TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 105 



— Anabantidak. 



Climbing Perch, Anahas scandens, from India 



(still living) 8 years 



OSPHROMENIDAE. 



Paradise P'ish, Polyacanthus vindi-auratus, from East 



Indies i years 



Gourami, Osphromenus olfajc, from East Indies ^ years 



Dwarf Gourami, Trichogaster lalius, from East Indies 2 years 



CICHLIDS— CiCHLIDAE. 



Black-banded Chromide, Cichlasoma nigrofasciata, from 



Brazil 1 year 



Chancito^ C. hedricki, from Mexico 3 years 



Chancito, Cichlasoma sp., from Mexico 3 years 



Acara bimaculata, from Brazil 2 years 



Ladder P'ish or Brazilian Half-Moon Fish, Pteropht/l- 



lum scalare, from Amazon River 2 years 



GOBIES— GoBiiDAE. 



Gohhis pleurosticjma, from Java ^ months 



*BoleophihaImus, sp. from Java 5 months 



*Sleeper, Dormitator maculatus, from Porto Rico 



(still living) 10 months 



*Found also in brackish water. 



FISHES {Pisces) 



Salt Water — Local 



CYCLOSTOMES. 



(Lampreys and Hags) 



LAMPREYS — Petromyzonidae. 



Lamprey Eel. Petromtizon mariuiis 9 months 



ELASMOBRANCHS. 



(Sharks, Skates and Rays) 



REQUIEM SHARKS— Galeidae. 



Grayfish, Mustelus canis 2 years 



Blue Shark, Carcharhinus milberti (Received in poor 



condition) 3 weeks 



HAMMERHEADED SHARKS^Sphyrnidae. 



Hammerhead Shark, Sphynra zijgaena (Received in 



poor condition) 1 weels 



SAND SHARKS— Carcharidae. 



Sand Shark, Carcharias littoralis 2 years 



