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On some Fishes of the Fainllij Pt^ccIliiLlfC. 'ol'^ 



root of caudal. Pectoral h length of head, the s[)ine serrated 

 on both sides. Ventral H times as distant from caudal as 

 from end of snout. Caudal h ler.gth of head. Dark brown. 



Total leiii^tii 1(50 mm. 



A single specimen from Esamesa (Congo basin). 



Closely allied to C. macromyslax, Gtlir. 



Pelmatochronus krihensis . 



Teeth in two series. Depth o£ body 3 times in total 

 length, length of head 'i\ to 'd^ times. Snout rounded, with 

 convex upper profile, as long as eye, which is 3^ to 3j times 

 in length of head and equals interorbital width ; maxillary 

 extending to below anterior border of eye; 3 series of scales 

 on the cheek. Gill-rakers short, 10 or IJ on lower part of 

 anterior arch. Dorsal XVI-XVII 8-9 ; spines gradually 

 increasing in length to the last, which measures about ^ 

 length of head ; longest soft rays shorter than head. 

 Anal III 6-7; third spine nearly ^ length of head. Pectoral 

 § to J length of head. Ventral produced into a tilament. 

 Caudal rounded-subacuminate. (Jaudal peduncle a little 

 deeper than long. Scales smooth, 27-29 f ; lat. lines i|^. 

 Olive above, whitish beneath ; a blackish opercular spot ; 

 soft dorsal often with a round black spot behind the last 

 spine; caudal sometimes with two black, light-edged ocellar 

 spots above ; outer edge of ventrals blackish. 



Total length 65 mm. 



Several s|)ecimens from the KribI River. 



Closely allied to P. tceniutus, Blgr., and suhocellatus , 

 Gthr. 



XLVIIL — On some Fishes of the Family Poeciliidge. 

 By C. Tate Regan, M.A. 



1. A new Xiphopliorus/ro>n Quatemala. 



Xiphophorus rachovii, sp. n. 



Depth of body about 3 in the length, length of head 4 to 

 4^. Snout somewhat shorter than eye, the diameter of 

 which is 3 to 3^ in the length of head ; interorbital width 

 equal to the distance from eye to edge of operculum. 2Q or 



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