Mr. Salle's collection. 



c. d,e. In spirits. Mississippi. From Mr. Salle's collection. 

 /. In spirits. From Mr. Mather's collection. 



Section B. CHIMERIA. 



Chimera, Linn. Syst. Nat. 



Ch. Holocephala. ^ Mull. Abh. Akad. Berl. 1836. Maa. ZoolX Sc 



Bot. i. 408. ' 



Les Sturioniens ou Ch. a branchies libres (part), Cuv. Reg. An 



ii. 1817, 2 ed. ii. 378, 1829. 

 Holocephali, Brown, Index Paleon. 636. 

 Chismopnes, part., Dum. Zool. Anal. 105, 1806. 

 Les Chimeres, Cuv. Reg. An. 2 ed. ii. 381. 

 Chismopnea Branchismea, p., Rafin. Anal. Nat. 92, 1815. 

 Chimeria, Rafin. Anal. Nat. 92, 1815. 

 Chima3radae, Gray, Syn. B. M. 147, 1842. 

 Chiinan-idse, Swains. Lard. Encyc. 322, 1839. Gray, Syn. B. M. 



150, 1842. Agassiz. Brown, Index Paleon. 636. Bonap. 



Syst. Ichth. 13, 1838. 

 Acanthorrini, Bonap. Syst. Ichth. 13, 1838. 

 Chimaerini, Bonap. Syst. Ichth. 13, 1838. 



