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VOL. XXXIII. 



Leporinus taeniatus Iiutken. • 



No. 44952, One specimen (probably one of the types), Rio das 

 Vellias, Brazil. 



Lat. line 37; D. 13; A. 9; head, 4i; depth about 3f ; a dark lateral 

 band. Dorsal and anal rounded, the latter reachino- caudal. A sec- 

 ond specimen, labeled taeniatus by Liitken, from Rio das Velhas, 

 Brazil, seems to be distinct. 



Lat. line 36, D. 13; A. 11; head 4, depth about 4. No markinu-s 

 apparent; anal and dorsal rounded, the former reaching caudal. 

 Leporinus parse Eigenmann, new species. 



7}/pc'.—Ciit. No. 34613, U.S.N.M. Specimen 76 mm. to the end of 

 the lateral line. Para, Brazil. Presented ]\y J. C. Brevoort. 



Cotype. — Cat. No. 34613« (part). Specimen 63 mm. to end of the 

 lateral line. 



Cotyj)es. — Cat. No. 34575, two specimens, 126 and 74 mm. to end of 

 the lateral lines, respectivel}^ Presented by J. C. Brevoort. 



Fig. 3. — Lepokim b par.e. 



Allied to nattereri^ agassizii^ tnegalepis, and frederici. 



Head 4; depth 3; D. 12; A. 10 or 11; scales 5-37 to 39-5. Com- 

 pressed; profile slightly concave over eye, convex from nape to dorsal; 

 basis of dorsal more oblique than the slope posterior to the dorsal; eye 

 3f-4; snout 3, interorbital 2-2.25; maxillary groove extending to below 

 the point midway between the nostrils; nostrils close together or more 

 remote, teeth 4-4, rather small but sharp; dorsal and anal rounded, 

 highest anal rays reaching to the caudal, much beyond tips of last ray; 

 highest dorsal ray little less than length of head; caudal short, the 

 upper lobe about equal to the highest dorsal ray; pectorals not reacli- 

 ing ventrals by the length of about 3 scales. 



A small dark spot just behind the gill openings and below the lateral 

 line; a dark spot on the lateral line below the dorsal, another on the 

 lateral line in front of the anal, and a third just in front of the caudal; 

 traces of a silvery streak along the lateral line as in Z. nattererl; 

 lighter lines following the rows of scales, especially below the lateral 

 line; back with faint traces of darker marblings. 



