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XXXVII. OBLADA. 
Oblada Cuvier, Régne Animal, ed. 2, 1829 (melanura). 
Oblata Cuv. & Val., vi, 1830, 366 (melanura). 
Type: Sparus melanurus L. 
Etymology: From Oblado or Blade, the common name of Oblada 
melanura at Marseilles. 
This genus contains a single species common in the Mediterranean. 
We here restore the older orthography of the name. 
141. OBLADA MELANURA (L.). Mediterranean Sea and neighboring 
w aters. 
XXXVIII. SCATHARUS. * 
Scatharus Cuv. & Val., vi, 375, 1830 (grecus). 
Type: Scatharus grecus Cuv. & Val. 
Etymology: aczd0apoz or oxd0apos, a namne now used by tne Greeks for 
Scatharus grecus and Spondyliosoma cantharus. 
This genus contains a single species, abundant on the coasts of Greece. 
142. SCATHARUS GRASCUS Cuy. & Val. Eastern Mediterranean. 
XXXIX. SPONDYLIOSOMA. 
Cantharus Cuvier, Régne Animal, ed. 1, 1817, 278 (cantharus ; name preoccupied in 
Mollusks and in Polypi). 
Spondyliosoma Cantor, Catal. Malayan Fishes, 1850, 50 (cantharus: substitute for 
Cantharus, preoccupied). 
Type: Sparus cantharus Gmelin. 
Etymology: ozovdbAtov, spindle; c@pna, body. 
This genus contains some half a dozen old-world species, well char- 
acterized by the presence of a band of lanceolate teeth in each jaw. It 
is remarkable that the generic name Cantharus, although twice preoc- 
cupied, should have been almost universally used for this group, while 
Cantor’s substitute name of Spondyliosoma has been entirely overlooked. 
The recognized species of Spondyliosoma in European waters are: 
143. SPONDYLIOSOMA CANTHARUS (Gmelin). Southern Europe 
north to England. 
144. SPONDYLIOSOMA ORBICULARE (Cuy. & Val.). Mediterranean 
Sea. 
Subfamily X.—GIRELLIN&. 
XL. GIRELLA. 
Girella Gray, Illustrations of Indian Zodlogy, about 1840 (punctata). 
Melanichthys Temminck & Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poissons, 75, 1850 (punctatus). 
Camarina Ayres, Proc. Cal. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1860, 81 (nigricans). 
Type: Girella punctata Gray. 
Etymology: From the French “ Girelle,” which is a derivative of 
Julis, and is applied to the smaller labroids. 
