AMPHION

(Fr.),n. A%n?-fi2-02n?, See ÉvIAN and AFFION. - AMPHIOXUS (Lat.), n. m. A?m(a%m)-fi2-02x/u3s(uts), From adi, at both ends, and éé¥s, sharp. A genus of fishes differing in many important respects from all other vertebrate animals and constitnting a distinct order, the Pharyngobranchii. [B, IA. lanceolatus [Yarrel]. Ger., Lanzettfisch. Syn.: Branch ios tom a lubricum [Cosel The lance lot; a small fish found on the shores of the Mediterranean. [B, 28, 49.] See PHARYNGOBRANCHII.