OFFICE OF 
SUPERINTENDENT 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
January 24, 1927. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
In reply to yours of the 19th, in regard to fish 
of Haiti, the name of the one I described to you has 
slipped from my memory. It looks very much like one 
of the genus Gobioscx, a short, thick, subtriangular 
fish with the pectorals modified into clinging organs. 
These were very common in the streams. 
that 
'ormerly, when the Hamburg line was running.regu¬ 
larly into the Haiti , numbers of fishes were imported 
into Germany. But looking through the list of those 
have been in American aquariums for the past several years, 
only one genus, Linia, is listed as coming from the Island. 
There is a large and growing interest in the collect¬ 
ing and breeding of' tropical fresh water fishes. There^ 
are a few that you might call standard species that most 
people have, and a few unusual species. I am sure that 
one small Negro boy employed for a week or less , would 
secure a lot of things that would be of great interest. 
■d 00 1s and still water should be better hunting grounds 
than the streams. 
Dishes could be shipped in kerosene tins about three- 
eighths full of water and would need no care at all on 
the voyage up. A little water weed might be good, as 
‘well as interesting. I am willing to give, pe ally* 
'*25 to cover the cost of collecting and shipping tnese,^ 
more if necessary. I assure you that any specimens that 
you might get would be appreciated not only by me, but 
by other aquarium keepers. 
Dr. A. Wetmore, 
Assistant Secretary, 
Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington, D. C. 
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