I 



flDemotrs of tbe flDuseum of Comparative Zoologp. 



AT HARVARD COLLEGE. 



Vol. XLIII. Part 1. AdvrfttUttS V ^Kt^f ^.£ 9kf. 



THE AMERICAN CHARACIDAE. 



BY 



CARL H. EIGENMANN. 



WITH SIXTEEN PLATES. 



CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.: 



Iprtnteo for tbe flDuseum. 



August, 1917. 



