800 The South American Gharacinidsp. 



Two specimens from Brazil. The dorsal has a conspicuous 

 black blotch on tiie upper pnvt of the first rays and the ventrals 

 :ne dark colored. 



1()7. ]?lyleft'«< iiisripiiiiiis Cope. 



Proc. AintT. Philo.-^. Soo.. (iO;>, l>*7s (Penivian Amazon): Eiiteuin. «?t 

 Eiitemn.. Pror. f. S. Nat. Mus., XIV., 61, 1891. 



One specimen, 34 cm. long from Brazil. The depth is half the 

 length icithouf the caudal, head 3i with the caudal as in Cope's 

 specimens. D. 18; A. 25 ; Y. 8; P. l(i ; inferior paired fins not 

 ver^' short, the first dorsal ray considerably behind the base of 

 the ventrals and the anal behind the dorsal. The orbit is con- 

 tained in the head more than five times, the labial beards quite 

 |)rominent. Opercle twice as high as long, abdominal serrations 

 fiftv. 



