FISHES FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. 
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Mujeres Island, about 3 miles off the east coast of Yucatan and about 40 miles 
north of Cozumel Island, is about 6 miles long- and one-fourth to H miles wide. It 
is separated from the mainland by shallow water, and is headquarters for the fisher- 
men of this coast. The fishes obtained here came from a small salt-water lagoon. 
At Cozumel Island, some 8 to 10 miles off the east coast of Yucatan and about 
40 miles south of Mujeres Island, only a few salt-water fishes were obtained. 
Various other small collections from Mexico have come into our hands from time 
to time, which we have studied in connection with the preparation of this paper. 
There is, first, a collection of 50 specimens representing 5 species obtained b} r Mr. 
Nelson in July and August, 1899, from the Rio Piedras Verdes and Lake Santa Maria, 
in Chihuahua, and 5 specimens representing 4 species collected at the same time in the 
Rio Piedras Verdes by Prof. C. H. Tyler Townsend and Mr. C. M. Barber, of Mesilla 
Park, N. Mex. We have also 2 species of Ghirostoma obtained in the market at 
Guadalajara in 1899, 3 species gotten in Lake Lerma at Lerma, State of Mexico, in 
1901, and one species bought in the market at Yau tepee. State of Morelos, in 1901, 
all from Dr. J. N. Rose. Then there are a few specimens representing 4 species 
which we have received through the kindness of Mr. Charles C. Deam, of Bluffton, 
Ind., who collected them in December, 1898, at Salina Cruz, Gulf of Tehuantepec; 
and lastly, 2 specimens of the very interesting species Anableps dovii , obtained by 
Mr. Nelson in April, 1896, from the Tehuantepec River at Tehuantepec City. 
All of these collections are reported upon in the present paper. 
The nomenclature and sequence of species in the following annotated list is that 
of Jordan & Evermann’s Fishes of North and Middle America:* 
1. Rhinobatus lentig-inosus Garman. Guitarro. 
One specimen, 18.5 inches iong, from Progreso, Yucatan, February 28, 1901. This is the most 
southern record for the species. 
2. Lepisosteus tropicus (Gill). Tropical Gar Pike. 
One specimen, 20 inches long, from Montecristo. Head 3.5; depth 9; eye 10.5; snout 1.75; lower 
jaw 2; interorbital 4; D. 5; A. 7; Y. 6; P. 12; scales 53, 17 rows from base of ventral upward and 
forward to and including median dorsal row. Body rather short and stout; snout short and broad, its 
length less than half that of head; upper jaw the longer; teeth sharp, those of upper jaw in 2 lateral 
rows; enlarged teeth of lower jaw in one row; eye small; fins moderate, origin of dorsal slightly behind 
that of anal; first dorsal ray about 1.5 in snout, with numerous small, sharp, supporting spines in 2 
rows on each side; similar supporting spines on all the fins; anal high, its longest ray 1.3 in snout. 
Color in alcohol, leaden silvery or plumbeous above, white on belly; no spots on body except a large 
one at base of caudal fin and 2 or 3 smaller indistinct ones in front of it; rays of dorsal, caudal, and 
anal dusky, the membranes pale; pectorals and ventrals pale. 
3. Felichthys marinus (Mitchill). Gaff-topsail; Sea Cat-fish. 
Two specimens, 10 and 12.75 inches long, from Progreso. Head 3.5 and 3.86; depth 4; eye 5; 
snout425; interorbital 1.5; D. i, 7; A. ii, 20or 21. The head is larger and the anal has 2 or 3 fewer rays 
than those heretofore recorded. 
4. Galeichthys felis (Linnaeus). Sea Cal-fisli. 
Two specimens, 9.5 and 10 inches long, from Progreso. Head 3.5; depth 5.5; eye 6; snout 3; 
interorbital 2.25; D. i, 7; A. 13 or 14; maxillary barbels reaching base of pectoral. 
*The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species of Fish-iike Vertebrates found in 
the Waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama, by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann; 
issued as Bulletin No. 47, U.S.N.M., 4 vols., pp. i-xxiv-|-1-1240, 1896; i-xxx+1241-2183, 1898; i-xxiv+2183a-3136 1898; and 
l-ci +3137-3313, plates i-cccxcii, 1900. 
