ANNOTATED LIST OF THE SPECIES 291 
Seales smallest on nape, progressively larger ventrally, finely crenulate along 
their entire margins. 
Color rich, golden, iridescent yellow, darkened toward the mid-dorsal line; 
markings limited to a few ashen or dusky areas on the dorsal line and extremities 
of the fins. 
Genus 159: CURIMATELLA Eigenmann and Eigenmann 
Curimatella Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., IV, 415; 
Eigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, III, 420; 
Eigenmann, 1912, Mem. Carnegie Mus., V, 262. 
Type: Curimatella lepidurus Eigenmann and Eigenmann 
Peru and Guiana to Rios Paraguay and Sao Francisco 
A Curimatus having caudal lobes covered with scales to their extremities; 
tongue with free margins; lateral line complete; teeth lacking. 
384. CURIMATELLA MEYERI (Steindachner) 
Curimatus meyeri Steindachner, 1882 (1883), Denksch. KIx. Akad. Wiss. Wien, XLVI, 11, pl. i, 
fig. 4, Rio Huallaga, one, 130 mm. 
Curimatus (Curimatella) meyeri Eigenmann and Eigenmann, 1889, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., IV, 418. 
Curimatella meyeri Fowler, 1906 (1907), Proce. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., LVIII, 296, Peruvian Amazon, 
Orton collection ; 
Higenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, IIT, 420; 
Fowler, 1939 (1940), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XCI, 252, six, 125-175 mm., Contamana. 
Peruvian Amazons 
385. CURIMATELLA ALBURNA (Miiller and Troschel) 
Anodus alburnus Miller and Troschel, 1845, Horae Ichth., I and II, 26, pl. iv, fig. 3, British Guiana. 
Curimatus alburnus Kner, 1859, Denksch. KIk. Akad. Wiss. Wien, XVII, 144, Rio Guaporé and 
Matto Grosso; 
Steindachner, 1876, Sitzb. Kk. Akad. Wiss. Wien, LX XIV, 33, Teffé; 
Steindachner, 1881, Denksch. Kx. Akad. Wiss. Wien, XLIII, 36; 
Eigenmann and Higenmann, 1889, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., IV, 418; 
EKigenmann and Eigenmann, 1891, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., XIV, 46; 
Pellegrin, 1899, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., V, 157; 
FRigenmann, 1910, Rept. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, III, 420; 
Eigenmann, 1912, Mem. Carnegie Mus., V, 262. 
Curimatella alburnus Fowler, 1906 (1907), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., LVIII, 297, Surinam; 
Fowler, 1939 (1940), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XCI, 251, fig. 52, two, 84 and 87 mm., 
Contamana. 
The Guianas to Peru, Rio Guaporé, and Rio Paraguay 
17848, 8, 95-108 mm., pond, Iquitos, Allen, September, 1920. 
Fowler’s informants have collected the name Gordillo, which is the equivalent 
of “Fatty”, for the species. 
