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which case it may be looked upon as a confirmation rather than a repetition. 

 If I did not believe it to be so, I should not have taken the pains to write. 



The reader must understand that my object is not to give a complete 

 synonymy of the fishes figured by Parra, but to name them in the best possible 

 manner, quoting authors who have quoted Parra, so that each may get his 

 due. Thus I shall quote Bloch, Cuvier, Valenciennes, and Hollard. As for 

 M. Guichenot, I shall often quote him, because he had Parra's work under 

 his eyes, and in some cases his opinion is well founded. If not quoted in all 

 cases, it is for reasons above given. It is useless to notice Cornide and M. 

 Saco. 



In my nomenclature, I practise the aphorism which I thus enunciate : 



nomen auctoris ad speciem perpetuara refertur nec ad variabile genus. 



Nomenclature. 



N, B. — The first figure after the name refers to the page of Parra's work, the 

 second to the plate, and the third to the figure. 



1. Pescador. (1, 1.) Antennarius ocellatus Bl. 



Named by Bloch 142, Lophius histrio L., var. ocellatus, upon the simple in- 

 spection of Parra's figure. By Val. 12, 419, Chironectes ocellatus. By Guicb. 

 Chir. biocellatus, C. V., erroneously. 



2. Serrana. (2, 2, sup.) Eques lanceolatus L. 



Quoted by Cuvier, 5, 165,^. balteatus, as a synonym of Chsetodon lanceolatus, 

 L. Linnaeus has the priority. The vulgar name is now Vaqueta, which is, 

 however, but little used, and is also applied to the next species. 



3. Serrana. (2, 2, inf.) Eques punctatus Bl. 



Quoted by Bloch, 106, upon the inspection of Parra's figure. He confounds 

 it, like Parra, with the preceding species. 



4. Perro colorado. (3, 3, 1.) Cossyphus Bodianus Bl. 



Quoted by Bloch, 329, Lutianus Perro, being the same which he had named 

 in his large work, tab. 255, Lutjanus V erres, and tab. 223, Bodianus Bodianus. 

 Quoted by Val., 13, 103. 



5. Perro. (4, 3, 2.) Lachnolaimus caninus Cuv. 

 Quoted by Cuvier, Régne An. 257, Lachnolaimus. 



6. Diablo. (5, 4.) Malthe vespertilio L. 

 Quoted by Val., 12, 440. 



7. Guatívere. (7, 5, 1.) Serranus Guatívere Val. 



Quoted by Bloch, 336, Bodianus Guatívere, which he confounds with the next 

 species of Val., 2, 283. 



8. Guatívere. (8, 5, 2.) Serranus Outalibi Val. 

 Quoted by Val., 2, 381. 



9. Chirivita. (9, 6, 1.) Chsetodon Paru Bl. 



Bloch, 217, confounds it with the next species. Pomacanthus Paru Cuv., 7, 

 205. Following Mr. Gill, I suppress the genus Pomacanthus of Cuvier, and 

 adopt Sarothrodus Gill, instead of Chsetodon Cuv. The popular name is now 

 Chirivica. 



10. Chirivita. (10,6, 2.) Chsetodon aureus Bl. 

 Pomacanthus aureus Cuv., 7, 202. 



11. Isabelita. (11, 7, 1.) Holacanthus ciliaris L. 



Quoted by Bloch, 335, under the name of Chsetodon Parrse ; but it is the same 

 as the C. ciliaris L., to which Cuv. 7, 154, refers it. 



12. Catalineta. (12, 7, 2,) Holacanthus tricolor Bl. 

 Chsetodon tricolor, Bl. 219 ; Cuv. 7, 162. 



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