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dd. Dorsal and anal fins longer (D. 11-24 ; A, 24) ; pec- 

 toral fins longer, their tips reaching to sixth anal 

 ray. Color of head, body, and fins brown, with a 

 network of } r ellowish lines ; dorsal, anal, caudal 

 and pectoral fins with white margins. {Gunther.) 



Reticulata. 5. 



1. Thalassophryne punctata. 



Thalassophryne punctata Steindachner, Ichthyol. Beitrilge, v, 1876, 121 

 (Bahia ; Porto Segro.) 



Habitat. — Coast of Brazil. 



This species is known to us only from Steindachner's descrip- 

 tion. 



2. Thalassophryne amazonica. 



Thalassophryne amazonica Steindachner, Ichthyol. Beitriige, v, 1876, 

 113 (Amazon River). 



Habitat. — South America, Amazon Basin, in fresh water. 

 This species is known to us only from the description of Stein- 

 dachner. 



3. Thalassophryne nattereri. 



Thalassophryne nattereri Steindachner, Ichthyol. Beitriige, v, 1876, 115 

 (Para). 



Habitat. — Amazon Basin ; Para. 



This species is known to us only from the description of Stein- 

 dachner. 



4. Thalassophryne maculosa. 



'.' ? Batrachus (jronovii Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xii, 



1837, 482 (America). 

 ? ? Callionymus niqui Gronow, Cat. Fish., Ed. Gray, 1854, 45. 

 Thalassophryne maculosa Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 1861, 175 



(Puerto Cabello) ; Gunther, Fishes of Central America, 1869, 436, 



pi. 68, fig. 1 (Puerto Cabello). 



Habitat. — Eastern Coast of Central America ; Puerto Cabello. 



This species is known to us only from the description of Dr. 

 Gunther. 



Batrachus gronovii of Cuvier & Valenciennes = Gallionymus 

 niqui Gronow, perhaps, belongs to some species of this genus ; 

 but of this there can be no certainty, the descriptions are too 

 imperfect. 



