FISHES 



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To the same group belongs the giant piraiba (Piratinga piraiba). Another fish, 

 the haimora {Macrodon trahira), is appreciated on account of its savoury flesh, but 

 dreaded on account of its sharp teeth. The piraya {Serramlmo pi r<< ya), although 



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ARAPAIMA, 



only a foot in length, attacks animals of every kind with great ferocity, and is 

 dangerous even to the larger mammals and man. Like the haimora, it belongs to the 

 family of the Characinidce, which replaces the carps and salmonoids in South America. 



LEl'IDOSIREN. 



In the family of toothed carps (Cyprinodontidce) the double-eyed fish {Anableps 

 tetrophthalmus) is unique in that its eyes are divided into two halves, of which 

 the upper one is adapted for vision in air and the lower one to see in water. The 



