Volume 2

The genera of fishes ... : A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / by David Starr Jordan.

  • Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931.
Date:
1917-1920
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Credit: The genera of fishes ... : A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / by David Starr Jordan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    312. EGERTON (1845). Description of a Fossil Ray from Mount Lebanon (Cyclobatis oligodactylus). Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., I. Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton. Cyclobatis Egerton, IV, 442; orthotype C. oligodactylus Egert. (fossil). 313. EICHWALD (1844). Ueber die Fische des devonischen Systems in der Gegend von Pawlowsk. Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow, XVII. Carl Edward von Eichwald. Sclerolepis Eichwald, XVII, 828; orthotype S. decorata Eichw. (fossil). A syn¬ onym of Glyptolepis. Microlepis Eichwald VXII, 830; logotype M. exilis Eichw. (fossil). A doubtful genus, the name preoccupied in reptiles. Chiastolepis Eichwald, XVIII, 831; orthotype C. clathrata Eichw. (fossil). [GOLDFUSS (1844). Sclerocephalus haeuseri Goldfuss, 1844, described as a ganoid fish, is a reptile.] 314. KONINCK (1844). Description des animaux fossiles qui se trouvent dans le terrain carbonifere de Belgique. Laurent (Guillaume) de Koninck (1809-1887). Campodus Koninck, 617; orthotype C. agassizianus Koninck (fossil). 315. McCLELLAND (1844). Description of a Collection of Fishes Made at Chasun and Ningpo in China by G. R. Playfair. Journ. Nat. Hist. Calcutta, IV. John McClelland. Cossyphus McClelland, IV, 403; orthotype C. ater McCl. Preoccupied; replaced by Phagorus McCl. Phagorus McClelland, IV, 403; orthotype Cossyphus ater McCl. = Macroptero- notus jagur Ham. Replaces Cossyphus McCl., preoccupied. Chaetomus McClelland, IV, 405; orthotype C. playfairi McCl. Muraenesox McClelland, V, 408; logotype M. tricuspidata McCl. 316. McCLELLAND (1844). Apodal Fishes of Bengal. Journ. Nat. Hist. Calcutta, V. John McClelland. Lycodontis McClelland, V, 173; logotype L. literata McCl., as restricted by Jordan .& Evermann, 1896. A synonym of Gymnothorax Bloch, as here understood. Thaerodontis McClelland, V, 174; orthotype T. reticulata McCl. A synonym of Gymnothorax. Strophidon McClelland, V, 187; orthotype Lycodontis longicaudata McCl. A synonym of Gymnotpiorax, the name wrongly transferred by Bleeker and Gunther to the genus Pseudochidna Blkr. Ophicardia McClelland, V, 191; orthotype O. phayriana McCl. A synonym of Fluta Bl. & Schn. = Monopterus Lac. Pneumabranchus McClelland, V, 192; logotype P. striatus McCl. A synonym of Amphipnous Muller. Ophisternon McClelland, V, 197; logotype O. bengalensis McCl. A synonym o: Symbranchus Bloch. Ptyobranchus McClelland, V, 200; logotype P. arundinaceus McCl. A synonym of Raitoboura Gray = Moringua Gray. Ophithorax McClelland, V, 212; logotype “Ophisurus ophis Lac.” (Mur^na maculosa Cuv.). The species called Mur^ena ophis by Linnaeus is the type of