ANNOTATED LIST OF THE SPECIES 269 
Cope, 1872, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XXIII, 265, Rio Ambyiacu, Hauxwell collection; 
Steindachner, 1882 (1883), Denksch. Kk. Akad. Wiss. Wien, XLVI, 13, one, Amazon at 
Iquitos. 
Thoracocharax stellatus Fowler, 1906 (1907), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., LVIII, 452; 
Kigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, III, 489. 
Orinoco, Amazons, and Paraguay basins 
15619, 2, 76 and 80 mm., Lago Sanango, Yurimaguas, Allen, October, 1920. 
15620, 2, 62 and 72 mm., Gosulimacocha, Rio Morona, Allen, October, 1920. 
15621, 27, 40-58 mm., creek, Rio Morona, Allen, October, 1920. 
Head 3.33-3.8; depth 1.6-1.87; D. II, 12 to II, 15, usually II, 18; A. III, 35 to 
III, 39; lateral line 18-20; pectoral 1.8—2.0 in the combined length of head and 
trunk; eye 3.0; interorbital 2.0—2.66. 
348. THORACOCHARAX PECTOROSUS (Garman) 
Gasteropelecus pectorosus Garman, 1890, Bull. Essex Inst., XXII, 9. 
Thoracocharax pectorosus Eigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, IIT, 440; 
Fowler, 1939 (1940), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., XCI, 264, fig. 3, one, 94 mm., Contamana. 
Gasteropelecus securis Filippi, 1853, Rev. Mag. Zool., 165, Rio Napo. 
Gasteropelecus stellatus (non Kner) Fowler, 1906 (1907), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 452, Pebas. 
Peruvian Amazon 
Genus 1385: CARNEGIELLA Eigenmann 
Carnegiella Eigenmann, 1909, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VI, 13; 
Eigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, III, 439; 
Eigenmann, 1912, Mem. Carnegie Mus., V, 378. 
Type: Gasteropelecus strigatus Gunther 
Guianas and Peruvian Amazon 
Unlike Gasteropelecus in the lack of adipose fin; premaxillary with about nine 
tricuspid teeth in a series; maxillary with a single large, conical tooth at its upper 
anterior angle. 
349. CARNEGIELLA STRIGATA (Gunther) 
Plate XIV, fig. 5 
Gasteropelecus strigatus Giinther, 1864, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., V, 343; 
Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1891, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 57. 
Carnegiella strigata Kigenmann, 1909, Ann. Carnegie Mus., VI, 13; 
Eigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, III, 439; 
Eigenmann, 1912, Mem. Carnegie Mus., V, 378, pl. lv, figs. 2 and 3. 
Gasteropelecus fasciatus Garman, 1890, Bull. Essex Inst., XXII, 10; 
Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1891, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 57. 
Peruvian Amazon and Guianas 
