GGU 



HUory . 



System ut' 

 Artedi. 



Klein. 



***** Pinna unica longa 

 vix a cauda distincta. 

 ***** Pinna exigua unica \ 

 in extremo dorsi vel nul- , 



ICHTHYOLOGY. 



18. Muram.i. 



19. Ophidion. 



Capite glabro 



20. Anablepg. 



21. Gymnotus. 



'_'. Pinnis osseis, quarum quaedam spinosae. Acan- 

 t/topterigii. 



Blennius. 



23. Gohius. 



24. Xiphias. 



25. Scomber. 



26. Mugil. 

 27- Labrus. 



28. Sparus. 



29. Sciajna. 

 ''30. Perca. 



31. Trachinns. 



32. Trigla. 



33. Scorpaena. 



34. Cottus. 

 I 35. Zeus. 



36. Chsetodon. 

 (_37. Gasterosteus. 

 a. Branchiis osseis destitutis. 



!38. Balistes. 

 39. Ostracion. 

 40. Cyclopterus. 

 41. Lophius. 



B. Pinnarum radiis cartilagineis vix a membrana dis 

 tinctis. 



("42. Petromyzon. 



* 



Capite aspero 



Branchiostegi 



System of 

 Klein. 



(_45. Raja. 

 PISCES CAUDA HORIZONTAL!, including the whales. 



Klein made an attempt to classify fishes in his His- 

 toria Piscium Naturalis. It was published in five parts, 

 the first appearing in the year 1 740, and the last in 

 1749. As this naturalist appeared as the rival of Lin- 

 naeus, he has too often been condemned by the admi- 

 rers of the professor of Upsal without sufficient exami- 

 nation. It is true that in the construction of his gene- 

 ric and specific characters, he falls short of the excel- 

 lence of Artedi or Linnaeus, but in the formation of the 

 higher divisions of his system, he exhibits an intimate 

 acquaintance with the external characters of fishes. 

 The following synoptical view will convey an idea of 

 the principles of his system. We have omitted his 

 first division, which contains the cetaceous animals. 



II. PISCES BRANCHIIS OCCULTIS. 

 A. Ad latera. 



a. Pinnata. 



5. Cynocephalus. 



quinque. 



2. Spiraculo unico. 



. Apennia. 



1. Spiraculo unico. 



2. Spiraculis septem. 

 B. In Thorace. 



1. Spiraculis constanter quinque. 



L 



8. Rhina. 



19. Batrachus. 

 10. Crayracion. 

 1 1 . Capriscus. 

 12. Conger. 



13. Muraena. 



14. Petromyzon. 



"15. Narcacion. 

 , Rhinobatus. 



u obatus. 

 . Dasybatus. 



("15. Narca 



J 16. Rhino 

 )17. Legob 

 (.18. Dasyt 



History. 



III. PISCES BRANSHIIS APERTIS. '" ~v- ' 



Sytem of 



A. Series I. A partibus notabilibus et corpore anguil- klna. 

 liformi. 



a. Capite et ventre notabiles 19. Silurus. 



b. Notabiliter rostrati ore vario. 



1. ore prono capite in soli- 



dum rostrum exeunte . 20. Accipenser. 



2. Ore fisso. 



* et labrace, rostro retuso 



dentibus horridis . 21. Lathargus. 



** Mandibula superiore f 



in rostrum notabile } 22. Xiphias. 

 exeunte (_ 



*** Inferior! mandibula f 

 ultra superiorem ros- i 23. Mastaaccembalus. 

 tratam products (_ 



**** Utraque mandibu- 

 la equaliter rostrata 



3. Ore in rostri tubulosi 

 extremitate 



24. Psallisostomus. 



25. Solenostomos. 



4. Capite et cauda rostratus 26. Amphisilien. 

 c. Notabiliter plani et oculata. 



1. In dextro latere oculati I?J' | olea> 



[28. Passer. 



2. In sinistro latere oculatus 29. Rhombus. 



Rhombotides. 



3. Utrinque oculati . -J 31. Tetragonopterus. 



Platiglossus. 



d. Thoracici notabiliter ar- 

 mati 



e. Vel sterno vel capite notati 

 insfcir ricini omnibus cor- 

 poribus sibiqueinvicemad- 

 haerentes 



f. Corpore teretiusculo anguil- 

 lie adspectum habentes 



33. Cataphractus. 



34. Ceristion. 



35. Centriscus. 



36. Ocontion. 



37. Echeneis. 



38. Enchelyopus. 



B. Series II. Corpore spisso vel lati, vel carinati et cas- 

 tigati. 



a. Tripterus . . .39. Callarias. 



b. Pseudotripterus . . 40. Pelamys. 

 e. Dipterus. 



1. Pinna secunda cutacea 

 vel adiposa 



2. Pinnis ambabus radiatis 



d. Pseudodipterus. 



1. Pro prima pinna dorsali 

 aculeis discretes 



2. Praeter pinnam longam, 

 processibus in capite qua- 

 si cristatus 



e. Monopterus. 



1. Pinna longa unica. 

 * Interrupta . . . 

 ** Sinuosa . . . 

 *** Coaequata. 



*. Dentibus acutis 

 * 



p. Dentibus latis 

 obtusis 



41. Trutta. 



42. 

 43. 

 44. 

 45. 

 46. 

 47. 



1 49. 



4 50, 



I 



51. 



52. 



53. 

 5-t. 

 55. 

 56. 



57. 



Mullus. 



Cestreus. 



Labrax. 



Sphyraena. 



Gobio. 



Asperulus. 



Trichidion. 



Glaucus. 

 Blennus, 



Perca. 

 Percis. 



Maenas. 

 Cicla. 

 Synagvis. 

 Hippurus. 



Sargus. 



