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FISHES OF WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA 
Subfamily: CHARACINAE 
Genus 122: CHARAX Scopoli 
Charax Gronow, 1754, Mus. Ichth., I, 10; 
Gronow, 1763, Zoophyl., 123; 
Seopoli, 1777, Hist. Nat., 455; 
Eigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, IIT, 444; 
Eigenmann, 1912, Mem. Carnegie Mus., V, 400. 
Characinus Lacépéde, 1803, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 269; 
Swainson, 1829, Fish. Amph. Rept., II, 289; 
Gill, 1895, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, 213. 
Epicyrtus Miiller and Troschel, 1844, Arch. Naturg., 92, preoccupied. 
Anacyrtus Giinther, 1864, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V, 345. 
Type: Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus 
Guianas to the Paraguay system 
Premaxillary with a small canine at each end and a double row of teeth be- 
tween; lower jaw with two feeble canines and a series of conical teeth; anal very 
long; lateral line complete; fins naked; preventral line flattened and bordered by 
lower edges of the clavicles which take a blade-like shape and end both forward and 
backward with spines. 
319. CHARAX PAUCIRADIATA (Giinther) 
Anacyrtus pauciradiatus Giinther, 1864, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V, 345; 
Steindachner, 1882 (1883), Denksch. KK. Akad. Wiss. Wien, XLVI, 14, Iquitos, one specimen ; 
Boulenger, 1887, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 282, Canelos. 
Charax pauciradiata Kigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, IIT, 444. 
Peruvian Amazon 
320. CHARAX LIMAESQUAMIS (Cope) 
Anacyrtus (misspelled Anacrytus) limaesquamis Cope, 1878, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XVIT, 686, R. 
Maranon, Orton collection. 
Cyrtocharax limaesquamis Fowler, 1906 (1907), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LVIII, 454, fig. 44; 
Fowler, 1939 (1940), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XCI, 270, one, 183 mm., Contamana. 
Charax limaesquamis Eigenmann and Ogle, 1907, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., XXXIIT, 32; 
Eigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, IIT, 444. 
The Maranon 
321. CHARAX TECTIFER (Cope) 
Anacyrtus tectifer Cope, 1870, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XT, 565, Pebas, Hauxwell collection. 
Anacyrtus sanguineus Cope, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XXIII, 266, pl. ix, fig. 1, Rio Am- 
byiacu, Hauxwell collection; 
Cope, 1878, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XVII, 685, Maranon, Orton coll.; 
Eigenmann and Ogle, 1907, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., XX XIII, 32. 
