174 OSTARIOPHYSI. 
2. Bramocharax elongatus. 
Bramocharaa elongatus, Meek, Publ. Columbian Mus., Zool. vii. 1907, p. 110’. 
Dorsal 10. Anal 25 to 28. 41 scales in a longitudinal series. Depth of body 52 to 4 in the length. 
Maxillary extending to below middle of eye. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Lake Managua}. 
Total length 150 mm. 
9. RGQZBOIDES. 
Reboides, Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 847 (1864) ; Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, 
p. 338. 
About ten species from Central and South America. 
1. Reboides guatemalensis. 
Anacyrtus (Reboides) guatemalensis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 347 (1864), and Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. 
1868, p. 479, t. 82. fig. 4°. 
Reboides guatemalensis, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 339°; Meek, Publ. 
Coiumbian Mus., Zool. v. 1904, p. 88%, and vil. 1907, p. 111°. 
Depth of body 24 to 24 in the length, length of head about 4. Snout as long as eye, the diameter of which 
is 34 to 32 in the length of head and equal to the interorbital width. Maxillary extending to below 
middle of eye; lower jaw included. Upper profile of head concave. 10 gill-rakers on the lower part 
of the anterior arch. 76 to 82 scales in a longitudinal series, 17 to 19 between dorsal fin and lateral 
line, 20 to 22 from lateral line to origin of anal. Dorsal 11-12, rather elevated; origin above anterior 
part of anal. Anal 47-53, with 3 or 4 simple and 44 to 49 branched rays, deepest anteriorly ; free edge 
straight. Pectoral extending to, ventrals beyond the origin of anal. Caudal forked. Olivaceous; a 
silvery lateral stripe, sometimes bearing a dusky spot, about equidistant from head and dorsal fin and 
another on the caudal peduncle. 
Hab. Mexico, San Gerénimo in Oaxaca*+; GuatemMaLA, Huamuchal!? (Salvin) ; 
Nicaragua, Lake Nicaragua®; Costa Rica, Juan Vifas and El Pozo del Rio Grande 
(Underwood) ; Panama, Rio Chagres ! ? (Salvin).— WESTERN Ecuapor (Rosenberg). 
10. CURIMATUS. 
Curimatus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xxii. p. 5 (1849); Giinth. Cat. Fish. v. p. 288 (1864) ; 
Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 332. 
Several species from Tropical South America, one extending into Panama. 
1. Curimatus magdalene. 
Curimatus magdalene, Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, xxxix. 1878, p. 50°, and xii. 1879, p. 167°; 
Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 332°. 
Dorsal 11-12. Anal 9-10. 36 to 38 scales in a longitudinal series. Depth of body 22 in the length. 
Hab. Panama, Rio Mamoni?.—Co.omsiA, Rio Magdalena 1. 
