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Genus 85. ATRACTOSTEUS Rafinesque. Alligator gars. 



Litholepis Rafinesque, Amcr. Month. Mag., Ill, 1S18, 447 (L. adam' 



antinus Rafinesque), based oa a fancy painting by Audubon of an 



imaginary fish. 

 Atradosteus Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 72 {Lepisosteus ferox 



Rafinesque). 



194. Atractosteus spatula (Lacepede). Mississippi alligator gar. 



Lower Mississippi Valley in the larger streams, reaching a length of 5 



feet or more. 

 Lepisosteus spatula Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 333, no locality. 

 Lepisosteus {Atradosteus) ferox Rafinesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 1820, 73. 



Ohio River. 

 Lepidosteus (Atradosteus) herlandieri Girard, Pac. R. R. Surv., X, pt. 4, 



Fishes, 1858, 353, Tamaulipas. 

 Atradosteus lucius Dumeril, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1870, 364, Tampico, 



Mexico. 



195. Atractosteus tristoechus (Bloch and Schneider). Cuban alligator gar; 



Matijuari. 

 Rivers of Cuba. 

 Esox tristoechus Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 1801, 395, Cuba, 



after Manjuari of Para. 

 Lepidosteus manjuari Poey, Memorias, I, 1860, 273, Cuba. 



196. Atractosteus tropicus Gill. 



Central America; Nicaragua. 



Atractosteus tropicus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XV, 1863, 172, 

 streams near Panama. 



Order M. HALECOMORPHI 



Family 36 AMIID^. Bowfins 



Genus 86. AMIA Linnseus. 



Amia LinniBUs, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766, 500 (A. calva); not of Gronow, 



1763, which is a nonbinomial name for Apogon. 

 Amiatus Rafinesque, Anal. Nat., 1815, 88 {A. calva); substitute for 



Aynia regarded as too short for symmetry. 



197. Amia calva Linnaeus. Bowfin; John A. Grindle; Mudfish; Laivyer; Poisson 



de marais; Choupiquel (Louisiana). 

 Great Lakes, Mississippi Valley to Virginia, Florida, and Texas, in 



lakes and sluggish streams. 

 Amia calva Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. XII, 1766, 500, Charleston, S. C. 

 Atnia ocellicauda Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer., Ill, 1836, 236, Lake 



Huron, male. 

 Amia occidentalis DeKay, New York Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 269, St. 



Marys River, Mich. 

 Amia marmorata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XIX, 



1846, 412, New Orleans. 

 Amia ornata LeSueur, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 420, Chi- 



bault, Mississippi River. 

 Amia viridis LeSueur, loc. cit., 421, New Orleans. 

 Amia canina Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 424, Lake Erie; after 



Kirtland. 

 Amia lentiginosa Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 426; after Bonna- 



terre; no locality. 

 Amia suhcsendea Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 427, New Orleans. 

 Amia cinerea Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 430, Charleston, S. C. 

 Amia reticulata LeSueur, loc. cit., 431, Wabash River. ^ 



Amia thompsoni Dumeril, loc. cit., II, 1870, 419, Lake Champlain. 

 Amia piquotii Dumeril, loc. cit., 1870, 423. upper Mississippi. 



