LIST OF FISH. 147 



Fam. 2. MYXINIDiE. 



Palate perforated. 



Myxinia, Rafin. Anal. Nat. 94, 1815. 



Petromyzonidee (Gastrobranchini), Bonap. Syst. Ichth. 1838, 14. 



Cyclostomata hvperotreta seu Myxinoidea, Mull. Abhandl. Akad. 



Berlin, 183*4,78. (1836). 

 Petromyzidae, /3., Gray, Syn. B. M. 1842, 148, 150. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



1. Myxine. — Branchial spiracles connected externally. 



2. Bdellostoma. — Branchial spiracles separated externally. 



1. MYXINE. 



Branchial spiracles connected externally. 



Myxine, Linn. S>/st. Nat. Gunner, Drontheim Gesell Sckrift. ii. 



230, t. 5. Rafin. Anal. Nat. 94, 1815. Cur. Re\/. An. ii. 



118, 1817. Mull. Abhandl. Akad. Berlin, 1834, 79. 

 Gastrobranchus, Block. 

 Petrornyzon, sp., Walb. Artedi, ii. 500. 



Myxine was arranged with the Vermes by Linneus. It was first 

 removed to the fish by Retzius (Nov. Act. Reg. Acad. Svec. 179. 

 Anim. Pise. 17, 1800. Berlin, Schrift. Nat. I. T. xii. 193, 244. 

 Block, Ausland Fiscke, ix. 67. 



1. Myxine glutinosa. Tbe Myxine. 



Myxine glutinosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. Mus. Reg. Adolph. Fred. 

 t. 4, f. 11, t.9, f. 3. Mull. Prod. Zool. Dan. 227. Schrift. der 

 Berl. Gesselsck. Naturf. 10, 193, 244, t. 4. Flem. Brit. An. Vert. 

 523, sp. 213, 1828. Mull. Mem. de I Acad. Berlin, 1834, 79, 

 336, t. 2, 3, f. 8, 9. tab. ix. Jen. Brit. An. Vert. 523, 213, 

 1835. (Sleep Marten), Gunner, Drontheim Gesell Sckrift. ii. 

 230, t. 3. 



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