120 Field Columbian Museum — Zoology, Vol. V. 



under the fourth ray of the dorsal; caudal fin broad, truncate; depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2 in head. 



Color, male with a broad indefinite lateral band ; female with dark 

 blotches on sides usually forming distinct cross bands (J. & E.). 

 Length about i)4 inches. Known only from the type locality. 



108. Characodon variatus Bean. 



Characodon variaius Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, 370, pi. xx, 



fig. 10; Guanajuato: Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1892, 286; 



Guanajuato: Woolman, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., 1894, 62; 



Rio Lerma. Salamanca, Queretaro: Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 



47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1S96, 669: Jordan & Snyder, Bull. U.S. 



Fish Comm., 1900, 126; Rio Verde, Aguas Calientes: Meek, 



Field Col. Mus. Pub. 65, 1902, 96: Aguas Calientes: Lagos. 



Ocotlan; Celaya; Huingo. 

 Characodon ferrugineus Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1887, 372. 



pi. xx, figs. 3 and 4. Guanajuato. 

 Basin of the Rio Lerma. 



*n&0& W&m 



Fig. 34. Characodon variatus Bean, i 



No. .v^o8, U. S. National Museum. 



Fig. 35. Characodon variatus Bean. 2 



No. 37810 (Characodon ferrugineus Bean), U. S. National Museum. 



