484 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [Oct. 



ON SOME FISHES OF WESTERN CUBA. 



BY N. E. McINDOO. 



During the latter part of June and the first part of July, Mr. J, D. 

 Haseman and the writer, under the auspices of the Zoological Depart- 

 ment of Indiana University, visited twenty-one caves between Ala- 

 cranes and Canas, Cuba, in order to secure embryos of the blind fishes — 

 Stygicola and Lucifuga. 



We also collected fishes in the fresh waters and in the ocean at 

 Marianao and at Batabano. These are enumerated in the present 

 paper. The expenses were in part provided by a grant from the 

 Carnegie Institution. 



After collecting blind fishes we made our headquarters at the Estacion 

 Central Agronomica de Cuba, located at Santiago de las Vegas. I wish 

 to express our appreciation for the niunerous favors which the Director, 

 Prof. E, S. Earle, of the Station, showed us. 



Localities Visited. 



Lagunas Castellanos. Two and one-half miles southwest of Santiago 

 de las Vegas there are three small lagoons situated in a narrow valley. 

 These lagoons are called the ' ' I.agunas Castellanos.' ' Laguna Castel- 

 lan© No. 1 covers about five acres, has steep banks; its bottom is a 

 mixtiu-e of mud and gravel, and its water is comparatively clear. 



Laguno Castellano No. 2 lies about three hundred yards north of No. 

 1. It is not as large as No. 1. Its banks are very sloping and covered 

 with aquatic plants which extend into the water one-third the distance 

 to the center. The bottom is deep, black mud. The water is very 

 muddy. 



We did not visit Laguna Castellano No. 3, which is somewhat larger 

 than either of the other two and lies a half mile due west of them. 



All the fishes we caught in the clear water of Laguna Castellano No. 1 

 are dark in color; those that came from the muddy Castellano No. 2 

 are light in color. 



Rio Almendares. We seined in the Almendares river at Calabazar 

 for a half mile below the wagon bridge. Under the bridge the water 

 is deep and swift, but thirty feet below the stream widens and the 

 water is shallow. Here the bottom is covered with gravel and large 



