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15. Ancistrus hrevifilis hodenhameri Schultz. 3 specimens, C.N.H.M. Nos. 

 41999 to 42001, Elo CoguoUo, Sierra Perijfi, Venezuela, Osgood and Conover, 

 March 1920. 



16. Hypostomus wahvata Hancock. 1 specimen each, C.N.H.M. Nos. 41995 

 and 41996, from Lago de Maracaibo, W. H. Osgood, 1911. 



17. Loricaria typus (Bleaker). 1 specimen, 255 mm., from Caripito, Venezuela, 

 WilUam Beebe, 1942. 



18. Loricaria caracasensis (Bleeker), Described by Bleeker in his "Systema 

 Silurorum Revisum," Nederl Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 1, p. 81, 1863, as Hemiloricaria 

 caracasensis Bleeker, from Caracas. It is the genotype of Hemiloricaria, a 

 monotypic genus. 



Bleeker described this species as follows: "Velum labiale vix fimbriatum 

 postice latum, antice angustum. Dentes utraque maxilla conspicui. Cristae 

 occipitales vel nuchales dentatae nullae. Scuta trunco carina dentata. Regio 

 subthoracicoanalis scutata. Pinna dorsalis supra ventrales incipiens. 



"Spec. typ. Hemiloricaria caracasensis Blkr. sp. nov in Mus. L. B. sub. nom. 

 Loricariae (Caracas) Conserv." 



Not having any specimens from the Rio Guaire at Caracas, I am unable to 

 determine the species from Bleeker's description. 



19. Loricaria eigenmanni Pellegrin, Bull. See. Zool. France, vol. 33, p. 125, 

 1908 (Sarare, Venezuela). This species was omitted. 



20. Forlowella acus (Kner). 3 specimens 94 to 134 mm., from Rfo Pablo, 

 Caripito, William Beebe, March 19, 1942. 



21. Spathuloricaria may represent the adult male of some species of Loricaria. 



22. Chaetostoma dupouii Yepes (Mem. Soc. Cien. Nat. La Salle, Caracas, ano 

 5, No, 14, pp. 27-34, figs. 1945) (Rfo Encanthado into Rfo Grande of Rfo Tuy 

 system, Venezuela.) 



Order APODOIDEA 

 Family MURAENIDAE: Morays 



Genus GYMNOTHORAX Bloch 



Gymnothorax Bloch, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 9, p. 83, 

 1794. (Genotype, Gymnothorax reticularis Bloch as restricted by Bleeker, 

 Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2, p. 121 (9), 1865 = G. ruppelli McClelland.) 



The following species recorded from Venezuelan waters may be 

 traced down by the following key extracted from that in Meek and 

 Hildebrand's "The Marme Fishes of Panama," vol. 1, pp. 162-163, 

 1923. 



la. Teeth all entire, without serrations. 

 2a. Body mottled with dark brown or slightly purplish spots; lower jaw with 

 about 22 teeth on side; tail longer than rest of body by about two-thirds 



length of head Qyranothorax vicinus (Castelnau) 



26. Body everywhere mottled or reticulated with pale or light yellow, varying 

 among individuals; tail a little longer than head and trunk; snout short, 



about 6 in head Gymnothorax moringa Cuvier 



16. Teeth serrate, at least at base of posterior margin; body with irregular light 

 yellowish spots, variable in size and number, often making the ground color 

 appear as brown reticulations; dorsal fin with large black spots, sometimes 

 running together and forming a black band; anal with a dark edge. 



Gymnothorax ocellatus Agassiz 



