164 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 19 62 



FISHES 



NEOCERATODONTOIDEI 

 Family and common name Scientific name Number 



Protopteridae : 



African lungfish Protopterus annectens 2 



OSTARIOPHYSOIDEI 



Characidae : 



Piranha Scrrasahniis niger 1 



Metynnis Metynnis rooseveltii 1 



Black tetra Gymnocorymbus ternctzi 1 



Cyprinidae : 



Zebrafish BracJiydanio rerio 4 



Tiger barb Puntius partipentazona 2 



White Cloud Mountain fish Tanichthys alioniiies 8 



Electrophoridae : 



Electric eel Electrophorus electricus 8 



Gymnotidae : 



African knifefish Sternarchella schotti 1 



CYPRINODONTOIDEI 



PoecQiidae : 



Flag-tailed guppy LeMstes reticulatus 10 



Guppy Lehistes reticulatns 15 



Black mollie Mollienesia latipinna 3 



Platy, or moonfish XiphopJwrus maculatus 2 



PERCOMORPHOIDEI 



Anabantidae : 



Climbing perch Analas testudincus 3 



Cichlidae : 



Peacock cichlid Astronotus ocellatus 1 



Egyptian mouthbreeder HaplocJiromis multicolor 3 



African mouthbreeder Pclmatochromis helladorsalis — 2 



Angelfish Pterophyllum eimekei 2 



Jack Dempsey fish Cichlasotna liocellatum 8 



Jewelfish Ucmichromis iimaculatus 1 



Loricariidae : 



South American catfish Plecostomus plecostomus 2 



ARTHROPODS 

 DECAPODA 



Cenobitidae : 



Land hermit crab CoenoHta cJypeatus 23 



Gecareinidae : 



Florida blue land crab Cardisoma guanhumi 2 



ARANEroA 



Theridiidae : 



Black-widow spider Latrodectus mactans 1 



Aviculariidae : 



Tarantula Eurypelma sp 1 



