INTEODUCTION 



TO THE 



FISHES OF GUIANA, 



VOL. II. 



In pursuance of the plan stated at the conclu- 

 sion of the First Yolume of " The Fishes of 

 Guiana," we now resume the subject, in describ- 

 ing the remaining part of Mr. Schomburgk's 

 Drawings, and allotting to them, as nearly as we 

 can, in the absence of specimens, their proper 

 station. 



We shall conclude this Yolume with a sum- 

 mary of the species which have been observed by 

 other Naturalists in the Fresh Waters of South 

 America, so that the Volumes may be made as 

 useful as possible, in the present state of our 

 knowledge of the Ichthyology of those immense 

 rivers. 



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