EIGENMANN: CATALOGUE OF FRESH WATER FISHES. 



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Signalosa atchafalayce Evermann & 



Kendal. 

 Habitat : Louisiana to Central America, 



in lowland streams emptying into 

 Gulf of Mexico. 



Family ELOPID^. 



TARPON Jordan & Evermann. ciennes), J. & E., 409. 



Type : Me galops atlanticus Cuvier & 



Valenciennes. 

 Range : Marine. 

 I. Tarpon atlanticus (Cuvier & Valen- 



Megalops elongatus Girard; Megalops 

 thrissoides Gunther. 



Habitat: Long Island to Brazil, enter- 

 ing rivers. 



Family OSTEOGLOSSID^. 



OsTEOGLOSSUM Vandelli. 



Ischnosoma Spix; Scleropages Gunther. 

 Type:. Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Van- 

 delli. 



Range: Tropical America; Australia 

 and the East Indian Archipelago. 



A I. Osteoglossum bicirrhosum Vandelli, 



Gunther, VII., 378. 



Osteoglossum vandellii Cuvier; O. aro- 

 wana Schomburgk; O. minus Valen- 

 ciennes. 



Habitat: Guianas to Para and Hual- 

 laga. 



Family ARAPAIMID^. 



ARAPAIMA Miiller. Sudis pirarucu Spix; Vastres cuvieri, 



Sudis Cuvier; Vastres Cuvier & Valen- mapce, agassizii, arapaima Cuvier & 



ciennes. Valenciennes. 



Type : Sudis gigas Cuvier. Habitat : Guiana to Bahia and the Pe- 



Range that of the single species. ruvian Amazon. 

 Al. Arapaima gigas (Cuvier), G. VII, 379. 



Order HAPLOMI, 

 Family PCECILIID^. 1 



CYNODONTICHTHYS Meek. 

 Type : Cynodontichthys tenuis Meek. 

 Range that of the single species, 

 i. Cynodontichthys tenuis Meek, 



Meek, 107. 

 Habitat : Oaxaca, Mexico. 



FUNDULUS Lacepede. 2 

 Type : Fundulus mudfish Lacepede. 

 Hydrargira Lacepede. 



Range : Central America, south to 

 Paraguay and Peru and north to Cape 



1 I am unable to locate Rhodeoides vaillanti Thomi- 

 not, Bull. Soc. Philom. (7), VIII, 150 (Magdalena 

 River, Bolivia). 



Cod and California. In fresh and 

 salt water, 

 i. Fundulus punctatus Gunther, 



Meek, 103. 

 F. guatemalensis Gunther; F. oaxac<E 



Meek. 



Habitat: Lakes Duefias, Amatitlan; 

 Rio Guacalate; western Ecuador; 

 Mexico. 

 2 Fundulus extensus Jordan & Gilbert, 



J. & E., 646. 

 Habitat : Lower California. 



1 Fundulus vinctus Jordan & Gilbert, Meek, 105. 



Habitat: Southern portion of Lower California. 



