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1211. Pimelodus clarias (Bloch). 



Rio Mamoni (Panama) and southeastward to Rio de la Plata. 



Silurus clarias Linnipus, Syst. Nat., ed. X, 1758, 306, in part, not the 



type. 

 Pirnelodus 7naculaius Laccpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 1803, 94, 107, 



Rio de la Plata. 

 Piramutana blochii Giinther, Cat., V, 1864, III, Cayenne; Surinam. 

 Pimelodus rigidus Spix, in Agassiz, Pise. Brasil., 1829, 19, Brazil. 

 Pimelodus macronema Bleeker, Silures de Suriname, 1864, 79, pi. 14, 



Surinam. 

 Pseudaroides vantherinus Liitken, Meddel, Nat. Hist. Forem., 1874, 



Nos. 1, 2, p. 194, Venezuela. 

 Pseudorhamdia piscatrix Cope, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soe. Phila., XI, 1870, 



569, Pebas. 

 Piramutana macrospila Giinther, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 5th ser., 



VI, July, 1880, 10, PI. II, Pirana, Rio de la Plata. 

 Megalonema punctatum Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 



ZooL, X, 1913, 77, Rio Tuyra, Marrigante, Panama. 

 Megalonema robusium Meek and Hildebrand, loc. cit., 78, Rio Tuyra, 



Marrigante, Panama. 



Genus 387. TRACHCOEYSTES Bleeker. 



Trachcorystes Bleeker, Vissch. Ind. Archipel. Siluri, 1858, 20 {T. tijpus 



Bleeker) . 

 Parauchenipierus Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., I, 1863, 7 {Silurus 

 galeatus L.). 



1212. Trachcorystes amblops (Meek and Hildebrand). 



Rio Tuyra Basin, Panama. 



Fdichllnjs amblops .Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 Zool., X, 1913, 77, Rio Tuyra, Marrigante, Panama. 



Genus 388. AGENEIOSUS Lacepede. 



Ageneiosus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., V, 1803, 132 (.4. urmatus 

 ha.c6p^dc = Silurus mililaris Linnieus). 



Pseudageneiosus Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., I, 1863, 14 {Age- 

 neiosus brevifdis Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



1213. Ageneiosus caucanus Steindaclincr. 



Lower Rio Tuyra, Marrigante, Panama. 



Ageneiosus caucanus Steindachner, Denkschr. Kais Akad. Wiss Wien 

 XLI, 1880, 61, Pi. VI, figs. 1, 2, Rio Cauca, Panama. 



Family 95. PYGIDIID^ 



Genus 389. PYGIDIUM Meyen. 



I'ligidiuiii Meyen, Reise in Peru, I, 1835, 475 {P. fuscum Meyen). 



1214. Pygidium striatum Meek and Hildebrand. 



Upper Tuyra Basin, Panama. 



Pygidium slrialum Meek and Hildebrand, Field. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 Zool., X, 1913, 78, Rio Cana, Cana, Panama. 



Family 96. ASTROBLEPID.ffl 



Genus 390. ASTROBLEPUS 3' Humboldt. Cave cal fishes. 



Aslroblepus Humboldt, Obs. Zool. Phil. Mag., XXIV, 1806, 19, 331 



(A. grixalvii Humboldt). 

 Cyclopium Swainson, Nat. Hist. Fish., Amphib., etc., II, 1839, 305 



(Pimelodus cyclopum Humboldt = C'2/do/num humboldti Swain.son). 

 Arges Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hi.st. Nat. Poiss., XV, 1840, 333 



{A. sabalo Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 Brontes Cuvier and Valenciennes, loc. cit., 341 {B, prenadilla Cuvier and 



Valenciennes, preoccupied) . 

 Slrephon Gistel, Thierreich., VIII, 1848 {Brontes prenadilla Cuvier 



and Valenciennes, preoccupied). 

 Stygogenes Giinther, Cat., V, 1864, 223 {S. humboldti Giinther). 



* According to EigeomanD, all these names belong to the same genus 



