1903. NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 497 



ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM PARAGUAY, WITH A SYNOPSIS OF THE 

 AMERICAN GENERA OF CICHLIDS.' 



BY CARL H. EIGEXMAXX AND CLARENCE HAMILTON KENNEDY. 



The Indiana University has received from Prof. J. Daniel Anisits, 

 of the National University of Paraguay, a large and well-preserved 

 collection of fishes made dming 1900 and 1901. The collection con- 

 sists of about 750 specimens and was made in the following localities : 



1. Rio Paraguay and Laguna Pasito; and Rio Paraz at Asuncion. 



2. Estancia La Armonia, Department Caapucu near the Laguna 

 Ipoa, the largest lake in Paraguay, and into which all the streams of 

 the neighborhood empty. Collections were here made in the Arroyo 

 Carumbey. 



3. Laguna Ipacaray and its tributary Arcgua, twenty-four kilo- 

 meters east of Asuncion. The laguna is about on a level with the 

 Rio Paraguay and connected with it by the Arroyo Yuqucri. 



4. Rio Paraguay at Fuerte Olympo. ' 



5. Laguna at Pirayu Paraguay. 



6. Campo Grande Lagunitas, five kilometers from Asuncion. 



7. Rio Apa, forming the northern boundary of Paraguay, and its 

 tributaries Arroyo Pypucii, about one hundred and twenty kilometers 

 from the Rio Paraguay. 



8. Arroyo Trementina, a tributary of the Rio Aquido Canigi and 

 Aquadas and Lagunitas along the Arroyo. 



9. Arroyo Chagalalina, also a tributary of the Rio Aquido Canigi. 



10. Toldocuc Estero, near Arroyo Chagalalina. 



11. Salamanca, a landlocked lagima on a mountain near the Arroyo 

 Pypucu, and between Rio Apa and Rio Aquidaban. 



12. Fazenda das Conchas, in a partially dried small laguna near 

 Rio Branco, Matto Grosso, Brazil. 



The collection contains also a series collected by Dr. Carl Ternetz 

 in the Paraguay at Asuncion and at Descalvados, Matto Grosso, Brazil, 



In the present paper we give a list of all the specimens received, 

 with descriptions of new species. We have also prepared a synopsis 

 of the genera of Cichlids. 



J- Coatribution from the Zoological Department of Indiana University, No. 56 . 

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