eigenmann: catalogue of fresh water fishes. 



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Sigiuiiosa aichafalaycr Evermann & in lowland streams emptying into 



I^endal. Gulf of Mexico. 



Habitat: Louisiana to Central America, 



Family ELOPID^. 



Tarpon Jordan & Evermann. ciennes) J. & E., 409. 



Type: Me galops atlantkus Cuvier & Mc galops elongatus Girard; Mcgalops 



Valenciennes. thrissoides Giinther. 



Range: Marine. Habitat: Long Island to Brazil, enter- 



I. Tarpon atlanticus (Cuvier & Valen- ing rivers. 



Family OSTEOGLOSSID^. 

 OSTEOGLOSSUM Vandelli. A I. Ostcoglossiim bicirrhosum Vandelli, 



Ischnosoma Spix; Scleropagcs Giinther. Giinther, VIL, 378. 



Type: Ostcoglossum bicirrhosum Van- Osicoglossum vanddlii Cuvier; O. aro- 



delli. ivana Schomburgk; O. minus Valen- 



Range: Tropical America; Australia ciennes. 



and the East Indian Archipelago. Habitat: Guianas to Para and Hual- 



laga. 



Famil\' A R A PA I M I D.E. 



Arapaima Muller. Sndis pirarucu Spix; Vasircs cuvicri, 



Sudis Cu\ier; Vastres Cuvier & Valen- mapa, agassisii, arapaima Cuvier & 



ciennes. Valenciennes. 



Type: Sudis gigas Cuvier. Habitat: Guiana to Bahia and the Pe- 



Range that of the single species. ruvian Amazon. 

 Ai. Arapaima gigas (Cu\ier), G. VII, 379. 



Order HAPLOMI, 

 Family PCECILIID^.i 

 Cynodontichthys Meek. Cod and California. In fresh and 



Type : Cynodontichthys tenuis Meek. salt water. 



Range that of the single .species. i. Fundulus punctatus Giinther, 



I. Cynodontichthys tenuis Meek, Meek 10^ 



Meek, 107. F. guatcmalcnsis Giinther; F. oaxaca 



Habitat: Oaxaca, Mexico. Meek. 



Fundulus Lacepede.- 

 Type : Fundulus mudfish Lacepede. 

 Hydrargira Lacepede. 



Range: Central America, south to 



Habitat: Lakes Duenas, Amatitlan; 

 Rio Guacalate; western Ecuador; 

 Mexico. 

 2 Fundulus extensus Jordan & Gilbert, 



Paraguay and Peru and north to Cape J ' ' "46- 



Habitat: Lower California. 



' I am unable to locate Rhodeotdes vaillantt Thomi- 



it, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7), VIII, 150 (Magdalena " l-'ii<idulus viiulus ]oriim & iiWhtri Meek, 105. 



iver, Bolivia). Habitat: Southern portion of Lower California. 



