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ther), Pomadasis branicki (Steindachner), Buccone 

 praedatoria (Jordan and Gilbert), Bairdiella ensi- 

 fera (Jordan and Gilbert), Xystaema cinereum 

 (Walbanm), Gerres brevimanus Gunther, Kyphosus 

 analogue (Gill), Pomacentrus rectifraenum Gill, 

 Nexilarius concolor (Gill), Abudefduf mauritii (L.), 

 Chaetodipterus zonatus (Girard) , Pom acanthus zoni- 

 pectus (Gill), Holacanthus passer Valenciennes, 

 Batistes naufragium Jordan and Starks, S pheroides 

 annulatus (Jenyns), Tetrodon hispidus L. Eumyc- 

 terias punctatissimus (Gunther), Scorpaena histrio 

 Jenyns, S. mystes Jordan and Starks, Philypnus lat- 

 eralis Gill, Dormitor maculatus (Bloch), Mapo so- 

 porator (Valenciennes), Paralichthys woolmani Jor- 

 dan and Williams. 



Henry W. Fowler, 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



A COLLECTION OF FOOD-FISHES FROM 

 ARGENTINA. 



The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia received during the past summer a collection of 

 the larger and more important food-fishes from the 

 Argentina government. Though no definite locality 

 is assigned, the specimens were doubtless obtained at 

 Buenos Aires: 



Mustelus mustelus (L.), Luciopimelodus pati 

 (Valenciennes), Pimelodus albicans (Valenciennes), 

 Pseudoplayty stoma coruscans Agassiz, Doras granu- 

 losis Valenciennes, Loricaria arms Valenciennes, Pt'o- 

 chilodus platensis Holmberg, Salminus brevidens 

 (Cuvier), Menidia bonariensis Valenciennes, Mugil 

 brasiliensis Agassiz, Sarda sarda (Bloch), Seriola 

 rivoliana Valenciennes, Trachinotus glaucus (Bloch), 

 Pomatomiis saltatrioc (L.), Perona signata (Jen- 

 yns) , Poly prion oxygenius ( Schneider) , Acanthistius 

 patagonicus (Jenyns), Spar us pagrus L. Cynoscion 

 striatus (Cuvier), Sagenichthys ancylodon (Schnei- 

 der), Micropogon opercularis (Quoy and Gaimard), 



