1913.1 NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 517 



FISHES FROM THE MADEIRA RIVER, BRAZIL. 

 BY HENRY W. FOWLER. 



The fishes described in the present paper were collected by iMr. 

 Edgar A. Smith, in 1912 and 1913. They were secured at various 

 localities along the Madeira River or in its tributaries during jVIr. 

 Smith's last trip to Brazil. As natural history was but an inci- 

 dental feature of the journey, and opportunities for collecting being 

 very hmited, Mr. Smith was fortunate in securing an interesting 

 collection. The specimens are all small. A number of the species 

 appear to be undescribed, or possibly hydrographical forms of their 

 allies. As very few species have previously been recorded from the 

 Madeira River, the present account is offered as a contribution to 

 Brazilian ichthyology. The Academy is indebted to Mr. Smith 

 for the gift of the collection to its museum. The accompanying 

 figures are all drawn to scale, the line given with each one expressing 

 millimeters. 



CHARACID^. 

 CURIMATIX.E. 

 Curimatus cyprinoides (Linnaeus). Fig. 1. 



Two examples, 125 and 135 mm. long, from about 20 miles north 

 of Porto Velho, in the Madeira River, October, 1912. 



Fig. 1. ^Curimatus cpyrinoides (Linnaeus). (Young.) 



