280 The South American Characinidse 



74. Tetragoiiopteriis rutilus Jenyns. 



Tdi-dfionnptcniK rnfiliis Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fish., p. 125, pi. 23. fig. 2, 

 1842; Steind., Ichthyol. Not., IX., 10, pi. II., fig. 2, 3, 1869 (Montevideo); 

 Hensel, Wiegm. Arch., 80, 1870; Steind., Suss^\-f. Siidostl. Bras., III., 575, 

 pi. II., figs. 1, 2, 1896 (Rio Parahyba; Rio Doce; Montevideo; Rio Janeiro; 

 Rio Jequitinhonha: Xamapa, IMexieo) ; id. Fish. Canca & Fliisse bei Guay- 

 aquil, 22, 1880 (Cauca); Boulenger, Proe. Zool. 8oc., 281, 1887 (Canelos) ; id 

 Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., XIV., 173, 1887 (Rio Grande do Sul) ; Eigenm. & 

 Eigenm., Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., XIV., 52, 1891; Eigenm. Ann. N. Y. Acad. 

 Sci., 1894 (Rio Grande do 8ul) ; Cope. Proc. Am. Philos. Soc, XXXIII., 87, 

 1894 (Rio Grande do Sul). 



Tetragonopterus fasciafus Cuv. & Val., XXII., p. 140; Giinther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., V., 322, 1864 (not synon. Brazil, West Ecuador; Huamuchal 

 Rio Guacalate; Rio Chisoy, Vera Paz, Mexico; Cordova; Central America; 

 Gautemala); id. Ann. «& Mag. Nat. Hist., 1880 (La Plata). 



Tetragonopterus scahripinnis Kner. (not Jen.), Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. 

 Wein., XVIL, 175, 1858 ($) (Xamapa, Mexico; Trisanga) ; Giinther, Cat. 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., V., 325, 1864 (iupart). 



Tetragonopterus microstoma Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V., 323, 1864; 

 id. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., 1880 (La Plata). 



Tetr((gouopterus n'neus Hensel, Wiegm. Arch., I., 87, 1868 (Southern Bra- 

 zil). 



Tetragonopterus rurieri Liitken, Overs. Dan. Selsk., No. 3, 131, 1874 (Rio 

 San Francisco and Rio das Velhas with its tributaries) ; id, Velhas-Flodens 

 Fiske, XIII. , 210, pi. V., fig. 12, 1875 (Rio das Velhas). 



Habitat: — Brazil, West Ecuador; Mexico; Central America. 



75. Tetragonopterus rutiliifii jequitinhonhae Steindachner. 



Siisswf. Siidostl. Bras., III., 27, pi. 11., fig. 3, 1876 (Rio Jequitinhonhse) ; 

 Eigenm. & Eigenm., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV., 52, 1891. 



Habitat : — Rio Jequitinhonhie. 



76. Tetragonopterus peteiiensis Giinther. 



Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V., 326, 1864 (Lake Peteu ; W. Ecuador) ; id. Ann. 

 & Mag. Nat. Hist., VI., Ser. 5, 12, 1880 (Rio Negro; Argentine Rep.); 

 Eigenm. & Eigenm., Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV., 53, 1891. 



Habitat: — Rio Negro; Argentine Republic; Lake Peten ; 

 Western Ecuador. 



77. Tetragonopterus luicroplitlialinus Giinther. 



Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V., 324, 1864 (Pacific Coast of Guatemala; Lake 

 Amatitlan ; Rio Rimac) ; Eigenm. t*t Eigenm., Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., XIV., 

 52, 1891. 



Habitat: — Pacific Coast of Guatemala; Lake Amatitlan; Rio 



Rimac. 



