LIST OF DERIVATIONS OF PROPER NAMES 



Acanthodes, d/cavflwS^s, provided with spines. 

 Acanthopterygii, aKavQa, spine, 7rrepv, fin(ned). 

 Acipenser, d/aTnycrios, classic name of sturgeon. 

 Actinopterygii, d/ms, stout ray, 7rrepv, fin(ned). 

 Alopias, dAwTre/a'as, classic name of the fox shark. 

 Amia, d/xca, classic name of tunny( ?) . 

 Amiurus, d/xta, Amia, ovpd, tail(ed). 

 Ammocoetes, d/x/xos, sand, KOLTTTJ, (a bed) abider. 

 Anacanthini, dvd, without, aKav0a, spine. 

 Anguilla, classic name of eel. 

 Arthrodira, apOpov, joint, (?)oYs, double. 

 Aspidorhynchus, doWs, shield, pvyxs? snout. 



Bdellostoma, /JSe'AAa, leech, (rro/xa, mouth. 



Belonorhynchus, j3e\6vrj, classic name of gar-fish, pvyx o? > snout. 



Calamoichthys, calamus, a reed, tx^, fish. 



Callichthys, KaAAos, beautiful, tx^us, fish. 



Callorhynchus, KoAAos, beautiful, pvyx o? ' snout. 



Carassius, xP a > classic name of (sea)fish. 



Caturus, Kara, on the under side, ovpd, tail. 



Cephalaspis, /ce^>aA^, head, doTris, shield. 



Ceratodus, Kepas, horn, dSow, tooth (ed). 



Cestracion, KeWpa, classic name of (pavement-toothed) sea-fish. 



Cheirodus, x et 'p hand, o8ovs, tooth (ed). 



Chimaera, xfyuupaj fabulous monster, lion's head, goat's body, dragon's 



tail. 



Chlamydoselactrf*xAa/>i-u8os, frilled, treAdx^, shark. 

 Chondrostei, xw8pos, cartilage, otrreov, bone(d). 

 Cladoselache, for Cladodonto-selache, /cAdSos, branch, oSovs, tooth (ed), 



aeAdx^ shark. 

 Climatius, /cAi]ua, a gradation (in allusion, perhaps, to the graded row 



of fin spines). 



227 



