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and also on the tail a few light spots of the ground color show. The fins 

 are uniform dusky brown like the body, but posteriorly they grow slightly 

 darker toward the margin, and are narrowly edged with white. 



The type and only specimen is 5 inches in length, and was collected in 

 the rock pools at Natal. 



This species differs from Rabula panamensis (Steindachner) in having 

 the jaws straight so that the mouth may be closed, and in having the dorsal 

 beginning behind the gill opening. 



29. Lycodontis moringa (Cuvier). 



Several small specimens were taken in the rock pools at Natal. On 

 some of them the dark spots have so run together as to leave none of the 

 usual ground color, or just a trace of it showing as a few indefinite, ir- 

 regular markings. The light border to the anal and posterior part of the 

 dorsal seems to be constant. 



In life this species is sienna yellow, with slaty brown spots scattered 

 irregularly over the head and body. The anal is dusky, and narrowly and 

 sharply edged with milk white. The white border is continued around the 

 caudal and onto the dorsal, where it becomes narrow anteriorly and dis- 

 appears. The dorsal has a dark border at the edge of the fin anteriorly 

 and next to the white edge posteriorly. The base of the dorsal is spotted 

 like the body. 



30. Lycodontis funebris (Ranzani). 



A single specimen a couple of feet in length was taken at Natal. It 

 is uniform in color and shows no longitudinal lines on the fins. 



Family CHARACINID^. 



31. Curimatus leucostictus Eigenmann and Eigenmann. 



One specimen was secured by Mr. Mann and Dr. Baker in the Madeira 

 River about 400 miles from its mouth. There are traces of a light longi- 

 tudinal bar on the posterior part of the side, its upper edge at the lateral 

 line. 



32. Curimatus schomburgki Gtinther. 



Several specimens collected at Para are entirely similar to specimens 

 from British Guiana collected by Dr. Eigenmann. It is probable that these 

 should all be referred to Curimatus 'd^rinoides (Linnaeus). 



The dorsal reaches variably to the adipose dorsal or to as far back as 

 the base of the caudal. 



