336 Uv. C. T. Regan on the Fishes of the 



jaws equal anteriorly ; fold of the lower lip not continuous ; 

 check with 3 series of scales ; praeopcrculum scaleless ; 6 gill- 

 rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. Scales 24-26 -, 1 

 or 1^ between lateral line and anterior rays of soft dorsal. 

 Dorsal XIII-XIV 9-11, commencinjij above opercular cleft, 

 the spines increasing in length to the last, which is ^ the 

 length of head; fourth spine ?.-§' the length of head; soft 

 fin pointed, the longest rays extending nearly to the end of 

 caudal. Anal III 7-9. Dorsal and anal fins scaleless. 

 Pectoral a little longer than the head ; ventral extending 

 nearly to middle of anal ; caudal rounded. Caudal peduncle 

 ^-^ as long as deep. Olivaceous, with 7 or 8 dark cross- 

 bars, the third crossing the 9th or lOth and succeeding scale 

 of the lateral line and bearing a blackish blotch below the 

 lateral line ; a dark vertical bar below the posterior^ of eye ; 

 sides of the head and anterior part of the body with blue 

 spots, some of those on the head confluent to form stripes ; 

 fins dusky, the spinous dorsal with about 3 almost lougitu- 

 dinal dark stripes, the soft dorsal with narrow oblique stripes 

 or series of spots ; caudal with dark spots. 

 Colombia; Venezuela; Trinidad. 



1-3. (114-125 mm.) Baranquilla, Colombia. Kay Thomson, Esq. 



4-6. (105-119 mm.) Trinidad. L.Guppy, Esq. 



This species has been confounded with A. ccerideopunctatn, 

 from Mhich it is distinguished by the larger scales, fewer 

 dorsal spines, broader interorbital space, and more produced 

 soft dorsal and anal. 



6. Acara cceruleopunctata. 



Acara iccruleopitnctata, Kner& Steind. Sitzb. Bayern Ak. 18G3, p. 222, 



and Abliandl. Bavern Ak. x. 1864, p. 16, pi. ii. fig. 3 ; Giiutb. Trans. 



Zool. Soc. vi. 1869, p. 449. 

 y^qttichns coeruleopimctatus, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xl\ ii. 



1898, p. 1514. 

 Acara pulchra (part.), Pellegr. M(5m. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1903, 



p. 176 (1904). 



Depth of body 2^-2^ in the length, length of head 2f-3. 

 Snout shorter than postorbital part of head. Diameter of 

 eye oh in the length of head, intcrorl)ital width 2|-2'^. 

 Depth of prffiorbital equal to diameter of eye or less. 

 Maxillary extending to the vertical from anterior margin of 

 eye; jaws equal anteriorly; fold of the lower lip not con- 

 tinuous or subcontinuous ; cheek with 3 series of scales ; 

 prseoperculum scaleless; 5 or 6 gill-rakers on the lower part of 



