PEARSE FISHES OF LAKE VALENCIA, VENEZUELA 11 



LIST OF FISHES WITH REMARKS ON GEOGRAPHICAL 

 AND ECOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS 



Professor C. H. Eigenmann (1920) lists twenty-three species 

 of fishes from the Valencia basin. These fall into four groups 

 according to their geographic distribution. In the following 

 list colloquial names follow scientific names when they are 

 known: 



(1) Species widely distributed in South America: 

 Rhamdia quelen Quoy & Gaimard bagre. 

 Plecostomus plecostomus Linnaeus panaque. 

 Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch) guabina. 

 Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus) sardina. 

 Gymnotus carapo Linnaeus lamprea. 

 Symbranchus marmoratus Bloch anguila. 



(2) Species found in Trinidad: 



Chorydoras aeneus Gill plated nematognath. 

 Curimatus argenteus Gill cula. 

 Odontostilbe pulcher (Gill) sardina. 

 Lebistes reticulatus (Peters) sardina. 

 Aquidens pulcher (Gill) chusco. 



(3) Species ranging through Venezuela, Rio Meta, and 

 probably elsewhere. 



Pimelodella metae Eigenmann bagre. 

 Pimelodella tapatotoe Eigenmann bagre. 

 Cochliodon plecostomoides Eigenmann panaque. 

 Chaetostomus pearsei Eigenmann coroncho. 

 Chaetostomus guarensis Steind. coroncho. 

 Chaetostomus nudirostris Liitken. 

 Moenkhausia pittieri Eigenmann sardina. 

 Astyanax metae Eigenmann rabo de candela. 

 Gephyrocharax valenciae Eigenmann sardina. 

 Menidia venezulae Eigenmann. 

 Crenicichla geayi Pellegrin mataguaro. 



(4) Species found in the lake itself. All but two species 

 are also found in Classes 1 and 3. Hemigrammus marginatus 



