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BANDED SCHIZODON. 

 Schizodon /asciatus, Agas. 



PLATE XXVI. 



Curimata fasciatus, Spix, tab. xxxvi. — L. Geral, Warracu. 

 Schomb. Drawings, No. 27. 



" The fish from which the drawing has been made 

 was caught in the Rio Branco ; it is of a dark grey 

 colour, yellowish on the belly and head ; the scaling 

 is large, adhesive, round, and smooth at the edges ; 

 lateral line single, straight ; head short, gently slop- 

 ing; lips fleshy; mouth protractile; teeth obtuse, 

 serrated, in a single row in the inter-maxillary and 

 lower jaw ; ventral fins placed under the pectoral ; 

 rudiment of a pinna adiposa above the anal fin, ob- 

 tuse on the posterior extremity; (rays of dorsal 

 and anal fins project in rather sharp points) ; nos- 

 trils double, oval; eyes middle-sized, silvery red 

 above ; tongue not perceptible. The gill-rays are not 

 covered by the gill-lid, but free, and extend from its 

 lower margin towards the throat ; opercles smooth, 

 with smooth edges ; gill-opening semilunar, almost 

 sharp-angled in the middle. The body is much 

 elongated; back liigh. Is caught with the hook 

 or shot with arrows, and lives but a short time 



