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RED-SPOTTED CYCHLA, 



Cychla? rulro-ocdlata. 



PLATE X. 

 L. GERAL, Acarra. Schomb. Drawmgs, No. 38. 



THIS fish, in its form commencing to vary from 

 those which we have considered as typical of 

 Cychla, will lead us on to the next ; it is altogether 

 a deeper fish, but retains traces of the bands so pre- 

 valent in the others, the brilliant colours, and is 

 marked with the peculiar ocellated spots we have 

 observed throughout ; the anal fin also is of much 

 greater extent, and the three first rays are spined 

 or strong. The lateral line, however, as repre- 

 sented in the figure, is parted towards the tail. 

 Mr. Schomburgk observes, " This is also a native 

 of the Rio Negro and its tributaries, and is called 

 Acarra, which is the common name for the whole 

 genus. It is a beautiful fish, greenish on the back 

 and yellow on the belly, variously banded and spot- 

 ted with black; the caudal fin is scaly half its 

 length, and spotted "with vermilion; on its insertion 

 is a peacock-eye, and another on the soft rays of 

 the dorsal fin ; the eye is bright orange, and situate 

 near the middle of the head; the gill-lid scaly; 



