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Subfamily AcESTRORHAMPHINjE. 



Oligosargus Giinther. 



Type : Oligosargus argenteus Giinther. 

 Range that of the single species. 

 I. Oligosargus argenteus Giinther. 

 Habitat: Brazil. 



Acestrorhynchus Eigenmann. 



Xiphorhynchus and Xiphorhamphus Miil- 

 ler & Troschel. 

 Type : Salmo falcatus Bloch. 

 Range: Guiana to Rio San Francisco 

 and Paraguay Basins. 

 Al. Acestrorhynchus falcirostris (Cuvier). 



Habitat: Guiana to Matto Grosso. 

 A2. Acestrorhynchus heterolepis (Cope). 



Habitat : Peruvian Amazon. 

 A3. Acestroryhnchus microlepis (Schom- 

 burgk). 

 Habitat: Guianas to the Amazon. 

 A4. Acestrorhynchus falcatus (Bloch). 

 Xiphorhamphus ferox Giinther. 

 Habitat : Guiana to Rio Paraguay. 

 5. Acestrorhynchus lacustris (Liitken). 

 Habitat: San Francisco Basin. 



Acestrorhamphus Eigenmann. 



Sphyrccnocharax Fowler. 



Type : Xiphorhamphus hepsctus Cuvier. 

 Range: La Plata Basin and southeast- 

 ern Brazil. 



1. Acestrorhamphus macrolepis (Steindach- 



ner). 

 Habitat: Jequitinhonha. 



2. Acestrorhamphus brachycephalus (Cope). 



Habitat: Rio Grande do Sul. 



3. Acestrorhamphus jenynsii (Giinther). 



Hydrocyon hepsetus Jenyns (non Cu- 

 vier) . 



Habitat : La Plata and southeastern 

 Brazil. 



4. Acestrorhamphus oligolcpis (Steindach- 



ner). 

 Habitat: La Plata. 



5. Acestrorhamphus hepsetus (Cuvier). 



Hydrocyon falcatus Quoy & Gaimard. 

 Habitat : La Plata and southeastern 

 Brazil. 



6. Acestrorhamphus pericoptes Miiller & 



Troschel. 

 Habitat : Brazil. 

 A7. Acestrorhamphus abbreviatus (Cope). 

 Habitat : Peruvian Amazon. 



Acestrocephalus Eigenmann. 



Type : Xiphorhamphus anomalus Stein- 



dachner. 

 Range that of the single species. 

 1. Acestrocephalus anomalus (Steindach- 



ner). 

 Habitat : Cauca. 



Subfamily Erythrinin^e. 



Hoplias Gill. 

 Macrodon Miiller. 



Type : Esox malabaricus Bloch. 

 Range: Atlantic slope north of La 

 Plata; Pacific slope, Ecuador and 

 northward. 

 1. Hoplias microlepis (Giinther). 



Habitat: Western slopes of South 

 America from Ecuador to Panama; 

 eastern slope of Panama. 



A2. Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch). 



Erythrinus trahira Spix ; Erythrinus 

 macrodon Agassi z ; Erythrinus mi- 

 crocephalics Agassiz ; Erythrinus 

 brasiliensis Spix; Macrodon gua- 

 vina Valenciennes; Macrodon auri- 

 tus Cuvier & Valenciennes; Macro- 

 don teres Cuvier & Valenciennes ; 

 Macrodon patana Cuvier & Valen- 

 ciennes; Macrodon aimara Cuvier & 



