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MR. C, TATE REGAN ON 



[Apr. 10, 



1. On the Fresb-water Fishes of the Island of Trinidad, 

 based on the collection, noteSj and sketches made by 

 Mr. Lechmere Guppy, Junr. By C. Tate Regan, 

 B.A., F.Z.S. 



[Received Jiimiary 26, 19U6.] 

 (Plates XXI.-XXV.*) 



The Fi-esh-water Fishes of the Island of Trinidad, West Indies, 

 formed the subject of an important memoir by Dr. Th. Gill t in 

 1858. The following is a list of the species which he described, 

 together with the names used to designate them in the present 

 paper : — 



Polj'centrus schomburgkii. 

 Gobius fasciatus. 

 Acara pulchra. 

 Cichlosoma bimaculatum. 

 Crenicichla saxatilis. 

 Pimulodus wilsoni. 

 Callichthys kneri. 



„ littoralis. 



„ thoracatus. 



Cor^'doras aeiieus. 

 Plecostomus guacari. 

 Ancistrns trinitatis. 

 Macrodon trahira. 

 Erythvinus unita;niatus. 

 Tetragoiiopterus maculatus. 



„ tiEiiiurus. 



Chirodon pulcher. 

 Tetragoiiopterus unilineatus. 

 Cui'imatus argenteus. 



Polycentrus tricolor Gill 

 Cteiiogobius fasciatus Gill 

 Cychlasoina pulchrum Gill 



„ tajiiia lieim. 



Crenicichla frouata Gill 

 Pimelenotus wilsoni Gill 

 Callichthys kncri Gill 

 Hoplosteruum laivigatuiii Val. 



„ stevardii Gill 



Hoplosoma luneum Gill 

 H3'postomus robinii C. ^^ V. 

 Aiicistrus guacharote C. ^' V. 

 Macrodon fcrox Gill 

 Erythrinus ciiiereus Gill 

 Puecilurichthys brevoortii Gill 



„ taeiiiurus Gill 



„ pulcher Gill 



,, unilineatus Gill 



Curiniatus argenteus Gill 

 Stevardia alliipinnis Gill 

 Corynopoma riisei Gill 



„ veedonii Gill 



Nematopoma searlesii Gill I 



In Dr. Gunther's Catalogue of Fishes (1859-1870) a little 

 C3'prinodont was described from Trinidad nnder the name 

 Girardiniis gupx>yi t, and in 1873 and 1874 the late Prof. 

 Liitken § published some critical notes on the Siluroid and 

 Cliai-acinid fishes described by Dr. Gill. 



The present paper deals with a collection made by Mr, Lechmere 

 Guppy, Junr., who has followed out a sitggestion made by 

 Mr. Boulenger to such good purpose that he has sent to the 

 British Museum a series of well-preserved specimens representing 

 thirty-live species, including all but three of those which have 

 previously been described from the island. He has also sent 



* For explanation of the Plates, see p. 393. 



t Ann. Lye. N. York, vi. pp. 363-430. 



X This species was named after Mr. L. Guppy, Seiir. 



§ Vid. Medd. Kjobenhavu, 1873, pp. 214-217, and 1874, pp. 220-240. 



• = Corynopoma riisii. 



