INDEX TO VOLUME III. 



Page numbers italicized indicate the most important entry under the heading. The 



numbers with asterisks refer to text illustrations. Synonyms are in italics. The synonymy 



of the fishes is in accordance with the catalogue, pp. 376-484. All names of rivers in Latin 

 America are entered under "Rio." 



A BBOTT, CAPT. C. C., 88 



Abramites, 426 

 Abrocoma, 33 

 Abrothrix, 70 



Academy, Phila., of Nat. Sciences, 259, 

 539, 545, 546, 559, 563, 565, 579, 583, 

 586, 589, 591, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 

 602 

 Acanthicus, 405, 412 



hystrix, 322, 412 

 Acanthodoras, 393 

 Acanthophacelus, 458 



bifurcus, 458 



guppii, 328, 458 



melanzonus, 458 



reticulatus, 458 

 Acanthopoma, 246, 401 



annectens, 401 

 Acanthopterae, 463 

 Acanthopteri, 278 

 Acara, 336, 470, 471 



adspersa, 476 



brasiliensis, 471 



cognatus, 471 



compressus, 470, 471 



crassa, 473 



eras sis pinis , 470, 471 



desfontainii, 471 



diadema, 471 



dimerus, 471 



dorsigerus, 471 



filamentosus, 470, 471 



gronovii, 471,473 



gymnopoma, 479 



Acara hypostictus, 470 

 latifrons, 472 

 margarita, 470, 473 

 marginatus, 471, 473 

 513, nassa, 470, 471 



584, niloticus, 471 



601, ocellatus, 470, 471 



pallidus, 471 

 planifrons, 470 

 pulchra, 472 

 punctatus, 471 

 rectangularis, 474 

 surinamensis , 471 

 tcenia, 471 

 tetramerus, 470, 471 

 unicolor, 471 

 viridis, 471 

 vittatus, 471 



Acaropsis, 470, 471 



nassa, 326, 470, 471 



Acavidze, 613, 614, 631 



Acedia, 483 



Acentronichthys, 385 

 collettii, 348 

 leptos, 337, 385 

 surinamensis, 321, 385 



Acestra, 416 

 acus, 416 



Acestrocephalus, 447 

 anomalus, 316, 447 



Acestrorhamphinse, 256, 447 



Acestrorhamphus, 447 

 abbreviatus, 447 

 brachycephalus, 350, 447 

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