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auteio-inferior margin concave; widtli of orbit \ lengtli of bead, but only 

 J tbat of interorbital space; eye immediately below concavity of upper 

 profile of bead, and very sligbtly nearer to tip of snout tban to opercular 

 margin; opercles scaly; suboperculum "witb 2 series of scales; vertical 

 fins scaly at base; fold of lower lip continuous in middle; scales of 

 cbeek in 5 series; dorsal spines of moderate strengib and lengtb, tbe 

 twelftb ratber less tban \ lengtb of bead; points of soft dorsal and anal 

 extending beyond middle of caudal; caudal mucb rounded; distance be- 

 tween caudal and dorsal considerably less tban deptb of free portion of 

 tail; pectoral mucb sborler tban bead, extending only to second anal 

 spine; ventrals witb outer ray produced; distance between vent and root 

 of ventrals nearly 1 lengtb of bead. Dark greenisb olive, witb 3 black 

 spots, tbe first above origin of lateral line, tbe second in Jiiiddle of side, 

 and tbe tbird above end of lateral line; fins black. Lengtb 11 incbes. 

 Cbiapas and Huamucbal. (Giintber.) {ires, tbree; viaculatus, spotted.) 

 Herostrimaculalus, Gunthee, Fish. Ccntr. Am., 461, \)\. 70, 1869, Chiapas and Huamuchal. 

 (Coll. .Salvin.) 



1!>2J). HEROS LAl{IATi;S, Giinther. 



Depth 2i. D.XVII, 11; A. VII or VIII, S; scales 6-32-13. Head 

 ratber longer tban bigb; snout somewbat elevated; cleft of moutb 

 sligbtly oblique, witb lower jaw a little prominent; teetb in narrow 

 bauds, tbose of outer series enlarged, witb broAvn tips; maxillary not 

 nearly attaining vertical from front of eye; preorbital as wide as orbit, 

 tbe diameter of wbicb is less tban extent of snout, and l lengtb of bead; 

 interorbital space somewbat convex, wider tban orbit; eye situated not 

 quite immediately beueatb upper profile of bead, and midway between 

 end of snout and tbat of operculum; opercles scaly, tbe scales larger tban 

 tbose on cbeek; suboperculum witb 2 series of scales; soft portions of 

 dorsal and anal fins witb minute scales between rays at tbeir base; dorsal 

 spines of moderate lengtb and strengtb, lengtb of eigbtb dorsal spine less 

 tban i lengtb of bead ; points of produced middle rays of soft dorsal and 

 anal reaebing to middle of caudal fin; caudal rounded, its lengtb ratber 

 more tban 5 times in total ; anal spines of nearly same lengtb and strengtb 

 as tbose of dorsal fin; pectoral rounded, reaebing to fonrtb or fiftb spine 

 of anal ; ventral filament i)roduced ; distance between vent and root of 

 ventral less tban ^ leugth of bead; scales on cbeek in 4 series; anterior 

 portions of upper and lower lips mucb enlarged, eacb forming a moveal)le 

 subtriangular fiap (prol)a])ly in old males only); dejitb of free portion 

 of tail scarcely more tban its leugth. Uniform red, or icd irregularly 

 marbled witb l)lack, or nearly entirely black. Lengtb 7 incbes. Lakes 

 Managua and Nicaragua. (Giintber). {labiatus, tbick-lipped.) 

 Heros labiatus, Gunthkr, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, 27, pi. 4, fig. 1, Lake Managua, 

 Nicaragua (Coll. Capt. Dow); Gunthee, Fish. Centr. Am., 456, 1869. 



1930. HEROS LOBOCHILUS, Giinther. 



Head 2i; deptb 2^. D.XVII, 11 or 12; A. VII, 8 or 9; scales 6-32-11. 

 Head as bigb as long; snout ratber elevated, witb cleft of moutb oblique, 

 and lower jaw ratber iirominent; ujiper profile very concave; teetb in 



