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Show 1905.] FISHES OF THE FAMILY CICHLIDjE. 167 14. C r e n ic ic h l a o r n a t a , sp. n. (Plate X Y . fig. 2.) Crenicichla brasiliensis, var lenticulata (non C. lenticulata Heck.) Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1903, p. 383, fig. (1904). Depth of body 4| in the length, length of head 3|. Diameter of eye 5 in the length of head, length of snout 3^-34, interorbital width 3|~4. Nostril equidistant from eye and tip of snout. Maxillary extending to below anterior -i- of eye; depth of prseorbital | the diameter of eye. Anterior teeth forming 6 or 7 series in the upper jaw, 4 or 5 in the lower. 11 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. Scales denticulated, except on the head, the lower parts of thorax and abdomen and above the upper lateral line, 135-145 118-130 in a longitudinal series below the lateral line, 12 or 13 between last dorsal spine and lateral line, 5 between upper and lower lateral lines. Lateral line 27-28 + 14-15. Dorsal X X I I -X X I I I 17-19, the spines subequal or only slightly increasing from the eighth, the last 5 the length of head. Anal III 11-12. Pectoral ventral |-| the length of head. Caudal peduncle as long as or longer than deep. Olivaceous, with black markings; 7 or 8 cross-bars on the upper half of the body; a stripe from eye to extremity of operculum ; head with numerous spots; vertical fins with broad marginal bands; a series of spots along the middle of the spinous dorsal, one on each spine; a large spot on the upper part of the base of caudal. R. Amazon; Guiana. 1-3. (165-175 mm.) types of the species. Ilio Negro. Mr. J. C. Antony. 15. C r e n ic ic h l a l e n t ic u l a t a . Crenicichla lenticulata Heck. Ann. Mus. Wien, ii. 1840, p. 419. Crenicichla aclspersa Heck. t. c. p. 421. Crenicichla johanna, var. lenticulata Giinth. Cat. Fish. iv. p. 307 (1862). Crenicichla johanna, var. adspersa Giinth. 1. c. Crenicichla brasiliensis, var. adspersa Eigenm. & Bray, Ann. Ac. N. York, vii. 1894, p. 620; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1903, p. 383 (1904). Depth of body about 4-f in the length, length of head about 3g. Diameter of eye 6 in the length of head and 2 in its distance from tip of lower jaw. Maxillary extending to below anterior edge of eye; depth of prceorbital 4 the diameter of eye. Scales denticulated, except on the head, the lower parts of thorax and abdomen and above the upper lateral line, 112-130 in a longitudinal series below the lateral line, 3^ in a transverse series from origin of dorsal to ventral fin. Lateral line 28-29 + 15-16. Dorsal X X I -X X I I 17-18. Anal III 12. Brownish; usually a series of 8 or 9 dark blotches a little above middle of the side extending from behind the operculum to base of caudal, sometimes represented only by the first blotch, above the pectoral; head and |
