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TRINIDAD. 



Family III. — continued. 



Callichthys. 2 species, (a) 

 Hypostomus. 1 species, 

 (b) 



Family IV. 

 Salmonides — 



Hydrocyon. 2 species. 



(c) 

 Saurus. 1 species. 



Family V. 

 Clupes9 — 



Clupea. 1 species, (d) 



Odontognathus. 1 spe- 

 cies. 



Engraulis. Several spe- 

 cies, (e) 



Butyrinus. 1 species. 

 Butyrinus Banana.ii) 



Erythrinus. 2 species, 

 (g) 



Family VI. 

 Sub-brachians — 



Flat fishes. 



(a) Cascaradura, and a small fish found in clear streams. 



(b) Anne-Marie. 



(c) Fresh- water sardines. 



(d) Cailleu-tassart. 



(e) Anchovies. 



(f) Banana, or banane. 



(g) Guabine and yarrao, two fresh-water fishes ; the former very common in 

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



(h) Sole, 

 i) Pilot-fish. 



Family VI.— continued. 

 Solea. 1 species, (h) 

 Echeneis. 1 species, (i) 



Order III. — Apodal - Malaco- 



PTERYGIANS. 



Anguilliforcns — 



Murcena. 1 species, (j) 

 Symbranchus. 1 species. 

 (k) 

 Order IV.— Lophobranchii. 

 Syngnathus. 1 species. 

 Hippocampus. 1 spe* 

 cies. (1) 



Order V. — Plectognathi. 

 Family I. 

 Gymnodontes — 



Diodon. 1 species, (m) 

 Tetrodon. Several spe- 

 cies, (n) 



Family II. 

 Sclerodermes — 



Batistes. 1 species. 

 Ostracion. 1 species. 



j) Conger-eel, or congre. 



(k) Dog-headed eel, or anguille-tete-chien, abundant in ponds and ravines. 



(1) Hippocamp. 



(m) Mailed-fish, or poisson-arme. (n) Chouf-chouf , poisonous. 



There are, besides the above-mentioned genera, several others 

 which have not yet been ascertained ; they must, however, be 

 few. I will say nothing of the varied forms of our fishes, 

 because it would be but to mutilate what has been written in 

 professional works on the subject. Their habitat, utility, and 

 the noxious properties of a few, are nevertheless matters of 

 interest, and which require some elucidation. 



As to habitat, I will separate the fresh-water from the salt- 

 water fishes. The former are few in number ; they are the pike 

 (Gerres), the cutlass (Trichiurus) , poecilia, barbe {Mgstus), casca- 

 raduras [Calliclithyi),. Anne-Marie (Hypostomus) , sardines (Hy- 

 drocyon), guabine and yarrao (Erythrinus), dog-headed eel 



