110 LÖNNBERG, LIST OF FISHES OBSERVED IN SOüTH-FLORIDA. 



of verv large sometimes not only american distribution as for 

 instance several sharks and pelagic fishes as species of Tylosurus, 

 Hemiraniphus, Scomberomorus a. o. To tlie same class may be 

 counted also fishes with so wide distribution, that they liave 

 been recorded from Cape Cod to Brazil as Trygon sayi, Stole- 

 phorus browni, Mugii brasiliensis etc. Of this class we have at 

 the coast of Florida about tM^enty species. 2) The second class 

 should embrace the fishes, about which the faunistic works say: 

 »distribution from Ca.pe Cod to Florida and Texas». This class 

 is represented by about 25 species of different families but none 

 of thera can of course be called a real northern fish although 

 they have their southern limit at Florida. 3) The third class 

 could be called »the Westindian» as it embraces fishes which 

 belong to this region and have their northern limit at the Flo- 

 rida-coast or occasionally a little further north. This class is 

 the largest and is represented by nearly 50 species. To this 

 belong Pristis, Urolophus, many species of the families Sparidae, 

 Serranidse, Labridse etc. 4) The fourth class should be that of 

 the for Florida characteristic fishes. But these are all or nearly 

 all small and little observed species and it is therefor uncertain 

 if they not in the future can be found at other coasts. They 

 are not very numerous either. Such ones are Harengula pensa- 

 colse, Chriodorus atherinoides, Atherina veliana, Menidia penin- 

 sulse, Gerres harengulus, Blennius asterias, Gobiesox virgatulus 

 etc. (Here as well as before I only talk about thera which I 

 have found rayself). From this is thus evident that in the 

 marine fishfauna of Florida the tropical components really are 

 ruling. But this is not the case in regard to the »ichthys» of 

 the freshwater. If we completely omit all marine fishes, which, 

 not few in number, ascend streams and rivers and sometimes 

 penetrate deep into the country, we can divide the real fresh- 

 water fishes of Florida into two classes. 1) Fishes with wide 

 distribution and which can be found far north from Florida. 

 To this belong Lepidosteus, Amia, most of the catfishes Erimy- 

 zon, Notemigonus, Dorosoma, the eel, Esox reticulatus, Labi- 



