470 



l'.\TA(;ONIAN expeditions: /()(')1.()(.\ 



A'eciro/'ins iu-inaio[^iis (iiinther, 



Pellegrin, 209. 

 Neetroplus iiicaiagiiciisis Gill and 



Bransford. 

 Habitat: Lakes Managua and Nica- 

 ragua. 



2. Ihrichtliys hocourti Vaill. & Pell., 



Pellegrin, 1903, 246. 

 • Habitat: Guatemala. 

 ,v Hcrichthys gcddcsi Regan, 



Regan, 1905, 436. 

 Habitat: Southern Mexico. 



Ac.\ROPsis Steindachner. 

 T\pc: Acara nassa Heckel. 

 Range that of the single species. 

 .-\i. Acixyopsis nassa (Hcckcl), 



Pellegrin, 144. 

 Habitat: Guiana: Orinoco and Ama- 

 zons. 



Peteni.x Giinther. 

 Type : Petcnia splcndida Giinther. 

 Range that of the single species. 

 I. Petcnia splendida Giinther, 



Pellegrin, 207. 

 Habitat : Lake Peten. 



ToMocicHL.v Regan. 

 'I\v'pc: Toniocichla nndcrwoodi Regan. 

 Range that of the single species. 

 I. 'I'oiiiocichla iDtdcrivoodi Regan, 



Regan, igo^d, 463. 

 Habitat: Co.sta Rica. 



Herichthys Baird & Girard. 



Type: Herichthys cyanoguttatiis Baird 

 & Girard. 



Range : Texas to Guatemala. 

 I. Herichthys cyanoguttatiis Baird & Gi- 

 rard J. & 1'".., 1537. 



A'ceiropliis carpintis Jordan & Snyder; 

 Heros temporatus Fowler. 



Habitat: Texas to northeastern Mexico. 



' .' A. jilamenlosus ( Laceiiedc) and .(. plaiiifroiis 

 (Kaup). 



"In 1839 Snainson (Xat. Hist. Fishes, Amph. and 

 Rept., II) defined the genera Astronotus (p. 22(3) and 

 Cichlasoma (p. 230). The types and only species of 

 the genera are Loboles ocellalus Agassiz and Stiirna 

 punclala Linna;us. 



In 1840 Meckel defined his new genus Acara. It in- 



.\sTKONOTUS Svvainson. 

 Acara Heckel restricted by Gill to crassi- 

 spinis - ocellatus. 

 T_\-pc : Lobotcs ocellatus Agassiz. 

 Range: Guiana to Peru and Paraguay. 

 Ai. Astronotus ocellatus (Agassiz), 



Pellegrin, 146 

 Acara crassispinis Heckel; Cychla 

 riibro-ocellata Schomburgk; Acara 

 compressus and ? hypostictus Cope. 

 Habitat: Guiana, Amazons and Para- 

 guay. 

 A2. Astronotus ocellatus .zebra Pellegrin, 



Pellegrin, 147. 

 Habitat : Santarcm, 

 .\3. Astronotus hypostictus Co]je, 



Pellegrin, 146. 

 Habitat: Maranon. 



Nannacara Regan. 

 Type : Nannacara anoinala Regan. 

 Range that of the single species. 

 I. Nannacara anoinala Regan, 



Regan, 1905, 344. 

 Habitat : P'sscqiiibo. 



^■Equidens Kigenniaiin S: Bra\'.''- 

 Type: Acara tctranierus Heckel. 

 Range: Panama to the La Plata and 

 western Ecuador. 



eluded the type of Swainson's .Astroitoliis under the 

 new name ciassis/>iitis and also that of Cichlasoma. 

 He did not indicate a type, and he grouped the species 

 a<; follows, describing the first thirteen in detail. 



.tiara margarila ^ Cithlasoma himaculalu 



Acara Iclramenis = /Equidens telramcrus 



