PROCEEDINQS 



OF THE 



WASHINGTON ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



Vol. II, pp. 161-184. August 20, 1900. 



RESULTS OF THE BRANNER-AGASSIZ 

 EXPEDITION TO BRAZIL. 



III. 



THE FISHES. 



By Charles H. Gilbert. 



During his connection with the Branner-Agassiz Expedition 

 to Brazil in the summer of 1899, Mr. A. W. Greeley made a 

 small but interesting collection of fishes from that part of the 

 coast lying between Mamanguape and Maceio. Most of the 

 specimens were purchased from fishermen at Pernambuco and 

 Maceio, but a few of the smaller kinds w^ere collected in the 

 tide-pools of the reefs. Of the 85 species obtained, 4 are here 

 described as new, and a number of little known forms are 

 redescribed. The collection is deposited in the Zoological 

 Museum of Stanford University. 



I take pleasure in expressing my indebtedness to Dr. J. C. 

 Branner, who, as leader of the expedition, encouraged in every 

 way the gathering of biological material. 



1. Ginglymostoma cirratum (Gmelin). 



A female about 12 feet long, obtained at Maceio, was found to con- 

 tain young, many of which were preserved. 



2. Mustelus canis (Mitchill). 

 Maceio. 



3. Scoliodon terraenovae (Richardson). 

 Maceio. 



4. Sphyma zygaena (Linnaeus). 

 Maceio. 



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