242 Meek Two New Species of Fishes from, Brazil. 



bands, the outer series much enlarged and canine like; preorbital 5.95 in 

 head ; snout 3.60 ; margine of preopercle dentate, about 9 teeth on its limb, 

 an enlarged tooth at angle, and about 10 teeth on lo.wer limb, each with its 

 point directed slightly forward ; gill rakers 13 + 6, slender, the longest 

 13.00 in head ; dorsal fin emarginate; anterior part of spinous dorsal ele 

 vated, longest spine 1.70 in head ; second anal spine very strong, its length 

 1.80 in head ; third anal spine 2.75 in head ; rows of scales above lateral 

 line parallel with it. 



Color olivaceous, silvery ; side with seven dark vertical bars on upper 

 three-fifths of body. 



The type and three other specimens were donated to the Field Colum 

 bian Museum by Horace E. Williams of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for whom the 

 species is named. 



