13. CRENICICHLA. 305 



the lateral line. Caudal fin truncated or slightly emarginate. The 

 height of the body is one-foui'th of the total length. Body with three 

 blackish vertical bands ; a black oceUus on the root of the caudal ; 

 sides of the belly without spots. A dark band runs from the snout, 

 through the eye, to the angle of the operculimi, and is formed by a 

 series of spots on the opercle of old individuals. Immature speci- 

 mens with series of white spots on the body, on the soft dorsal and 

 caudal. 



Presh waters of Brazil. 



a, b, c. Fine adult and half-grown specimens. River Cupai. Pur- 

 jihased of Mr. Stevens. 



3. Cichla multifasciata. 

 Casteln. Anim. nouv. ou rares Amer. Sud, Poiss. p. 18. pi. 10. fig. 2. 



Sixteen dorsal spines ; (scales of moderate size? ;) caudal rounded. 

 The height of the body is nearly one-fifth of the total length. Body 

 with eleven oblique black cross-bands ; a black ocelliis on the root of 

 the caudal. (Cast.) 



Ucayale (Peru). 



4. Cichla conibos. 



Casteln. I. c. fig. 3. 



Fourteen dorsal spines ; (scales of moderate size?;) caudal forked. 

 The height of the body is one-fifth of the total length. Body with 

 seven oblique black cross-bands ; a black ocellus on the root of the 

 caudal. (Cast.) 



Ucayale (Peru). 



13. CRENICICHLA. 



Crenicichla, Heckel, Brasil. Fltcss-Fit::cfie, in Ann. Wicn. Mus. 1840, ii. 



p. 416. 

 Batrachops, Heckel, I. c. p. 432. 



Body depressed, low, subcylindrical ; scales small or rather small. 

 The spinous portion of the dorsal is considerably more developed than 

 the soft, both continuous, not separated by a notch ; anal spines 

 three. Pra;operculum generally minutely serrated. Each jaw with 

 a band of conical teeth, those of the outer scries being sometimes 

 enlarged and separated from the others by an interspace. The outer 

 branchial arch with short, bony, tubercle-like prominences. Dorsal 

 and anal fins naked. 



Brazils. Guiana. 



1. Crenicichla obtusirostris. 



D. ?|. A. ;^. L. lat. 130. 



Fifteen series of scales between the origin of the dorsal fin and the 

 lateral line. Snout broad, depressed, obtuse, its length being equal 

 to the width of the interorbital space. The height of the body 



