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Subgenus LORICARIA. 

 256. LORICARIA VARIEGATA, Steiudachner. 



Head 5. D. I, 7 ; P. I, 6; V. I, 5; A. I, 5. Lat. line, 30. Body and 

 head strongly depressed, the head triangular, blunt forward ; teeth very 

 few, 2 on each side above, 5 or 6 below; underside of head naked. Eye 9 

 in head, 5 in snout; upper lobe of caudal produced in a long filament. 

 Upper parts with many brownish streaks ; fins all, except the anal, 

 spotted with violet. Rio Mamoni, Panama. (Steindachner.) (varie- 

 gatus, variegated.) 



Loricaria variegata, STEINDACHNER, Flussfische Siidamer., I. 15, 1879, Rio Mamoni. 



85. HEMIANCISTRUS, Bleeker. 



Hemiancislnt*, BLEEKEH, Tijdschr. Dierk., i, 78, 1863, (medians). 

 PseurlocantMats, BLEEKER. I. c., 79, 1863, (serralus). 



Lips entire ; tail short, compressed. Adipose fin entire ; remote from 

 the dorsal fin. Body covered with bony plates ; teeth small ; snout with 

 the margin granular ; temporal plate not perforate ; interopercle erectile 

 and bearing spines. The numerous species are not well known and do 

 not seem to be abundant ; they are chiefly Brazilian, (^//t-, half; uy/aurpof, 

 Ancistrus, a related genus.) 



. Interopercle with about 20 erectile spines; the longest % head. GUACHAROTE, 257. 



aa. Interopercle with very few short, setiform spines, the longest shorter than eye, not more 



than ^ head. ASPIDOLEPIS, 258. 



257. HEMIANCISTRUS GUACHAROTE, (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



D. I, 7; A. I, 5; P. I, 6; V. I, 5. Interopercle with about 20 com- 

 pressed, erectile spines, the longest i head ; head depressed; snout semi- 

 oval ; bones of head rough, without keels ; eye 5 in head ; teeth very 

 fine, doubly curved. Pectoral spine reaching first fourth of ventral; 

 dorsal spine slender and rough. Caudal 4 in total length, forked, with 

 pointed lobes. Belly smooth to the anal. Brownish. L. 5 inches. Porto 

 Rico. (Cuvier & Valenciennes.) (guacharote, the Spanish name.) 



Hypostomus guacharole, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, xv, 508, 1840, Porto Rico. 

 Chseloslomus guacharote, GUNTHER, Cat., v, 245, 1864. 



258. HEMIANCISTRUS ASPIDOLEPIS, (Gunther). 



Head 3. D. 1, 7 ; A. 5 ; P. I, 6. Lat. line, 25. Head depressed, a little 

 longer than broad ; snout very broad, rounded in front ; interorbital 

 space nearly flat, 3 times diameter of the small eye ; interopercle with 

 very few, short, setiform spines, the longest \ eye. Thorax and belly 

 granulated, with naked patches. Seven scales between dorsals. Pectoral 

 spine strong, longer than head, with setiform spmules ; 12 scutes between 

 anal and caudal. Scutes of body with prominent keel, each keel with 

 4 to 7 short, setiform spines. Each scale variegated with dirty yellow 

 and dark brown. Veragua. (Gunther.) ((Wf, shield; AeTnV, scale.) 



Chsetostomus aspidolepis, GUNTHER, Fishes Central Amer., 478, 180!), Veragua. 



