eigenmann: fresh water fishes. 



291 



Santiago, Chili) ; Jordan & Eigenmann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII, 

 430, 1890. 

 Habitat : Chili from Itata to Valparaiso. 



D. vni-ix, I, lo-ii. A. Ill, 8-10. Scales 4 or 5-36 to 40-9 to 1 1 ; 

 lat. line i, 33-35. 



Depth of body 5^ to 4 times in total length, length of head 3^ to 

 y/2 times. Snout slightly overlapping lower jaw, as long as the diameter 

 of the eye, which is 33^ to 4 times in length of head, and a little ex- 

 ceeds interorbital width ; maxillary reaching to below anterior border of 

 eye, the width of its distal extremity about yi diameter of eye ; head 

 naked above, cheeks and opercles scaly. Gill-rakers very short, 10 to 12 

 on lower part of anterior arch. Dorsal originating behind vertical of 

 axilla, spinous portion once and a half to once and two thirds as long as 

 second ; third or fourth dorsal spine longest, f to ^ length of head, and 

 longer than longest soft rays. Pectoral f^ to 34; length of head. Sec- 

 ond anal spine longest. Caudal truncate. Brownish above, the scales 

 often edged with black ; yellowish beneath ; young with eight or nine more 

 or less distinct dark cross-bars and the caudal barred with blackish ; lips, 

 border of gill-membranes, pectoral and border of dorsal fins red. 



This species reaches a length of 95 mm. 



LIST OF NOMINAL SPECIES WITH THEIR IDENTIFICATIONS. 



Perca true ha Cuv. & Val., 



Athcrina rcgia Humboldt, 



Atlurina laticlava Cuv. & Val., 



Alius papillosHS Cuv. & Val., 



Perca Icevis Jenyns, 



Athcrina niicrolcpidota Jenyiis, 



Mesites tnaculatus Jenyns, 



Mesites attemiatus Jenyns, 



Mesites alpinus Jenyns, 



Aplochiton zebra Jenyns, 



Aplochiton tcBitiatiis Jenyns, 



Petromyzon inordax Richardson, 



Tricliomycteriis arcolatus Cuv. & Val, 



Trichoniycterus maculatus Cuv. & Val., 



Trichoinycterus inermis Guichenot, 



Farionella gayii Cuv. & Val., xxii, 



Geotria austra/is Gray, 



Caragola lapicida Gray, 



