CHAP. XX.] FISHES. 455 



Family 82.— NOTOPTEEID^. (1 Genus, 5 Species.) 



" Fresh-water fishes, without barbels, head and body scaly, 

 long tapering tail, and short posterior dorsal fin." 



DiSTEiBUTiON. — Eivers of India, Siam, the Sunda Islands, and 

 West Africa. 



Family 83.— HALOSAUEID^. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



" Marine fishes, with cycloid scales, a short median dorsal fin, 

 and no barbels." 



Distribution. — Deep waters of the Atlantic, Madeira. 



Family 84.— GYMNOTID^. (5 Genera, 20 Species.) • 



" Fresh-water fishes, with elongate bodies, pointed tail, and no 

 dorsal fin." 



Distribution. — Tropical America from Trinidad to the Eiver 

 Parana. 



The genera are distributed as follows : — 



Sternarchus (8 sp.), Guiana and Brazil ; Mhamphichthys 

 (6 sp.), Guiana and Brazil ; Sternophygus (4 sp.), Tropical 

 America ; Carapus (1 sp.), Trinidad to Brazil ; Gymnotus, (1 sp. 

 — ^the Electric eel), Tropical South America. 



Family 85.— SYMBEANCHID^. (4 Genera, 6 Species.) 



" Marine and fresh- water fishes, having elongate bodies without 

 fins, and very minute scales or none." 



Distribution. — Fresh waters and coasts of Western Australia 

 and Tasmania. 



The genera are : — 



AmpJiipnous (1 sp.), Bengal; Monopterus (1 sp.), Siam to 

 Northern China and Sunda Islands ; Symhranchus (3 sp.), Tropical 

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