ICHTHYOLOGY OF VENEZUELA — SCHULTZ 55 



U.S.N. M. No. 121693, 1 specimen, 35 mm. in standard length, from the Upper 

 Rfo Chama above Mucuchfes, Estado de M^rida, March 28, 1942. 



The rainbow trout introduced into the mountain streams of Vene- 

 zuela some years ago appears to have become estabHshed there in 

 rather limited numbers. 



Suborder Iniomoidea 



Family SYNODONTIDAE: Lizardfishes 



Genus SYNODUS Scopoli 



Synodus Scopoli, Introductio historiam naturalem, p. 449, 1777. (Genotype, 

 Esox synodus Linnaeus.) (Ref. copied.) 



SYNODUS FOETENS (Linnaeus) 



Lizahdfish; Fez Lagarto 

 Salmo foetens Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, p. 513, 1766 (South Carolina). 



U.S.N, M. No. 123131, 3 specimens, 240 to 329 mm., ffrom Estanques Bay, 

 U. S. S. Niagara, December 31, 1924. 



Order OSTARIOPHYSOIDEA 



Suborder Characinoidea 



Family CHARACINIDAE 



The characinid fishes were reported upon by me in a previous paper 

 entitled "The Fishes of the Family Characinidae from Venezuela, with 

 Descriptions of Seventeen New Forms," published in the Proceedings 

 of the United States National Museum, volume 95, pp. 235-367, 

 figs. 30-56, September 6, 1944. That study was based on the speci- 

 mens that I collected in Venezuela during 1942 as well as on other 

 specimens in the United States National Museum collections and on 

 the literature. In that report were recorded from Venezuela 58 

 genera and 117 species and subspecies, and 29 of these species were 

 from the Maracaibo Basin. 



I take this opportunity to correct some of the more important 

 errors that have been observed in my report on this group of fishes. 



On page 258 I introduced the new subfamOy name Ctenolucinae, 

 but Dr. C. L. Hubbs has called to my attention that in Copeia, 1939, 

 No. 3, p. 168, he had introduced the subfamily name Hepsetinae for a 

 related characinid occurring in Africa. It is by no means certain that 

 the African group is as closely related as the external features seem to 

 indicate, but pending further investigations I shall recognize the 

 subfamily Hepsetinae. 



In table 7, p. 263, for asper the number of scales above lateral line 

 should be one count each for 7 and 8 instead of 11 under 7 as given. 



