CHAPTER II. 



NOMENCLATURE AND MORPHOLOGY. 



CLASS PISCES. 



SUBCLASS TELEO8TEL 



OEDEE ACANTHOPTEKL 



SUBORDER PERCAMOEPHL 



FAMILY CENTRARCHID^E. 



SUBFAMILY MICEOPTEEII^E. 



Genus MICROPTERUS LACEPEDE. 



SYNOXOMY. 



Micropterus LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. des Poiss. IV, 325, 1802. 

 (Type M. dolomieu Lac.) 



Labrus species, LACEPEDE, Hist. Nat. des Poiss. IV, 716, 1802. 

 (L. salmoides Lac.) (Not of Linnaeus, the type Labrus 

 mixtus L. belonging to the family of Labridce, the com- 

 mon wrasse-fish of the coasts of Europe.) 

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