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MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM 



Species and Number of Specimens from a Trench in the Botanic 



Garden. 

 It would seem from this list that the bulk of the fauna is composed of seven 

 out of the twenty-three species. 



Silurim;. 



1. Rhamdia sebse 



2. Pimelodus clarias 



CALLICHTHYIDiE. 



3. Hoplosternum littorale 2 



4. Hoplosternum thoracatum . 



Loricariid.e. 



5. Plecostomus hemiurus .... 



6. Loricariichthvs brunneus. . 



1 



ChARACIDjE. 



Curimatopsis macrolepis 1 



Curimatus schomburgki 3 



Pristella riddlei 233 62 



10. Hemigrammus rodwayi 112 



11. Pceciluriehthys bimaculatus 122 



7. 

 8. 

 9. 



12. Ctenobryeon spilurus about 800 



13. Charax gibbosus 630 



14. Acestrorhynchus microlepis 6 



15. Hoplias malabaricus 6 



GYMNOTID.E. 



16. Gymnotus carapo 1 



17. Sternopygus macrurus ." 104 



18. Eigenmannia lineata 155 



ClCHLIDyE. 



19. Cichlasoma bimaculatum 17 



20. Mesonauta festivum 12 



21. Geophagus jurupari 1 



22. Crenicichla saxatilis 3 



PoLYCENTRIDjE. 



23. Polycentrus schomburgki 39 



Species and Number of Specimens from a Small Brook on Gluck 



Island. 



ASPREDINID.E. 



1 . Bunocephalus chamaizelus 6 



2. Agmus lyriformis 1 



SiLTJRIDjE. 



3. Rhamdia sebse 14 



4. Doras costatus 4 



5. Doras hancocki 12 



6. Doras cataphractus 20 



CALLICHTHYID.E. 



7. Hoplosternum thoracatum 74 



LORICARIID.E. 



8. Plecostomus hemiurus 1 



9. Xenocara gymnorhynchus 1 



10. Loricariichthys brunneus 24 



11. Hemiodontichthys adpenserinus .. 1 



CHARACID.E. 



12. Curimatopsis macrolepis 3 



13. Curimatus spilurus 15 



14. Chilodus punctatus 1 



15. Hemiodus maculofasciatus 1 



16. Anisitsia notatus 2 



17. Pyrrhulina filamentosa 22 



18. Nannostomus marginatus 5 



19. Poecilobrycon trifasciatus 8 



20. Pcecilobrycon erythrurus 4 



21. Pcecilobrycon ocellatus 9 



22. Characidiam pellucidum 2 



23. Leporinus nigrotseniatus 2 



24. Iguanodectes tenuis ■ 4 



25. Mcenkhausia lepidurus 8 



26. Mcenkhausia colletti 12 



62 From the Georgetown trenches only eight specimens were taken. 



