Cichlid Genera Ciclila, Clia'to1)iMncliiis, (fr. 233 



tliosi' arc oHvacfOus above, silvery below ; a blaekish stripe 

 extends from tlie middle of the side to the extremity of 

 eandal and is usually eoutinued forward by a series of 2 or 3 

 spots. In some specimens there are 2 or 'i faintly marked 

 dark cross-bars passing through the spots above mentioned. 



2. C'ichia temensis. 



? Vvrtn hrasilifusis, Blncli, Ausl. Fisclio, vi. p.HJ, pl.ccox. fi;.>-. '2 (I7!L'). 

 ? Cic/ila lirasiliniKia, Sclini'ider, liloch's Syst. Iclitli. p. 'SS'.) (l^Ol ). 

 Cirfi/a temensis, Ihmib. Obs. Zo..l. ii. p. 109 (l.s3;i) ; Hi'ck. Ann. Mus. 



Wien, ii. ISJO, p. 413: (iiinth. Cat. Fi&h. iv. p. 304 (IHILM; Jileek. 



Vt-r-sl. Ak. Anist. vii. 1873, p. S2 ; Stcind. Denkoclir. Ak. Wien, xlvi. 



1883, p. 3, pi. i. li-r. 3 ; Eigenm. & Brav, Ann. Ac. N. York, vii. 



1804, p. Oil ; I'elli-gr. M^m. Soc. Zool". France, xvi. 1903, p. 185 



(1904). 

 Cichla tuciDiare, Ileck. t. e. p. 409. 



Cychia Jlavomuculata, Schouib. Fish. Guiana, ii. p. 14;"), pi. vi. (1843). 

 Cichht (otit'/'O!!, (.'astehi. Anini. Am. Sud, I'uisa. p. 18, pi. x. fijf. 3 



(18jo); Guuth. t. c. p. 30-3. 



Depth of body equal to or less than the length of head, 

 31-3;-; in the length. Diameter of eye -Iq-S^ in the length 

 of head, kngth of snout 2|-3, depth of prteorbital 4|-5^, 

 interorbital width 3^-4. Maxillary extending to below 

 middle of eye. 16-18 gill-rakers on the lower part of ante- 

 rior arch. Scales 101-1-21 Jg-J. Dorsal XIV-XV, I lo-17, 

 commencing above the axil of pectoral, the third and fourth 

 or fourth and fifth spines the longest, from more than \ to 

 more than ? the length of head; the soft fin scaleless. Anal 

 111 10-11, covered with s.ales in the adult. Pectoral rj-4 

 the length of head. Caudal slightly emarginate in the 

 young, truncate and covered with scah^s in the adult. 

 Caudal ijcdunele 1^-2 as long as deep. Brownish, with three 

 dark cross-bars on the upper part of the body and an ocellus 

 on the upper part of the base of caudal ; cross-bars sonu- 

 ti:nes represented by 1 or 2 series of large otelli ; body and 

 Vertical lius usually covered with series of light spots; some- 

 times an oblique dark stripe in front of the eye and a 

 horizontal stripe or series of spots behind it. 



K. Amazon ; R. Orinoco. 



1-2. (245 and 360 mm.) B. Capin. 



3. (217 mm.) 11. Ciqiai. 



4. (.3.').') mm.) Tabjijas. Prof. \. Afra.«»iz. 



5. (237 mm.) Saniarem. I'aris .Mus. 



In addition to the above speeiinens, on which my descrip- 

 tion is based, there are two, (50 and (55 mm. in total length, 

 from Santarem, collected by Messrs. Auslcn and Cambridge. 



