From William Yarrell   29 July 1845

Ryder Street | St. James

29 July 1845.

Dear Sir,

I have much pleasure in sending you the following report in answer to your enquiries of yesterday— Genus Prionotus, 4 species— Coast of New York 2— Co. of Carolina 1— Co. of Brasil 1—. these are independant of the new species made known by Mr Jenyns under the name of P. miles— from the Galapagos— diag Pritipoma—about 35 species— — India—11

Africa—8 The places are arranged Brasil—6 in the order of the West Ind.—4 number of species Red Sea—2

Chili—1

localities unknown—3

—— Besides the species of Mr. Jenyns—P. cantharina—Galapagos Latilus—4 species— India 1— Isle of France 1— Brasil 1— Valparaisoramme

In this case also Mr. Jenyns L. princeps from the Galapagos—is not included— diag Cossyphus. 15 species— India—10

Red Sea—3

Rio—1

Sandwich Isles—1

—— C. Darwini—Galapagos—not included— Gobiesox 3 species— Freshwater S. Amer—1 (Lepidogaster bimaculatus)— Britain—1

New Zealand—1

—— Besides Mr Jenyns’s G. marmoratus and

—pœcilopthalmus— 1 ramme

If this should not meet your object, let me know how I can mend it.

Yours very truly | Wm. Yarrell. Chas. Darwin Esqr.

CD annotations

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‘Chiloe & Galapagos’ added ink
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The species ascribed to Leonard Jenyns are those collected at the Galápagos by CD (see Fish). CD was evidently interested in the further distribution of other members of the Galápagos genera. In Journal of researches 2d ed., p. 390, he remarked that the Galápagos fish ‘belong to twelve genera, all widely distributed, with the exception of Prionotus, of which the four previously known species live on the eastern side of America.’

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-898,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-898