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XXV, 1900, -- (Urucum).— Pellegrin, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., V, 1899, 406 



iManaos) .— Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1906, 328 (Pebas; Peruvian 



Amazon). — Eigenmann and Ogle, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus., XXXIII, 1907, 7 



(Paraguay).— Eigenmann, Ann. Carnegie Mus., IV, 1907, 125 (Puerto Max); 



Repts. Princeton Univ. Exp. Patagonia, III, 1910, 426. 

 ? Curimatus frederici Perugia, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2 a), X, 1891, 41 (Candelaria). 



-Lahille, Rev. Mus. la Plata, VI, 1895, 7 (Puerto Viejo; Punta Lara). 

 Curimatus acutidens Valenciennes, in d'Orbigny, Voy. Am. Mer., V, ii, 1847, 9, 



pi. 8, fig. 1 (La Plata). 

 Leporinus leschenauUi Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist, Nat, Poiss., XXII, 1848. 



30, pi. 635 (Mana).— Gunther, Catalogue, V, 1864, 307 (Andes of western 



Ecuador; River Capin).— Peters, MB. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1877, 472 



(Calabozo).— Perugia, Ann. Mus. Genova, (2 a), X, 1891, 41 (Villa Maria, 



Rio Paraguay, Matto Grosso). — Pellegrin, Bull. Mus. d'Hist. Nat., V, 1899, 



157 (Apure). 

 Leporinus megalepis Gunther (in part, i. e., specimens e, f, and m), Catalogue, V, 



1864, 307 (Surinam). 



Twenty-one specimens, 98-259 mm. Tumatumari, above, below, and in 

 the falls. (C. M. Cat, No. 1840a-d; I. U. Cat. No. 12130.) 



Four specimens, 75 to about 290 mm. Rockstone. (C. M. Cat, No. 1841; 

 I. U. Cat. No. 12131.) 



Nine specimens, 122-272 mm. Crab Falls. (C. M. Cat. No. 1842a-o; 

 I. U. Cat, No. 12132.) (figure.) 



Two specimens, 194-195 mm. Kangaruma. (C. M. Cat. No. 1843a; I. 

 U. Cat, No. 12133.) 



Six specimens, 147-293 mm. Wismar. (C. M. Cat. No. 1844a; I. U. Cat. 

 No. 12134.) 



Six specimens, 146-208 mm. Mud-flats below Wismar. (C, M. Cat, No. 

 1845a; I. U. Cat. No. 12135.) 



Forty-four specimens, 77 to about 345 mm. Bartica, rocks. (C. M. Cat. 

 No. 1846a-£; I. U. Cat. No. 12136.) 



Head 3.75-4; depth 3.25-3.5; D. 12 or 13; A. 10 or 11. Scales 5-38 to 40-4 

 or 5; eye 1.25-1.66 in snout, 3.8-4 in head, 2 in interorbital. 



Compressed, deep, head somewhat wedge-shaped ; profile steep; a scarcely 

 perceptible depression over the eyes; mouth subterminal, four teeth on each side 

 of each jaw. 



Origin of dorsal nearer adipose than to tip of snout; margin of dorsal rounded, 



