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pink at the base, the latter tipped with bright red ; 

 the anal fin yellowish green, edged with bright red, 

 and with two indistinct dark bands across the ante- 

 rior tip. The tail, deeply forked, is dull yellow ; 

 there is a central longitudinal band or stripe of dull 

 light blue, succeeded across each lobe by three others 

 of a similar colour and equidistant, and terminated 

 by the tips, also blue. The eye is large and coloured 

 yellow. 



D. U—P. 13— V. 9— A. 10— Br. 4_Rib8, 19 pair»— 

 Vert. 38. 



BEAUTIFUL SALMON-CARP. 



Prochilodiis insiynis. 



PLATE XXX. 



L. Geral, Gcraki. Schomh. Drmvhifjs, No. 2G. 



" This fish inhabits the Rio Branco, where it is 

 plentiful and esteemed for food. It is killed by 

 the arrows, as it will not take bait, and in its gene- 

 ral manners resembles Plate XXVIII. Its colour 

 is a silvery blue, inclining to rose on the belly. 

 Head greenish, eyes yellow and red. The lips are 

 fleshy and formed for sucking ; ventral fins situate 

 under the dorsal ; . gill-lid smooth, the opening 



