EIGENMANN : CATALOGUE OF FRESH WATER FISHES. 



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Family SOLEID^. 



ACHIRUS Lacepede. 



Frinectes Rafinesque; Grammichthys, 

 Monochirus Kaup ; Baiostoma Bean. 

 Type : A chirus fasciatus Lacepede. 

 Range : Marine and fresh water. 



1. Achirus klunzingeri (Steindachner), 



J. & E. t 2697. 



Habitat: Panama to Guayaquil, enter- 

 ing rivers. 



2. Achirus mazatlanus (Steindachner), 



J. & E., 2698. 



Habitat : Pacific slope of Mexico, en- 

 tering rivers. 

 A3. Achirus lineatus (Linnaeus), 



J. & E., 2697. 



Monochir maculipinnis Agassiz. 

 Habitat: Florida Keys and the West 

 Indies to Uruguay ; all streams from 

 Cayenne to La Plata; ascending the 

 Amazon to Tabatinga. 



4. Achirus fonsecensis (Giinther), 



J. & E., 2699. 



Habitat: Pacific coast of tropical 

 America, entering rivers. 



5. Achirus fischeri (Steindachner), 



J. & E., 2699. 

 Habitat: Mamone River near Panama. 



6. Achirus garmani Jordan, 



Jordan & Goss, 1899, 314. 

 Habitat: Rio Grande do Sul. 



7. Achirus fasciatus Lacepede, 



J. & E., 2700. 



Habitat : Atlantic coast, north of the 

 Isthmus of Tehuantepec; ascending 

 rivers. 



8. Achirus jenynsii (Gunther), 



Giinther, IV, 476. 

 Achirus lorentzi Weyenbergh. 



Habitat: La Plata to Paraguay. 



ACHIROPSIS Steindachner. 



Type: Achiropsis natter eri Steindach- 

 ner. 



Range : Rio Negro to Goyaz. 

 Ai. Achiropsis nattereri Steindachner, 



Steindachner, 1876, V, no. 

 Habitat: Rio Negro. 

 A2. Achiropsis asphyxiatus Jordan, 



Jordan & Goss, 1889, 318. 

 Habitat : Goyaz. 



APIONICHTHYS Kaup. 

 Soleoialpa Gunther. 



Type: Apionichthys dumerilii Kaup. 

 Range : South America. 

 Ai. Apionichthys unicolor (Gunther), 



Gunther, IV, 489. 

 Apionichthys dumerilii Kaup; A. nebu- 



losus Peters. 



Habitat: Surinam; Amazon, near Obi- 

 dos. 



SYMPHURUS Rafinesque. 

 Bibronia Cocco; Plagusia Cuvier; Apho- 

 ristia Kaup ; Glossichthys Gill ; 

 Amonopleurops Gunther; Acedia 

 Jordan. 



Type : Symphurus nigrescens Rafin- 

 esque. 



Range: Marine. 



I. Symphurus plagusia Bloch & Schneider, 



Gunther, IV, 490. 



Achirus ornatus Lacepede; Plagusia 

 tessellata Quoy & Gaimard ; Plagusia 

 brasiliensis Agassiz. 

 Habitat: La Plata. 



