of the Island of Trinidad, W. I. 367 



Family III. 



SlLUROIDES. 



-Mystus. — 2 species. 

 The common catfish or machoiran, and the barbe, an inhabitant of 

 onr rivers. 



Callichthys. — 2 species. 

 Cascaradura, and a small fish found in clear streams. 



Hypostomus. — 1 species. 

 Anne Marie. 



Family IV. 

 Salmonides. 



Hydrocyon. — 2 species. 

 Fresh-water sardines. 



Family V. 

 Clupe^e. 



Frythrinus. — 2 species. 

 Guabine and yarrao, two fresh-water fishes ; the former very common 

 in ponds, ravines, and rivers ; the latter found only in clear rivulets. 



Order I1X — Apodal Malacopterygians. 

 Anguiliforms. 



Synbranchus. — 1 species. 

 Dog headed eel, or anguille-tete-chien, abundant in ponds and 

 ravines." 



As none of the above fishes are described, the only means 

 for their identification are in the notes of Dr. Leotaud, refer- 

 ring them to the vernacular names, which a person who has 

 resided in the island, or who has identified the species with 

 those names, can alone know. With this qualification, we will 

 now proceed to identify and refer them to their proper genera. 



The species known to the inhabitants of the island as the 

 " brochet," and referred to Gerres by Dr. Leotaud, belongs to 

 the genus Crenicichla of Heckel, of the family of Chromidoids. 



The " coutelas," or " cutlass fish," belongs to the genus Cara- 

 pus Cuv., of the family of Gymnotidae, and has no other rela- 



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