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MEANTES (SUBORDER) 



LiNNE, Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, Pt. 2, 1766, sign. 

 Rrrr 5, Addenda (not paged) 



SIRENIDAE (FAMILY) 



Siren (GENUS) 



LiNNig, Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, pt. 2, 1766, sign. 

 Rrrr 5, Addenda (not paged) 



type: lacerlina 

 Siren lacertina LiNNi; 

 MUD-EEL 



Siren lacertina Linne 



Syst. Nat., Ed. 12, Vol. 1, pt. 2, 1766, sign. Rrrr 5, Addenda (not 

 paged). 

 Siren lacerlina Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 226, fig. 57. 



TYPE locality: " Habitat in Carolinae paludosis." 

 range: Eastern Virginia to Florida, through the Gulf States to 

 the west side of the Rio Grande. Ascends the Mississippi Val- 

 ley to Illinois and Indiana. Occurs in scattered localities in 

 Arkansas and Missouri. 



Pseudobranchus (GEiVf/S) 



Gray, Ann. Philos. (N. S.), Vol. 10, 1825, p. 216 

 type: striatus 



Pseudobranchus striatus (Le Conte) 



Siren striata Le Conte 



Ann. Lye. New York, Vol. 1, pt. 1, 1824, p. 53, pi. 4. 

 Pseudobranchus striatus Gray 



Ann. Philos., (N. S.), Vol. 10, 1825, p. 216. 

 Pseudobranchus striatus Cope 



Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 34, 1889, p. 230, fig. 58. 



TYPE locality: Not given, but by inference it was one of the 

 Le Conte plantations in Floyd or Liberty Co., Georgia. 



RANGE : Swamps of southern South Carohna, lower Georgia and 

 Florida. 



