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BLUNT-TOOTHED CURIMATA. 



Owrim(Uus oUmidens, D'Orbigny. 



PLATE XXV. 

 Ourimatus ohtmidens, D'Orbig. Atlas, pi. 8. 



Two species are placed by D'Orbigny, armed with 

 strong teeth, and distinguished by these weapons 

 being in the one sharp-pointed, in the other bhmt. 

 They seem to stand near to Characinus, but having 

 no characters or descriptions, we do not know the 

 modifications of form or the views which D'Orbigny 

 takes of their situation. The fish we have repre- 

 sented is of a rather elegant salmon-form, is coloured 

 greyish above, shading into silvery, the lower fins 

 being yellow ; but it is chiefly conspicuous by three 

 oval dark spots placed on the lateral line, the first 

 below the dorsal fin, the last on the insertion of the 

 tail. The species named acutidens is nearly of the 

 same colours, but the head is more disproportion ally 

 large, and the body is deeper from the dorsal fin 

 downwards; the lateral line is also marked with 

 three spots, somewhat similar, though slightly dif- 

 fering in their position. 



