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desthes, Pomoxys, Chsenobryttus, Enneacantlius, Lepomis palli- 

 dus and Micropterus. Some other ones do not extend so far 

 north, but go at least to South Carolina as Zygonectes chryso- 

 tus, Garabusia, Girardinus and Lepomis holbrooki. All in all 

 this class will erabrace about a quarter of a hundred. The 

 second class should include the typical Floridafishes, but they 

 are only half as many. To them belong Amiurus erebennus, 

 Jordanella, Fundulus seminolis and ocellaris, Zygonectes hen- 

 shalli and craticula, Lucania goodei, Elassoma evergladei, Lepo- 

 mis punctatus and mystacalis. A few are found in Florida and 

 also in Georgia as Notropis roseus, Etheostoma quiescens. Mol- 

 lienesia latipinna extends westward to Mexico and Lepidosteus 

 tristsechus southwards to Cuba and Central America. As this 

 second class however is not but about half as large as the first, 

 the freshwaterfauna of Florida with respect to the fishes can be 

 said to have originated from the North and is thus not tropical. 

 This is the more the case as raost of even these freshAvater 

 fishes that are typical for Florida have relatives belonging to 

 the same genera in other parts of North America. 



After this foregoing remarks I will enumerate the difterent 

 species and give some short notes about the localities etc. 



Cardiarhimis terrcn novoe RiCHARDSON. »White shark», 

 »Sandshark>;. Common round the Keys. 



I saw several other larger species of sharks but I only 

 caught this one. Several specimens of the sandshark were 

 speared in shallow vvater with the »grain». Ou one of them I 

 procured a specimen of Pontobdella and in the intestines of 

 another one a strobila of a Tetrarhynchus. 



Sphyrna tiburo (LiNNÉ). »Bonnet head». Rather common. 



Pristis pectinatus Latham. Common at the coast of South- 

 Florida as at Punta Gorda and other places where smaller 

 specimens often are caught on hook and line. 



Rhinobahis lentiginosus GORMAN. Not quite uncommon 

 round the Keys. 1 bought one specimen in the market at Key 

 West and speared another one with the »grain» in a shallow 



