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FAMILY III. continued. 



Callichthys.2 species, (a) 

 Hypostomus. 1 spe- 

 cies, (b) 



Salmonides. 



Clupeae. 



FAMILY IV. 



Hydrocyon. 2 spe- 

 cies, (c) 

 Saurus. 1 species. 



FAMILY V. 



Clupea. 1 species, (d) 



Odontognathus. 1 spe- 

 cies 



Engraulis. Several spe- 

 cies, (e) 



Butirinus. 1 species 

 Butirinus Banana, (f) 



Erytkrinus. 2 spe- 

 cies, (g) 



FAMILY VI. 



Sub-brachians. 



Flat-fishes. 



Solea. 1 species, (h) 



FAMILY VI. continued. 



Echeneis. 1 species, (i) 



ORDER III. APODAL-MALACOP- 



TERYGIANS. 



Anguilliforms. 



Muraena. 1 species, (j) 

 Synbranchus. 1 spe- 

 cies, (k) 



ORDER IV. LOPHOBRANCHII. 



Syngnathus. 1 species. 

 Hippocampus. 1 spe- 

 cies. (1) 



ORDER V. PLECTOGNATHI. 



FAMILY I. 

 Gymnodontes. 



Diodon. 1 species, (m) 

 Tetraodon. Several 

 species, (n) 



FAMILY II. 



Sclerodermes. 



Balistes. 1 species. 

 Ostracion, 1 species. 



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 



(<i) 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) Pilote-fish. 

 j) Conger-eel, or congre. 



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

 1) Hippocamp. 



m) Mailed-fish, or poisson-arme'. 

 n) Chouf-chouf, poisonous. 



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