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Subgenus LORICARIA. 

 2.')6. LORICAIUA VAUIEGATA, Steiiulachuer. 



Head 5. D. I, 7; P. I, 6; V. I, 5; A. I, 5. Lat. line, 30. Body and 

 head strongly depressed, the head triangular, blunt forward; teeth very 

 few, 2 on each side above, 5 or 6 below; underside of head naked. Eye 9 

 in head, 5 in snout; ui)per lobe of caudal produced in along filament. 

 Upper parts with many brownish streaks ; fins all, except the anal, 

 spotted with violet. Kio Mamoni, Panama. (Steiudachner.) {varie- 

 gatus, variegated.) 



Loricaria variegatit, Steindacuneb, Flussfischo Sudamer., I. 15, 187'J, Rio Mamoni, 



85. HEMIANCISTRUS, Bleeker. 



Hemiancistnts, Bleekeii, Tijdschr. Dierk., i, 78, 1863, (medians). 

 Paeudocunthicus, Bleeker, I. c, 79, 18tjH, [serralus). 



Lips entire; tail short, compressed. Adipose fin entire ; remote from 

 the dorsal fin. Body covered with bony plates ; teeth small ; snout with 

 the margin granular ; temporal plate not perforate; interopercle erectile 

 and bearing spines. The numerous species are not well known and do 

 not seem to be abundant; theyare chiefly Brazilian. (;///<-, half ; uyKiarpog, 

 Ancistrus, a related genus.) 



a. Interopercle with about 20 erectile spines; the longest Jg head. guacharote, 257. 



aa. Interopercle with very few short, setiform spines, the longest shorter than eye, not more 



than j'g head. aspidolepis, 258. 



257. HEMIANCISTRUS GUACHAROTE, (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



D. I, 7; A. I, 5; P. I, 6; V. I, 5. Interopercle with about 20 com- 

 pressed, erectile spines, the longest i head ; head deiiressed ; snout semi- 

 oval; bones of head rough, without keels; eye 5 in head; teeth very 

 fine, doubly curved. Pectoral spine reaching first fourth of ventral ; 

 dorsal spine slender and rough. Caudal 4 in total length, forked, with 

 pointed lobes. Belly smooth to the anal. Brownish. L. 5 inches. Porto 

 Rico. (Cuvier &. Valenciennes.) ((juacharofe, the Spanish name.) 



Hyposlomiis (juacliarole, OrviER & VALENCIENNES, XV, 508, 1840, Porto Rico. 

 Chxtostomus guacharote, Gi'NTHER, Cat., v, 245, 18G4. 



•258. HEMI.ANCISTRUS ASPIDOLEPIS, (Giinther). 



HeadSJ^. D. 1,7; A. 5; P. I, 6. Lat. line, 25. Head depressed, a little 

 longer than broad; snout very broad, rounded in front; interorbital 

 space nearly Hat, 3 times diameter of the small eye ; interopercle with 

 very few, short, setiform spines, the longest i eye. Thorax and belly 

 granulated, with naked patches. Seven scales between dorsals. Pectoral 

 spine strong, longer than head, with setiform spinules ; 12 scutes between 

 anal and caudal. Scutes of body with prominent keel, each keel with 

 4 to 7 short, setiform spines. Each scale variegated with dirty yellow 

 and dark brown. Veragua. (Giinther.) (naTr/f, shield; y.eTvir, scale.) 



Chxtostomus fu^pidolepis, Gi?NTHEn, Fishes Central Amer., 478, ISti'.i, Veragua. 



