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the ventrals, together with the great differences in skeletal and embryonic 
features, might demand rank as a family, the Anablepine are included. 
CY PRINODONTES. 
Cyprinoide Wagner, 1828, Isis, XXI, col. 1054. 
Cyprinodontes Agassiz, 1834, Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuch., I, 35, — 1839, Poiss. Foss., V, pt. 2, p. 47, 
— 1844, L o., I, pp. xlvii, 170, — 1854, Am. Jour., XVII, 353; Miull., 1843, Wiegm. Arch., LX, (1) 320,— 
1846, Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl., 183; Mall. & Tr., 1848, Schomb. Fauna, 632; Gill, 1856, Smith. Rep., 264; 
Poey, 1858, Mem., II, 383; Kn. & St., 1865, Abh. Wien Ak., I, ext. p. 24; Kner, 1867, Novara Fische, 
344; Fitz., 1873, Sb. Wien Ak., LXVII, (1) 34. 
Pacilini and Anableptini (Sections) Bonap., 1831, Saggio, 94, 113,-- 1838, Nouv. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bo 
logna, IT, 132 (sub fam.), — 1840, Syst. Vert., 53, — Nouv. Ann. Bolog., 1V, 195. 
Peciliini and Anableptini Bon., 1850, Consp. Syst. Ichth. 
Peciliane McClell., 1839, J. As. Res., XTX, (2) 424. 
Pecilinini Bon., 1839, Sel. Tab. Anal., 14. 
Peacilineg and Anableps Swains., 1838, Classif., I, 365,— 1839, lL. ¢., 11, 190, 311. 
Pacilide Bon., 1838, Nouv. Ann. Bologna, II, 132, — 1840, 1. c., IV, 194, — Syst. Vert., 52, — 1841, 
Tr. Linn. Soc., XVIII, 299, — 1845, Spece. gen., 8 (as Pecilidew the name was first applied to a family of 
Coleoptera by Kirby, in 1837). 
Pecilinide Bon., 1839, Sel. Tabl., 14. 
Paciliane MacLeay, 1842, Aun. N. H., 204. 
Peciliide Bon., 1846, Cat. Meth. Pesci, 25, — 1850, Consp. Ichth.; Gill, 1865, Can. Nat., — 1894, 
Mem., Am. Nat. Ac., VI, 133, — P. U. S. Mus., XVII, 115. 
Pecilidi Bonap., 1841, Fauna Ital., Pesci; Doderl., 1879, Atti Ac. Sci. Pal., (2) VI, 56. 
Cyprinodontida Owen, 1846, Lect. Comp. Anat., 48 (type named belongs to Umbridw) ; Grd., 1859, Mex. 
Bd., I, Fishes, 66, —P. R. R. Rep., X, 302; Rich., 1856, Encycl. Brit., XII. — 1860, Mus. Nat. Hist., Fish, 
153; Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 299, — 1880, Intr., 613; Stor., 1867, Mass. Fish, 127; Gill, 1872, Arr. Fam., 15 ; 
Day, 1878, Fish. Ind., 521 ; Steind., 1880, Denk. Ak. Wien, XLII, 85; Jor. & G., 1882, B. 16 U. S. Mus., 
326 ; Seeley, 1886, Fish. Eur., 22, 369. 
Cyprinodontidi Poey, 1868, Repert., II, 209, 410,— 1876, An. Soc. Esp., V, 140. 
Cyprinodontoidei Bik., 1859, Enum., 155,— 1860, Zesde Bijd., 59, 99,—Cypr., 479, — 1862, Mém. 
Poiss. Guin., 116, —1875, Poiss. Madag., 101, 1879, Enum., 24. 
Cyprinodontini Blk., 1860, Cypr., 481, — 1863, Atl, III, 139. 
Cyprinodontoide Gill, 1861, Cat., 51. 
Cyprinodontine Gill, 1861, Cat., 51. 
Cyprinodoatoides Bik., 1863, Atl., LL, 139. 
Cyprinodontiformes Bik., 1863, 1. c. 
Cyprinodontider carnivore Gth., 1866, Cat., 301, — 1880, Intr., 614. 
Cyprinodontida limnophage Gth., 1666, Cat., VI, 339, — 1880, Intr., 617. 
In the following references, besides Cyprinodonts other fishes were included. 
Cyprinia Raf., 1815, Analyse, 88. 
Cyprina Cuv., 1817, R. An., TL, pp. viii, 190. 
Cyprinida Flem., 1822, Phil. Zool., Il, 386; Bonap., 1831, Saggio, 113, — 1839, Selach. Tab. Anal., 
14; McClell., 1839, Cypr., 424; MacLeay, 1842, Ann. Mag., IX, 203. 
Cyprinides Latr., 1825, Fam. R. An., 122. 
Cyprinctdes Cuv., 1829, R. An., Il, pp. xii, 269; Val., 1846, C.V. Poiss., XVIII. 
Cobilide Swains., 1839, Classif., I1, 309. 
Cyprinoidei Poey, 1855, Mem., I, 390. 
Cyprinodontoidea Gill, 1872, Arr. Fam., 15. 
Commonly among the fishes of this group the head is somewhat broad 
and flat on the crown, the body is compressed and moderately arched on the 
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