GARONNE

ancient Garumna (44° 41’ N., O° 20’ W.), river, S.W. France; rises in Pyrenees, flows N.N.W., enters Bay of Biscay; length, c. 350 miles; navigable to ‘Toulouse; chief affluents, Tarn, Lot, Dordogne, Save, Gers, Baise. osteidae), long, slender, ganoid fishes with enameled scales, armored head, and skeleton well o ifled. There are four or five species found only in the fresh waters of southeastern N. America, Central America, and Cuba. They are extremely voracious and exceedingly destructive to young fishes, and hence are detested by fishermen. The best known is the long-nosed Gar Pike (Lepidosteus o eus). There are many fo il representatives of the family.