210 Mr. C T. Regan on the Fishes of the 



extending to below the eye; praemaxillary processes extending 

 to above anterior margin of eye ; jaws equal anteriorly or 

 the lower very slightly projecting; fold of the lower lip not 

 continuous ; cheek with 6 series of scales ; 1 1 gill-rakers on 

 the lower part of anterior arch. Scales 29 ^^, 2^ between 

 lateral line and base of anterior rays of soft dorsal. Dorsal 

 XYI 11^ commencing above the opercular cleft, the spines 

 subequal from the fourth to the sixth, which are the longest, 

 thence decreasing to the thirteenth and increasing again to 

 the last, which is nearly ^ the length of head ; soft fin, when 

 laid back, extending to anterior | of caudal. Anal VI 9. 

 Pectoral nearly as long as the head, extending to above 

 last anal spine; ventral extending beyond origin of anal. 

 Caudal subtruncate. Caudal peduncle f as long as deep. 

 Olivaceous, with a blackish blotch on the side below the 

 lateral line and a dark spot on the upper I of the base of 

 caudal ; some light blue spots on the cheek ; fins unspotted. 

 British Honduras. 



1, (64 mm.) tj'pe of the Stann Creek. Rev. J. Robertson, 



speciee. 



33. Cichlosoma lo7iyimanus. 



Heros longimanus, Giinth. Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. 1869, p. 453, pi. Ixxii. 



.fig- 2- 

 Cichlasoma lonqimanus, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii^ 

 1898, p. 1520 ; Pellegr. M6m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1903, p. 212 

 (1904). 



Depth of body 2^ in the length, length of head 2|. Snout 

 as long as postorbital part of head. Diameter of eye 3^ 

 in the length of head and equal to the interorbital width. 

 Depth of prteorbital equal to diameter of eye. Maxillary 

 extending nearly to the vertical from anterior margin of eye; 

 preemaxillary processes extending to above anterior margin 

 of eye ; lower jaw very slightly projecting; fold of the lower 

 lip not continuous; cheek with 4 series of scales; 12 gill- 

 rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. Scales 28 ^, 2^ 

 between lateral line and base of anterior rays of soft dorsal. 

 Dorsal XVI 10, commencing above the opercular cleft, the 

 fifth and sixth spines somewhat longer than the succeeding 

 ones and \ the length of head ; the soft fin, when laid back, 

 extending to the middle of caudal. Anal VI 8. Pectoral 

 longer than the head, extending to the last ray of anal ; 

 ventral extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal slightly 

 emarginate, witli rounded lobes. Caudal peduncle f as long 



