Haskman: Expkdition to Cknirai, South Amkrica. 355 



snout 2.5 in tlu' lu-ad ; o\o h in tlu- head; iiUi-rorljilal spacx' ^.5 times 

 ill the Icniilh of the head. Tliis .-^pccifs \va-^ not touiul in the Amazon. 



49. Crenicichla dorsocellata, sji. no\'. (IMate LXIII.) 



No. 2721, type, 18 cm., Campos, Rio Parahyba, June 15, 1908. 



25—27 



I). XXIi. 13; A. Ill, (); ])()res ; di-plli s; lu-ad t;; eve 6.33; 



II— 13 



scales 62 in ihu tirsl row below the lateral line; preopereuliini 

 almost entire; maxillarics extending to below the hrst third of eye; 

 scales ctenoid, excepting on the ventral side and on top of the head; 

 dorsal and anal rays not extending beyond the middle of the caudal; 

 three rows of scales between the lateral lines and fi\'e rows between 

 the lateral line and the first dorsal rays; caudal ]:)eduncle longer than 

 deep; dorsal and anal Tins rather high, being about one-half the length 

 of the head; nostrils much nearer the eye than the tip of the snout; 

 lower jaw distinctly the longer; five rows of teeth in the lower jaw and 

 seven in the upper; ten gill-rakers on the lower anterior arch. Dark 

 bar below the eye composed of faint spots; a small black spot at the 

 base of the caudal; a faint broad lateral band from the eye to the base 

 of the caudal; a very large distinctly ocellated dorsal spot between the 

 fourteenth to the eighteenth spines; vertical fins slightly dark-edged, 

 but not distinctly spotted; uniformly brown above, and white -on the 

 ventral side; in life the body is covered with red dots, which disapjiear 

 in alcohol. 



The nearest relati\e is C. vittata, from which it is easily distinguished 

 by the large dorsal spot, eye 6.33 in head, more series of teeth, longer 

 fin-rays, and maxillaries extending beyond the front edge of eyes. 

 No. 2722, 4.1 cm., Santarem, Igarape de Irura. 



21 

 D. XXII, II ; A. 111,7; eye 4; pores — ; scales 57; depth 5.5; no spot 



beneath the e>e; a dark ocellated spot on dorsal spines. This small 

 specimen differs in many details from the type. It also resembles 

 C. macrophthalma and perhaps should be associated with it. 



50. Crenicichla acutirostris Giinther. 



This species appears to be distinct, but I took no specimens. 



51. Crenicichla strigata Pellegrin. 



r - - 26 



D. XXII I, 15; A. Ill, 11; pores — ; scales about 115; depth 5.5 to 6; 



16 



head 3.25; eye 5.5 to 6 in head; snout 3.5 in head; interorbital space 

 equal to length of snout and almost twice the diameter of the eye; 



