166 BLUE-FINNED CENTRARCHUS. 



have seen two middle sized canoe-loads killed at one 

 time; they are well-flavoured but bony, and are 

 said not to exceed the size of the one represented. 

 I have seen one much like this in the river Padauiri, 

 a tributary of the Rio Negro, 12 inches in length ; 

 it had two or three blue stripes on the head, but I 

 had not the means with me to make a drawing of 

 it. The scaling is large and slightly fringed.** 



