216 LARGE-SCALED CHALCEUS. 



The next fish, if really entering this genus, is 

 equally remarkable from its large scaling, and seems 

 rcferrible to the species described by Cuvier as noted 

 below. It is probable, however, that, with C tcB- 

 niatus, it may range elsewhere. 



LARGE-SCALED CHALCEUS. 



Chalceus macrolepidotus. 



PLATE XIV. 



Chalceus macrolepidotus, Cuv. des Museum^ t. iv. pi. 21, p. 454. 

 — Arawaak, Arara-pira ; Macusi, Parshama ; L. Geral, 

 Arara-pira or Macaw-fish. Schmnb. Drawings, No. 5. 



" The fish from which the drawing has been made 

 was caught at the Camuti mountain, in Essequibo, 

 in October. It grows to the length of fifteen inches, 

 and about five deep. It is beautifully shaped ; the 

 scaling very large, elliptical, smooth at the edge, 

 deciduous; no lateral line visible; head depressed. 

 Ventral fin placed under the dorsal, of a greenish 

 colour, with tip of lake ; dorsal and pectoral fins, 

 ditto ; anal, ditto, mixed with carmine ; and caudal, 

 carmine. The scaling is of a beautiful bluish sil- 

 very, varying to green on the back, and each scale 

 has a border of blue The head greenish, operclea 



