250 SLEEPING COBIOMORE. 



head compressed, but wider than the body : upper 

 jaw rather longer than the lower : teeth unequal ; 

 tongue and palate smooth, but the throat roughen- 

 ed by small shaip teeth : first dorsal fin furnished 

 with very long rays : tail large and rounded : 

 colours of the whole animal very elegant ; the 

 back being of a blueish green, and the abdomen 

 whitish : the head yellow, varied with green, and 

 marked by dusky streaks and specks : sides of the 

 body varied with reddish spots : dorsal fin trans- 

 parent, greenish, with red rays and transverse bars : 

 pectoral fins greenish; ventral white; anal green 

 tinged with red : tail yellowish green, with red 

 rays, and marked on each side by a broad, oblique, 

 curved, red stripe. 



SLEEPING COBIOMORE. 



(robiomorus Dormitor. G. maxilla supenore longiore, c audit 



rotunda. 

 Qobiomore with the upper jaw longer than the lower, and 



round tail. 

 Le Gobiomore Dormeur. Cepede 2. p. 58p 



NATIVE of the fresh-water lakes and rivers of 

 South America : lower jaw longer than the upper : 

 tail very much rounded : eleven rays in the second 

 dorsal fin : eight in the pectoral and anal fins : 

 colour not mentioned by Cepede, who informs us 

 that this species is figured in the drawings of Plu- 

 mier : supposed to take its name from the slowness 

 of its movements, or want of activity. 



