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Weber sinks 67. minuta, 67. equulaeformis and G. tapeinosoma, in the synonymy of G. 

 argentaria, J. R. Forster (1729-1798), described by him in his Descriptions Animalium. 

 But this work remained in manuscript till 1844 in which year it was published by 

 Lichtenstein. In 1801, Schneider published Bloch's Ichthyology, in which Forster's name, 

 Zeus argentarius, was first published with his description. Thus the name "Scomber 

 minuta" was the earliest, being published in 1795, and has therefore priority. 



There is only one specimen in the collection 69 mm. in length. It was secured near 

 Nalbano on 25th November, 1914. Probably the fish is only a casual visitor to the lake. 



Distribution.— -Zanzibar, Red Sea, East Indian seas, Malay Archipelago, Indo-Aus- 

 tralian Archipelago, Polynesia (Samoa), New Hebrides and the Philippines. 



Family SCORPIDIDAE. 

 Genus MONODACTYLUS Lacépède. 



Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus). 



1754. Chaetodon argenteus, Linnaeus, Chinens. Lager storm. Amoen. Acad. IV, p. 249, No. 26. 

 1758. Chaetodon argenteus, id., Syst. Natur. Ed. X, p. 272. 

 1775. Scomber rJwmbeus, Forskäl, Descrip. Animal. Pisc, p. 58. 

 1788. Chaetodon argenteus, Linnaeus, Syst. Natur. (Gmelin), I, p. 1242. 

 1788. Centrogaster rhombeus, id., ibid., p. 1338. 



1800. Monodactylus falciformis, Lacépède, Hist. Nat. Poiss. II, pi. V, fig. 4. 



1801. Chaetodon argenteus, Block and Sckneider, Syst. Ichthyol., p. 230. 



1802. Monodactylus falciformis, Lacépède, Hist. Natur. Poiss. Ill, pp. 131 and 132. 

 1802. Centropodus rhombeus, id., ibid., pp. 303 and 304. 



1802. Acanthopodus argenteus, id., ibid., pp. 558 and 559. 



1803. Zeus sp. (Jcanki sandwa), Russell, Fish. Vizagapatam I, p. 47, pi. lix. 

 1803. Scomber rhombeus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. IV, p. 595. 



1830. Centropodus rhombeus, Desmarest, Oeuv. Lacêp. VIII, p. 132. 



1831. Psettus rhombeus, Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Natur. Poiss. VII, p. 245. 

 1831. Psettus commersonii, id., ibid., p. 250. 



1834. Psettus rhombeus, Cuvier, Règ. Anim., Poiss., p. Ill, pi. xlii, fig. 2. 

 1834. Monodactylus rhombeus, Griffitk, Cuv. Anim. K ngdom X, pi. lv, fig. 2. 

 1839. Monodactylus rhombeus, Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish. Amphib. Rep. II, p. 212. 

 1846. Psettus argenteus, Rickardson. Pep. Brit. Assoc- Adv. Sei. (1845), p. 246. 



1848. Psettus argenteus, id., Zool. Voy. 'Erebus' and 'Terror,' Fish., p. 57, pi. xxxv, figs. 1-3. 



1849. Monodactylus rhombeus, Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, p. 1154. 

 1853. Psettus rhombeus, Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genoot. XXV, p. 40. 

 1855. Psettus argenteus, id., Verh. Äkad. Amsterdam II, p. 10. 



1855. Psettus argenteus, Peters, Arch. Naturgesch. p. 247. 



1860. Psettus argenteus, Güntker, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. II, p. 487. 



1860. Psettus falciformis, id., ibid., p. 488. 



1863. Monodactylus argenteus, Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. DierJc. I, p. 242. 



1865. Psettus argenteus, Kner, Reis. 'Novara,' Fisch., p. 164. 



1865. Psettus argenteus, Day, Fish. Malabar, p. 99. 



1865. Psettus falciformis, id., ibid., p. 100. 



