60 THE CYPRINODONTS. 



PcBcilia pelenensis Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 342, — 1868, Tr. Zool. Soc. Lond., ^^, 484, pi. 85, fig. 3, 4 ; 

 Eig., 1893, P. U. S. Mus., XVI, 57- 



Fcecilia dovU Gth., 1S66, Cat., VI, 344; GUI, 1877, P. PhU. Ac, 187; Eig., 1893, P. U. S. Mus., 

 XVT, 57. 



Pacilia spilurus Gth., 1866, Cat., VI, 345 ; Eig., 1893, P. U. S. Mus., XVI, 57. 



P(£<nlia Butleri Jor., 1889, P. U. S. Mus., XI, 330 ; Eig,, 1893, P. U. S. Mus., XVI, 57. 



(}[olUnesia fasciata Pet., 1844, Ber. Ak. Wiss. Berl., 36 ; Blk. 1860, Cypr., 485 ; Pcecilia fasciala Eig. 

 1893, P. TJ. S. Mus., XVI, 57, may refer to this species. Whether it does can ouly be decided by the origi- 

 nal specimen. " D. 8 ; A. 9 ; niit dunkeln Querbindeu; Mexico," is all that was said of it.) 



B. 6 ; D. 10-9 ; A. 9-10 ; V. 6 ; P. 15 ; LI. 25-28 ; Ltr. 9-8 ; Vert. 

 14 + 14. 



Body not much elongate, greatly compressed, depth of large specimens 

 near one third of the length to the base of the caudal ; caudal pedicel deep. 

 Head thi'ee and two thirds times in the length of the body without the cau- 

 dal, not as wide as deep, slightly arched across the crown. Snout moderate, 

 blunt ; chin steep. Mouth rather small, directed upward ; lower jaws longer, 

 loosely joined ,• upper short, protractile. Teeth in the outer series slender, 

 movable, broadened and hooked toward the apex ; inner teeth in bands, 

 tricuspid. Eye large, longer than the snout, more than half of the inter- 

 orbital space, four thirteenths of the head. Dorsal larger than anal, first 

 ray about midway from occiput to base of caudal. First ray of anal below 

 second or third of dorsal, base or tip not reaching as far backward as those 

 of the latter. Anal modified on the male, much advanced, between the ven- 

 trals, hardly as long as the head. Caudal deep, as long as the head, slightly 

 convex, scaly toward the base. Scales large. Intestine long. 



Olivaceous, light or yellowish to dark, edges of scales darker, with or 

 without irregular blotches of black scattered over back and sides ; sometimes 

 clouded or blotched with brownish or with faint vertical bands of lighter. 

 Lower half of head and belly silvery to golden. Dorsal usually marked 

 with rather large to very small spots of black, scattered or in transversa 

 series. Caudal plain or marked with spots like the dorsal. Fins commonly 

 darkened toward the tips. Top of head dark. Male with larger fins and 

 more spots than the female. Young with transverse markings which persist on 

 some of the older ones. This species is subject to considerable variation. A 

 larger collection than we now possess is necessary to determine what varieties 

 are included. 



Mexico to Central America. 



