Rafinesque therefore has the se ts indnetene) as Gallus 
Lacepede’”. Its ruling would be in accordance with tauton~ 
omy as the neme G. virescens was apparently framed by Lace- 
pede to avoid just such a contingency. Alectis Rafinisque 
therefore becomes a synonym of Selene Lacepede and Gallus 
Lacepede (preoccupied in ornithology jlikewise falls to the 
game, This leaves Blepharis Cuvier es the earliest generic 
name for the thread-mackerels, Though preoccupied in bota- 
ny it is not preoccupied in zoology, a circumstance which 
led Gill to propose the later Blepharichthys. Blephearis 
Cuvier is therefore not "a synonym of Alectis Rafinisque"™ 
as stated by Jorden and sive tuihingeitott the correct name for 
the thread-mackerels, with possibly the single species 
Blepharis ciliaris (Bloch), From material we have examined 
in the Academy it appears Scyris Cuvier is apparently a 
valid genus, as we have studied both S. alexandrina (St, 
Hilaire) and S. indica Ruppell, 
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Hist, Net, Poiss.,vol.4,1802, p.583. Type Gallus yvirescen 
Lacepéde(monotypic) Zeus gallus Linnaeus. 
a EO OC TO LL LL ELLE DALLA LLL LEE LEE LE ee at ee ST, 
Stanford Univ, Pub., 1917, pp.105,129, 
EE TOR ITE Serres: ec a. ne Se ae “Se 
Selene vomer( Linnaeus). 
One from Rio Janeiro 163 mm,, long (caudal damaged). 
Chloroscombrus chrysurus (Linnaeus). pete ¥ 
e 
Two from Rio Janeiro, They show the depth 2t to 2 2/5 
and length 138 to 143 mm, (both caudals damaged). 
