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Distance of dorsal fin from tip of snout 2| in the 

 length; the dorsal fin much higher than long; mem- 

 brane of all the fins exceedingly thin. Dorsal fin in- 

 serted behind the last ventral ray; the ventral fins reach 

 about to the anal fin. 



Pectoral spine stout, curved, its inner margin serrate, 

 its outer surface with numerous small spines. 



Light brown; about 6 dark bars across the back; one 

 across the occiput and another across the eyes; dorsal 

 rays spotted with dark; base of caudal blackish, its rays 

 spotted; anal fin plain; pectorals and ventrals with dusky 

 tips. 



Head 3i; D. 8; A. 6; V. I, 5; P. I, 6; Lat. 1. 27. 



Two specimens .10-. 12 m. (to base of caudal). W. 

 James. 



Manacapuru; Hyavary. 



LXIII. LORICARIA. 



Loricaria Linnseus Syst. Nat. ed. x. 



^Loricaria Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk. i, 80, 

 1863 {dura^=: cataphrada) . 



<CLo7'icaria Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus. v. 



'^Sturisoma Swainson, Fishes, Amph. & Reptiles, ii, 

 1839 (rostrata). 



^Hemiodon Kner, Panzerwelse, 89, 1853 (sp.) 



y-Hemiodon Bleeker, 1. c. 82 (dej'yressus). 



y-Loricariichthys id. 1. c. 80 (inaculatus) . 



'>Pseudoloricaria id. 1. c. 80 (loiviuscida). 



'yParahemiodon id. 1. c. 80 (typus). 



yHemiloricaria id. 1. c. 81 (caracasensis). 



yPseudohemiodon id. 1. c. 81 (platycephalas). 



y-Rineloricaria id. 1. c. 81 (lima). 



^Oxyloricaria id. 1. c. 81 (harhata). 



Type: Loricaria cataphracta Linna3us. 



