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definite and darker spot is just below the lateral line midway between the 

 front of the eye and the base of the caudal. A smaller one is on the 

 upper part of the caudal peduncle, usually ringed with bluish body color. 

 A dark band, more or less conspicuous, runs back from the eye through the 

 middle spot to the spot on the caudal peduncle. It is often interrupted by 

 the middle spot, and is usually more conspicuous in front of it than behind 

 it. The fins are very dark, sometimes nearly black ; the pectorals are always 

 lighter; the caudal, soft dorsal, and anal are usually with numerous light 

 spots of the bluish body color, but these are absent when the fins are nearly 

 black. 



179. Cichlosoma temporale (Giinther). 



A single specimen of this species was taken in the market at Para. It 

 agrees in all essential respects with current descriptions. 



180. Crenicichla lepidota Heckel. 



Specimens from Lake Papary, Lake Extremoz and Ceara Mirim are refer- 

 able to this species, though it has hitherto been known only from Southern 

 Brazil, Paraguay and Buenos Ayres. They agree very well with the descrip- 

 tion published by Mr. Regan (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1905, p. 158). 



They resemble specimens of Crenichichla saxatalis from Para, but have 

 larger scales, which number from 40 to 45 below the lateral line, instead 

 of from 50 to 56. They are deeper, being from 26 to 30 hundredths of the 

 length (without the caudal) instead of from 23 to 25 hundredths. The 

 head is usually larger and the suborbital a little deeper. The anal rays 

 are usually 8 or 9, while in Crenicichla saxatilis they are occasionally 9, but 

 nearly always 10. They have 7 or 8 large spots along the side, which are 

 nearly always evident and usually conspicuous. 



The following life colors, taken from the specimens from Lake Papary, 

 show three color phases. In the first specimen the ground color is greenish 

 slate, with a series of large black blotches along the sides edged with pearly 

 spots. Similar small pearly spots are scattered over the side of the body. 

 On the head a dark band runs back from the eye, giving place to an irregular 

 pearly stripe on the side of the body. A small black spot is present at the 

 base of the upper caudal rays. All of the vertical fins are edged with dusky 

 and the anal and caudal are inconspicuously spotted with white. The dorsal 

 is bluish with metallic spots. The pectoral and ventrals are light yellowish, 

 and the caudal is tinged with the same color. 



In the second specimen the ground color is very dark olive-green above, 

 growing lighter below with yellowish tinges on the side of the' body and slate 



