64 FAUNA OF THE SOUTH. 
The following catalogue of tlie fishes of the Southwest, 
prepared by Professor Agassiz, is regarded as an exhaustive 
classification : 
PLACOIDS. 
Bajm. 
POPTTLAB NAME. SCrBNTIFlO NAME. 
Sting-ray, Trygon Sabina. Les. 
Saw-fish, Pristis pectinatus. Lath. 
GANOIDS. 
Sturiones. 
Shovelnose sturgeon, Scaphirhynchus platirhynchus. 
Spoonbill sturgeon, Polyodon folium. Lac. 
Sauroids. 
Alligator gar, Lepidosteus spatula. Lac. 
u * 
Pike gar, " - 
Black gar, " Ohasei. Wailes. 
CcBlacanths. 
Mud-fish, Amia calva. 
Ostraciontes. 
Cow-fish, Ostracion * 
Gymnodontes. 
, Diodon inaculato-striatus. Mitch. 
Siluroids. 
Oat-fish, salt water, Galeichthys marinus. Cm. 
" " Arius Milberti. Guv. 
" fresh water, Pimelodus coerulescens. Haf. 
" " " limosus. Haf. 
* Species not yet identified. 
