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The above specific name is restored in the original, for in all cases 

 Bloch spelled it exactly as above. 



Leporinus multifasciatus Cope. Fig. 19. 



Proc, Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., XVII, 1877-78 (May 17, 1878), p. 690. 

 Peruvian Amazon. Prof. J. Orton. 



Leporinus megalepis Cope, I.e., XI, 1869-70 (May 19, 1870), p. 566. Para. 



De Schulte Buckow. Cope, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila., 1871 (1872), 



p. 259. Ambyiacu River, Equador. John Hauxwell. 



The cotypes of L. multifasciatus, Nos. 21,448 (type) to 21,450, A. N. 



S. P., are in very poor condition, though they appear to be identical 



with the other material. The largest shows: Head 3^; depth 3f ; D. 



II, 10; A. IV, 8; width of head 2 in its length; depth of head over middle 



of orbit 2; snout 3 in head from tip of upper jaw; eye 3^; interorbital 



space 2^; least depth of caudal peduncle 2^. Though dark lateral 



blotches are not present they may have faded. Length of tj^je 2^ 



inches. 



Fig. 19. — Leporinus midtifasciatus Cope. 



The example from Para has very indistinct bands on the back and a 

 rather long pectoral. 



The largest of the Hauxwell examples shows : Head 3^; depth 3 ; 

 D. Ill, 10, i; A. Ill, 8, i; scales 33 in lateral Hne to base of caudal, and 4 

 more on latter; 5 scales obliquely back from origin of dorsal to lateral 

 line; 4 scales obliquely up from origin of anal to lateral line; 10 scales 

 before dorsal; width of head lyf in its length; third dorsal ray 1^; third 

 anal ray If; pectoral 1% ; ventral H; least depth of caudal peduncle 2f ' 



