] 46 YELLOW-SPOTTED CYCHLA. 



rants when they are plentiful, and being a swift 

 s^yimming fish, destroy great numbers of smaller 

 fishes. Tlie body is greenish lake, with three black 

 bars, three rows, and several scattered yellow spots ; 

 on the head several black spots, and a peacock- 

 eye on the insertion of the tail. Dorsal fin and up- 

 per part of tail, indigo spotted with hght blue ; ven- 

 tral, anal, and lower half of caudal fin vermilion ; 

 pectoral greenish ; gill-rays vermilion ; beUy lighter 

 than the other parts of the body. They grow to 

 two feet in length." The formula of the fins is, — 



D. 15/16— P. 16— V. 1/5— A. 10— C. 20— Br. 5. 



