Vol. XXIII, pp. 3-6 March 23, 1910 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 



FUrvTHER NOTES ON FISHES FROM THE CANAL 



ZONE.* 



BY BARTON WARREN EVI']R:\[ANN AND 

 EDMUND LEE GOLDSBOKOLXai. 



In these Proceedings for June 25, lOOU (Vol. XXII, pp. 95- 

 104), the present writers reported on a small collection of fishes 

 obtained in the Canal Zone by Mr. August Busck of the U. S. 

 National Museum and Mr. Allan H. Jennings, of the Sanitary 

 Inspection Service, Canal Zone. In that paper were recorded 

 19 species, one of which {Cheirodon gorgotise) was described as 

 new. 



Since the publication of that report we have received from 

 ]Mr. Jennings another small, but interesting, collection embrac- 

 ing 133 specimens rejoresenting 14 species, which are here 

 recorded. In this connection we wish to express our apprecia- 

 tion of the interest which INIr. Jennings has taken in collecting 

 the fishes of the Canal Zone. He is especially interested in the 

 food of the freshwater fishes and its relation to the mosquito 

 problem. Much that we now know regarding the fishes of the 

 Canal Zone and their food, we owe to him. 



Famh.y SILURID.E. 



THE fATFISHES. 



Pimelodus chagresi Steiiidachiier. 

 Une specimen 5 inches long. No definite locality given. 



Family CHARACINID.E. 



THE CHARACINS. 



Piabucina panamensis Gill. 

 One specimen 2^^ inches long from a sluggish stream emptying into a 

 (lammed-up lake at Gatun, August lo. Dorsal 10; anal 10; scales 2(5, 



* Published by permission of Hon. Geo. M. Bowers, Commissioner of Fish and Fish- 

 eries. 



2— Proc. Biol, Soc. Wash., XXIII, I'.ilO. (:!) 



