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under the fourth ray of -the dorsal; caudal fin broad, truncate; depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2 in head. 



Color, male with a broad indefinite lateral band; female with dark 

 blotches on sides usually forming distinct cross bands (J. & E.). 

 Length about i ^ inches. Known only from the type locality. 



108. Characodon variatus Bean. 



Characodon variatus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, 370, pi. xx, 



fig. 10; Guanajuato: Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1892, 286; 



Guanajuato: Woolman, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1894, 62; 



Rio Lerma. Salamanca, Queretaro: Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 



47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, 669: Jordan & Snyder, Bull. U. S. 



Fish Comm., 1900, 126; Rio Verde, Aguas Calientes: Meek, 



Field Col. Mus. Pub. 65, 1902, 96: Aguas Calientes: Lagos. 



Ocotlan; Celaya; Huingo. 

 Characodon ferrugineus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, 372, 



pi. xx, figs. 3 and 4. Guanajuato. 

 Basin of the Rio Lerma. 



FIG. 34. CHARACODON VARIATUS Bean, 



No. 37?>o8, U. S. National Museum. 



FIG. 35. CHARACODON VARIATUS Bean. 5 



No. 37810 (Characodon ferrugineus Bean), U. S. National Museum. 



