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



to above origin of anal ; ventral extending a little beyond 

 origin of anal. Caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle nearly 

 ^ as long as deep. OlivaceouSj with a blackish spot above 

 the origin of the lateral line, another on the middle of the 

 side, and a third on the upper part of the base of caudal ; 

 vertical fins dusky. 



Guatemala ; Southern Mexico. 



1. (280 mm.) type of the species. Chiapas. O. Salvin, Esq. 



2-4. (68-225 mm.) Iluamuchal. O. Salvin, Esq. 



59. Cichlosoma Salvini. 



Hei-os Sahini, Giinth. Cat. Fish. iv. p. 294 (1864), and Trans. Zool. Soc. 



vi. 1869, p. 460, pi. Ixxiii. fig. 3 ; Pellegr. M6m. Soc. Zool. France, 



xvi. 1903, p. 241 (1904). 

 Heros triagramma, Steind. Denkschr. Ak. Wien, xxiii. 1864, p. 70, 



pk iii. iig. 2. 

 Ciclilasoma Salvini, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1898, 



p. 1528 ; Meek, Zool. Pub. Columbian Mus. v. 1904, p.' 207. 

 Ciclilasoma mojarra, Meek, t. c. p. 217, fig. 71. 



Depth of body 2-t-2f in the length, length of head 2|-2§. 

 Snout as long as postorbital part of head (in the adult). 

 Diameter of eye 3-4 in the length of head, interorbital 

 width 3-3|. Depth of prieorbital |-| the diameter of eye. 

 Maxillary exposed distally, extending about to below anterior 

 margin of eye ; praemaxillary processes extending to above 

 middle of eye or beyond ; lower jaw projecting ; fold of the 

 lower lip continuous ; upper jaw with the 2 anterior teeth of 

 the outer series forming a strong pair of canines ; lower 

 jaw with 2 pairs of strong canines ; cheek with 5 scries of 

 scales; 8 or 9 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. 

 Scales 28-31 ^^g|, 2 or 2i between lateral line and base of 

 anterior rays of soft dorsal. Dorsal* XVI-XVII 9-12, the 

 spines subequal from the sixth to the fourteen tli^ thence 

 increasing in length to the last, which is ^ or nearly | tlie 

 length of head; the soft fin, when laid back, extending 

 about to middle of caudal. Anal f VlIl-IX 7-9. Pectoral 

 I the length of head, extending to above anterior anal spines; 

 ventral extending beyond origin of anal. Caudal rounded. 

 Caudal peduncle ^-? as long as deep. Brownish, with 

 darker cross-bands which form a series of blackish blotches 

 along the base of the dorsal and another series below the 

 lateral line, the latter usually confluent in the adult to form 

 a longitudinal band from eye to caudal ; blue spots on the 



* Dorsal with 16 spines in 1 specimen only. 

 t Anal with 9 spines in 2 specimens only.' 



