500 Mr. C. T. Regan on the Cichh'd Fishes 



Last dorsal spine scarcely more than -I 



length of head 10. nanus, sp. n. 



b. Anterior teeth in 3 or 4 series ; a large ocellus near posterior 

 end of spinous dorsal 11. notophthalmus, sp. n. 



B. 72 to 130 scales in a longitudinal series below lateral line. 



1. Maxillary not extending to below eye; snout more than \ 



length of head. 



a. luterorbital width 4| to 5 in length of head. 

 D. XXIII 13-14. A. HI 9-10. " 84 to 95 



scales in a latpral longitudinal series . 12. vittata, Heck., 1840. 



D. XXIV 14. A. Ill 11. 113 scales in a [1862. 



lateral longitudinal series 13. acuttrostris, Giinth,, 



b. Interorbital width about 3 in length of head. 



D. XX-XXII 11-12. A. Ill 9. 72 to 76 [1911. 



scales in a lateral lono-itudinal series . 14. canietana, Steiud., 

 D. XXIV- XXV 13-14. A. Ill 9-10. 102 [1903. 



scales in a lateral longitudinal series . 15. inultispinosa, Pellegr., 



2. Maxillary extending to below anterior margin of eye or a little 



beyond ; snout § the length of head or less. 



a. Scales above upper la;teral line ctenoid, except anteriorl/.- 



1). XXII-XXIV 15-17. A. Ill 10-12. 

 93 to 108 scales in a lateral longitudinal 



series, 14 to 16 between first doi'sal 



spine and lateral line ; snout 8^ to 3§ 



in length of head ; two dark lateral 



stripes ending in a spot on base of 



caudal, a tliird along lateral line, a 



fourth connecting a series of rings on 



each side of the back 16. strigata, Giinth., 1862. 



116 scales in a lateral longitudinal series, 15 



between iirst dorsal spine and lateral 



line ; snout 3A in length of head ; an 



irregular brownish band along middle [1903. 



of side, another above the lateral line. 17. marmorala, Pellegr., 

 106 to 113 scales in a lateral longitudinal 



series, 16 or 17 between first dorsal 



spine and lateral line ; snout 3 to 3|^ 



in length of head ; brownish, with a 



dark spot above pectoral and another 



at base of caudal 18. luc/nhris, Heck., 1840, 



120 scales in a lateral longitudinal series, 



20 between first dorsal spine and 



lateral line ; body with dark cross-bars. 19. cincta, Regan, 1905. 



b. Scales above upper lateral line nearh' all cycloid ; 112 to 130 



in a longitudinal series below it. D. XXI-XXIII 17-19. 

 A. Ill 11-12. Blackish spots on head and chest. 

 Pectoral fin rather less than ^, postorbital 

 part of head more than \ lens^th of 

 head. A stripe on head behind eye, ; 

 a series of spots on spinous dorsal Fin ; 

 a series of narrow vertical bars above 

 lateral line 20. ornuta, Regan, 1905, 



