146 YELLOW-SPOTTED CYCHLA. 



rants when they are plentiful, and being a swil 

 swimming fish, destroy great numbers of smaUe 

 fishes. The body is greenish lake, with three blac 

 bars, three rows, and several scattered yellow spots 

 on the head several black spots, and a peacock 

 eye on the insertion of the tail. Dorsal fin and up 

 per part of tail, indigo spotted with light blue ; VCD 

 tral, anal, and lower half of caudal fin vermilion 

 pectoral greenish ; gill-rays vermilion ; belly lighte 

 than the other parts of the body. They grow t 

 two feet in length." The formula of the fins is, 



D. 15/16 P. 16 V. 1/5 A. 10 C. 20 B*. &, 



