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Subgenus LOUICARIA Linnaeus. 



265. Loricaria variegata Steindacliner. 



Rio Mamoni, Panama. 



Loricaria variegata Steiudachner, Flussfisclie Sudan»er., i, 15, 1879, Rio 

 Mamoni, Panama. 



Genus 85. HEMIANCISTRUS Bleeker. 

 Hemiancistrus Bleeker, Tijdschr. Dierk., i, 78, 1863 {medians). 



266. Hemiancistrus guacharote (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Porto Rico. 



Hypostomns guacharote Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xv, 508, 

 1810, Porto Rico. 



267. Hemiancistrus aspidolepis (Giintlier). 



Veragua. 



Chafostomus aspidoJepis Glinther, Fishes Central Amer., 478, 1869, Veragua. 



Genus 86. CHiETOSTOMUS Kner. 



Cha'tostomus Kner, Hypostomiden, 272, 1853 (lohorhynchus). 



268. Chaetostomus fischeri Steindachner. Couchu. 



Rio IVIamoni, near Panama. 



Cha'tostomus fischeri Steindachner, Flusslische Siidamer., i, 14, 1879, Rio 

 Mamoni, Panama. 



Genus 87. ANCISTRUS Kner. 



Ancistrus Kner, Hyjiostomiden, 272, 1853 {drrhosua). 



269. Ancistrus chagresi Eigenmann & Eigenmann. 



Rio Chagres, Panama. 



Ancistrus chagresi Eigenmann & Eigenmann, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci. 1889, 47, Rio 

 Chagres, Panama. 



Order N. PLECTOSPONDYLI. The Carp-like Fishes. 



Suborder EVENTOGNATHI. The Carps. 



Family XXXVI. CATOSTOMIDiE. The Suckers. 



Genus 88, ICTIOBUS Raflnesque. Buffalo-fishes. 



Ictiobus Raflnesque, Ichth. Ohiensis, 55, 1820 (buialus). 



Subgenus SOLEBOGNATHUS Cuvier & Talenciennes. 



Sclerognathus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xvii, 477, 1844 

 {cyprinella). 



270. Ictiobus cyprinella (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Red-mouth Buffalo-fish ; Com- 



mon Buffalo-fish. 

 Mississippi Valley. 

 Sclerognathus cyprinella Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xvii, 477, 



1844, Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. 



Subgenus ICTIOBUS Raflnesque. 



271. Ictiobus urus (Agassiz). Mongrel Buffalo. 



Mississippi Valley. 



Carpiodes urus Agassiz, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts 1854, 355, Tennessee River, 

 Huutsville, Alabama. 



272. Ictiobus meridionalis (Giinther). 



Rio Usumaciuta, Guatemala. 



Sclerognathus meridionalis Giinther, Cat., vii, 23, 1868, Rio Usumacinta, Guate- 

 mala. 



