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Ch. ocotlane, Ch. lermce, Ch. chapalce, Ch. grandocule, Ch. labarcce, 

 Ch. promelas, and Ch. bartoni. A similar assemblage of species 



FIG. 170. Pescado bianco, Chirostoma humboldtianum (Val.). Lake Chalco, City 



of Mexico. 



nearly all different from these was obtained by Dr. Seth E. 

 Meek in the lake of Patzcuaro, farther south. In this lake 

 were found Ch. attenuatum, Ch. patzcuaro, Ch. humboldtianum, 

 Ch. grandocule, and Ch. estor. The lake of Zirahuen, near 

 Chapala, contains Ch. estor and Ch. z-irahuen. 



Still another species, Ch. jordani, is found about the city of 

 Mexico, where it is sold baked in corn -husks. Along the coasts 

 of Peru, Chile, and Argentina is found still another assemblage 

 of fishes of the king, with very small scales, constituting the 

 genera Basilichthys and Gastropterus (Pisciregia) . Basilichthys 

 microlepidotus is the common Pesca del Rey of Chile. The 

 small silversides, or "brit," of our Atlantic coast belong to 

 numerous species of Menidia, Menidia notata to the northward 

 and Menidia menidia to the southward being most abundant. 



FIG. 171. Silverside or Brit, Kirtlandia vagrans (Goode & Bean). Pensacola. 



Kirtlandia laciniata, with ragged scales, is common along the 

 Virginia coast, and K. vagrans farther south. Another small 

 species, very slender and very graceful, is the brook silver- 



