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head would differ as it is said to be 3f to 4 in the body without caudah 

 The pectoral is apparently shorter in my examples. 



The closely related forms, Curimata spiluropsis (Eigenmann and 

 Eigenmann) and Curimata dorsale (Eigenmann and Eigenmann), do 

 not appear to differ markedly. In fact it is not difficult to discover 

 most of the characters assigned to each by Dr. and Mrs. Eigenmann in 



Fig. 4. — Curimata spilura (Giinther). 



the examples before me. Under Curimatus spilurus these writers 

 state that the predorsal region is depressed or grooved till near the 

 dorsal fin. This I am unable to determine. 



STEINDACHNERINA subgen. nov. 

 Type Curimatus trachystethus Cope. 

 This group comprises those species of Curimata with the postventral 

 region rounded, or with an obtuse median keel, and the back normal 

 or not hunched as in Cyphocharax. Scales in most species finely ser- 

 rate. 



(Dedicated to Dr. Franz Steindachner, of the Royal Academy of 



