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Show 1 9 0 5 . ] FISHES OF THE FAMILY CICIILID^. 1 6 5 posterior part of body and the caudal fin ; a blackish ocellus on the upper part of the base of caudal. Guiana. 1. (282 mm.) Surinam. Mr. Kappler. 1 1 . C r e n ic ic h l a s t r ig a t a . (Plate X V . fig. 1.) Crenicichla johanna, var. vittata (non C. vittata Heck.) Giinth. Cat. Fish. iv. p. 306 (1862). Crenicichla johanna, var. strigata Giinth. I.e. Crenicichla brasiliensis, var. strigata Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1903, p. 381 (1904). ? Crenicichla brasiliensis, var. vittata Pellegr. t. c. p. 383, fig. Depth of body 4|- 5^- in the length, length of head 3-^-3^-. Diameter of eye 4^-5^ in the length of head, length of snout 3^--3|, interorbital width 3f-4i. Nostril nearly equidistant from eye and extremity of snout. Maxillary extending to below anterior margin of eye, depth of prseorbital 4 the diameter of eye. Anterior teeth forming 5-7 series in the upper jaw, 4 or 5 in the lower. About 10 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. Scales denticulated, except on the head, the lower parts of thorax and abdomen and anteriorly above the lateral line, 110-125 03.39, 93-108 in a longitudinal series below the lateral line, 9-11 between last dorsal spine and lateral line, 5 or 6 between upper and lower lateral lines. Lateral line 25-28 +13-15. Dorsal X X I I -X X 1 I I 17, the spines subequal from the eighth, the last j the length of head. Anal III 11. Pectoral -j, ventral ^-| tlie length of head. Caudal peduncle as long as or longer than deep. Olivaceous, with blackish markings; a stripe from the snout through the eye to the extremity of operculum, giving rise to two which run along the middle of the side of the body and unite to form a dark spot on the base of caudal, from which a single stripe runs to the extremity of caudal; a stripe along the upper lateral line ; on each side of the base of the dorsal a series of spots or rings are connected by a longitudinal stripe ; upper part of head spotted ; vertical fins with marginal bands. In the young the 2 stripes from operculum to caudal form the edges of a dark longitudinal band, whilst the caudal spot is indistinct. R. Amazon. 1 -4 . (177-188 mm.) types of tlie species. R. Capin. 5. (108 mm.) R. Cupai. 6. (132 mm.) College of Surgeons, 1 2 . C r e n ic ic h l a lu g u b r is . Crenicichla lugubris Heck. Ann. Mus. Wien, ii. 1840, p. 422. Crenicichla funebris Heck. t. c. p. 424. Crenicichla johanna, var. lugubris Giinth. Cat. Fish. iv. p. 307 (1862). Crenicichla johanna, var .funebris Giinth. 1, c. Crenicichla brasiliensis, var. lugubris Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1903, p. 383, fig. (1904). Depth of body 4JU5 in the length, length of head 3-3 k. |