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KED-SPOTTED CYCHLA, 



Cychla ? ruhro-ocellata. 



PLATE X. 



L. Geral, Acarra. Schotnh. Drawings, No. 38. 



This fish, in its form commencing to vary from 

 those which we have considered as typical of 

 Cychla^ will lead us on to the next ; it is altogether 

 a deeper fish, but retains traces of the bands so pre- 

 valent in the others, the brilliant colours, and is 

 marked with the peculiar ocellated spots we have 

 observed throughout ; the anal fin also is of much 

 greater extent, and the three first rays are spined 

 or strong. The lateral line, however, as repre- 

 sented in the figure, is parted towards the tail. 

 Mr. Schomburgk observes, " This is also a native 

 of the Rio Negro and its tributaries, and is called 

 Acari^a^ which is the common name for the whole 

 genus. It is a beautiful fish, greenish on the back 

 and yellow on the belly, variously banded and spot- 

 ted with black; the caudal fin is scaly half its 

 length, and spotted with vermilion ; on its insertion 

 is a peacock-eye, and another on the soft rays of 

 the dorsal fin ; the eye is bright orange, and situate 

 near the middle of the bead; the gill-lid scaly; 



