TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 105 



— ^Anabantidae. 



Climbing Perch, Anahas scandens, from India 



(still living) 8 years 



OSPHROMENIDAE. 



Paradise Fisli^ Polyacanthu.s viridi-auyatu.s, from East 



Indies -i years 



Gourami, sphromenus olfax, from East Indies l years 



Dwarf Gourami, Trichogaster lalius, from East Indies 2 years 



CICHLIDS— CiCHLIDAE. 



Black-banded Chromide, Cichlasoma nig rof as data, from 



Brazil 1 year 



Chancito, C. hedricki, from Mexico 3 years 



Chancito, Cichlasoma sp., from Mexico 3 years 



Acara himaculata, from Brazil 2 years 



Ladder Fish or Brazilian Half-Moon Fish, Pterophyl- 



lum scalare, from Amazon River 2 years 



GOBIES— GociiDAE. 



Gohiiis pleiirosiigma, from Java 5 months 



*Boleophthalmus , sp. from Java 5 months 



*Sleeper, Dormitatoi- maculatus, from Porto Rico 



(still living) 10 months 



*Found also in brackish water. 



FISHES (Pisces) 



Salt Water — Local 



CYCLOSTOMES. 



(Lampreys and Hags) 



LAMPREYS — Petromyzonidae. 



Lamprey Eel, Petromyzon marinus 9 months 



ELASMOBRANCHS. 



(Sharks, Skates and Rays) 



REQUIEM SHARKS— Galeidae. 



Grayfish, Mustelus canis 2 years 



Blue Shark, Carcharhinus milberti (Received in poor 



condition) 3 weeks . 



HAMMERHEADED SHARKS— Sphyrnidae. 



Hammerhead Shark, Sphyrna zygaena (Received in 



poor condition) 1 weel< 



SAND SHARKS— Carcharidae. 



Sand Shark, C archarias littoralis 2 vears 



