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Annals of the Carnegie Museum. 



1 8. Poeciliopsis amates (Miller). 



Poecilia amates Miller, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXIII, 1907, p. 108, fig. X 

 (Los Amates, Guatemala). 



This is a valid species of the genus Pceciliopsis as shown by the struc- 

 ture of the anal fin of the male. {Cf. Fig. 7.) Pceciliopsis pittieri 

 (Meek); Field Mus. Pubs. Zool., X, 1912, p. 71, from La Junta, Costa 



Fig. 7. Pceciliopsis amates (Miller). Distal end of intromittent organ. X — , 

 No. 11,375, I- U. M. Los Amates, Guatemala. 



Rica, may be identical with this species. These two and the following 

 species are the only members of the genus with distinct cross-bars or 

 color-bands, which in most cases are confined to the male. 



19. Poeciliopsis colombiana (Eigenmann & Henn.). 



Heterandria colombiamis Eigenmann & Henn, Indiana Univ. Studies, No. 16; 

 1912, p. 27 (Rio Dagua, Colombia); Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1913, p. 

 996. 



This well-marked species is different in coloration from the other 

 members of the genus. The distinct chocolate streaks extend the 

 full height of the fish, are widely spaced, and are equally distinct in 

 both sexes. 



Genus Phalloptychus Eigenmann. 



Phalloplychus Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXXII, 1907, p. 430, fig. 6. 

 Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1913, p. 999. 



Type by original designation Girardinus jannariiis Hensel. 



The dentition consists of an outer series of compressed, slightly 

 recurved, spoon-oar-shaped teeth, with a broad band of minute, 

 club-shaped teeth immediately behind them. 



Anal of the male, when folded, i. e., in the normal state, a long, needle- 



