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inner; inner surface of the inner teetii convex, the points being 

 arranged in a curved line, the middle point distinctly largest; maxil- 

 lar}" with one small tooth; cheeks entirely mailed. 



Dorsal over the eleventh scale of the lateral line, origin of ventrals 

 under the ninth; dorsal pointed, the anterior rays longest; caudal 

 deeph^ forked, anal basis long, its origin nearer base of pectorals than 

 to the end of the anal; ventrals nearly reaching anal, pectorals beyond 

 origin of ventrals. Scales regular, cycloid, decreasing regularly in 

 size from the back to the origin of the anal. 



Iridescent; a well marked verticaily oval humeral spot; a silvery 

 lateral band, a small caudal spot, not continued on the middle rays. 



Astyanax multiradiatus Eigenmaiin and Kennedy. 



No. 1<'>22 (part). One specimen, Paraguay, Page collection. 

 Astyanax meg-alops Eigenmann, new species. 



Type. — Cat. No. 5192, Museum of Indiana University. Specimen 

 42 mm. to base of caudal, Itaituba, Brazil. 



Scales 5-35-4; A. 28; depth 2.60; head 3.6; e3'e 5 in snout, 2.3 in 

 head; interorbital 3 in head; maxillary long, nearly as long as eye, 

 with 3 small teeth. Deepest at origin of dorsal, compressed. Dorsal 

 high, its longest ray longer than head, its origin over base of ventral, 

 much nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; pectorals extending a 

 little beyond base of ventrals; ventrals not to anal. Colors appar- 

 ently much faded; a conspicuous, well-defined silvery lateral l)and; 

 traces of a vertical humeral spot; no caudal spot. Related to A. l>ald- 

 ensis. 

 Nannaethiops iiniteeniatus (Gunther). 



No. 12679. One specimen, (laboon River, Africa, presented l)}^ the 

 British Museum. 

 Myletes dentex Linnaeus. 



No. 52092. One specimen, Atbara River, Egypt, Senii'-Expedition 

 collection. 



No. 52U91. Two specimens, Atbara River, Egypt, Sen tf -Expedition 

 collection. 



Myletes baremose Joannis. 



No. 52084. Two specimens, Atbara River, Egpyt, Senff-Expedition 

 collection. 

 Brycinus macrolepidotus Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



No. 52085. One specimen, Nile River, Atbara Junction, Egypt, 

 Senfi- Expedition collection. 



No. 52093. One specimen, Atbara River, Egypt, Senil'-Expedition 

 collection. 

 Brycinus nurse Riippell. 



No. 52089. One specimen, Atbara River, Egypt, Senff-Expedition 

 collection. 



