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the cheek; dorsal spines rather low and strong; soft dorsal and anal 

 moderately high and pointed; ventrals longer than pectoral, i-^ in 

 head ; soft dorsal and anal with small scales at base ; caudal fin rounded. 



Color dark brown; a narrow brown vertical streak on each scale 

 posteriorly; a broad blackish band beginning behind eye running 

 backward along body to opposite first soft ray of anal, then turn- 

 ing abruptly to base of caudal; soft dorsal and caudal with alte nate 

 rows of yellow and dirty blue spots on the membranes; fins mostly 

 bluish, dotted with black. Length 7^ inches (Steindachner). 



Known only from the above account. 



205. Cichlasoma mojarra sp. nov. 



Type, No. 4718, F. C. M., 2.35 inches in length; San Geronimo, 

 Oaxaca. 



FIG. 71. CICHLASOMA MOJARRA Meek. 



Head 2f ; depth 2>^; D. xvi, 10; A. vm, 7; scales 8-32-12. Body 

 elliptical, compressed; profile with a slight angle between eyes, and 

 slightly convex from nape to dorsal fin; mouth moderate, maxillary 

 3 in head; snout 3^ in head; lips rather thick, the lower without trace 

 of a frenum; jaws equal; mandible 2^ in head; teeth conical, a few 

 in front canine-like; preorbital narrow, 4^ in head; postorbital 2% 

 in head; interorbital 3^ in head; cheeks with 5 rows of scales; opercles 

 scaly; diameter of eye 2| in head; origin of dorsal to tip of snout 2^" 

 in the body; the first four dorsal spines low, the fourth about f the 

 length of the fifth, longest (eighth) dorsal spine 2 in head; dorsal 

 rays not produced, the longest if in head; tip of dorsal opposite tips 

 of anal when the fins are deflexed; the dorsal and anal rays reaching 

 about y distance to base of caudal fin; pectorals i-f in head; ventrals 



