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Ch. ocotlane, Ch. lerme, Ch. chapale, Ch. grandocule, Ch. labarce, 
Ch. promelas, and Ch. bartont. A similar assemblage of species 
Fie. 170.—Pescado blanco, Chirostoma humboldtianwm (Val.). Lake Chalco, City 
of Mexico. 
nearly all different from these was obtained by Dr. Seth E. 
Meek in the lake of Patzcuaro, farther south. In this lake 
were found Ch. attenuatum, Ch. patzcuaro, Ch. humboldtianum, 
Ch. grandocule, and Ch. estor. The lake of Zirahuen, near 
Chapala, contains Ch. estor and Ch. ztrahuen. 
Still another species, Ch. jordant, is found about the city of 
Mexico, where it is sold baked in corn-husks. Along the coasts 
of Peru,.Chile, and Argentina is found still another assemblage 
of fishes of the king, with very small scales, constituting the 
genera Basilichthys and Gastropterus (Pisciregia). Basilichthys 
microlepidotus is the common Pesca del Rey of Chile. The 
small silversides, or ‘‘brit,’’ of our Atlantic coast belong to 
numerous species of Menidia, Menidia notata to the northward 
and llenidia menidia to the southward being most abundant. 
Fig. 171.—Silverside or Brit, Kirtlandia vagrans (Goode & Bean). Pensacola. 
Kirtlandia laciniata, with ragged scales, is common along the 
Virginia coast, and K. vagrans farther south. Another small 
species, very slender and very graceful, is the brook silver- 
