NO. 1566. LIST OF CHARACIN FISHES— EIGENM ANN AND OGLE. 3 



Hemigrammus inconstans Eigenmann and Ogle. 

 Astyanax rutilus nicaraguensis Eigenmann and Ogle. 

 Asiyanax emperador Eigenmann and Ogle. 

 Astyanax orthodus Eigenmann. 

 Astyanax atratoensis Eigenmann. 

 Astyanax megalnps Eigenmann. 

 Phenacogrammus Eigenmann. 

 Charax atratoensis Eigenmann. 



I am informed that the names GUhertella and EverinaneUa proposed 

 for Characin genera are preoccupied. For the former I propose the 

 name GiJhertolux Eigenmarm; for the latter, Eve'nnannolw< Eigenmann. 



Psectrog-aster auratus Gill. 



No. 5878. Type Bolivia, Gibbon collection. 

 Psectrogaster curviventris Eigenmann and Kennedy. 



No. 2106. Two specimens, ParagiKW, Page collection. 

 Curimatus albula Quoy and Gaimard. 



No. 449.50. Two specimens, Lagoa Santa, Brazil, Reinhardt col- 

 lection. 



Curimatus boulengeri Eigenmann, ne^v specific name. 

 For ('nrhnatus gnntlieri Boulengek, not.nf Eigennuum and I'Mgenniaiui. 

 Curimatus bimaculatus Steindachner. 



No. 1639 (part). Two specimens, Paraguay, Page collection. 



No. 2107. Two specimens, Paraguay, Page collection. 

 Curimatus platanus Gunther. 



No. 1639 (part). One specimen, Paraguay, Page collection. 



Head 3.4; depth 3.25; D. 12, counting everything; A. 10^; scales 

 between 53 and 57. A small black caudal spot, no dorsal spot. 

 ? Curimatus gilberti Quoy and Gaimard. 



No. 39148, A specimen 42 nmi, to base of caudal. From Monte- 

 video, Uruguay. 



Head nearly 4; depth 3|; D. 12; A. 9; scales 6-36-5; tail with a 

 dusky lateral streak ending in a large black spot in front of the caudal. 

 Entire back with obscure dark spots. 

 Curimatus brevipes Eigenmann and Ogle, ne-w species. 



Tyjte. — Cat. No. 35333, U.S.N.M. A specimen 131 mm. to base of 

 caudal, Peru?, Orton collection. 



Allied to C. leucostictus. Head 3.5; depth 3|^; D. 12, including 

 the first rudiment; A. 10; scales 8-47-6i (above ventrals). Heavy, 

 elongate, rhomboidal. Preventral region broadly rounded, without 

 keels and without a median series of scales; postventral region and 

 postdorsal region rounded; predorsal region obscurely ridged; mouth 

 subterminal. 



Anterior profile very slightly concave, strongly convex behind the 

 occiput; eye equal to snout, 3f in head, 2 in interorbital; scales cre- 

 nate; caudal apparently entirel}^ naked. Highest dorsal vny probably 



