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CHARACININJE : 

 cc. Teeth in premaxillary and mandible all conical ; dorsal short ; gill membranes 



free from isthmus. 

 g. Teeth on the palate none ; anal fin long ; body oblong or elevated. 



h. Scales very small; jaws with external tooth-like processes; teeth in lower 

 jaw nni-serial; in upper uniserial or irregularly biserial. 



RCEBOIDES, 143. 



hh. Scales of moderate size; jaws without tooth-like processes ; teeth in jaws 



uniserial. BRAMOCHARAX, 144. 



gg. Teeth on the palate numerous, very small; head and body elongate; jaws very 



long; scales moderate, (43). LUCIOCHARAX, 145. 



138. CURIMATA (Cuvier) Cloquet. 



Les Curimates, CUVIER, Regne Animal, Ed. 1, u, 165, 1817, (edenttdm). 



Curimata, CLOQUET, Diet. Sci. Nat., xn, 240, 1818, (edentulm). 



Curimatus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, xxn, 5, 1849, (edentulus). 



Curimaiella, EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, Ann. N. Y. Ac. Sci., 1889, 7, (lepidurus). 



Semitapicis, EIGENMANN & EIGENMANN, I. c., 9, (planiroslris). 



No teeth anywhere ; no gill-rakers. Body oblong or elevated, the out- 

 line of belly behind ventrals trenchant or not, always with a median series 

 of scales which do not end in spinous processes. Lateral line complete. 

 Tongue short and thick, adnate ; no lips; margins of jaws trenchant. 

 Dorsal fin nearly median ; adipose fin present ; anal moderate ; ventrals 

 below the dorsal. Amazon region; one species north to Panama. (Curi- 

 mata, a Portuguese name used by Marcgrave, analogous to Queriman and 

 Curema. ) 



551. CURIMATA MAGDALENE, Steindachner. 



(SARDINA BLANCA.) 



Head 3 ; depth 4f ; eye 3f to 4 in head. D. Ill, 9 ; A. Ill, 7 ; scales 

 6-37-6. Body not greatly compressed ; caudal short, its lobes equal. A 

 silvery lateral streak ; no caudal spot and no spot on dorsal. Rio Magda- 

 lena; and Rio Mamoni, Panama. (Steindachner.) 



Curimatus magdalente, STEINDACHNER, Fisch -fauna des Magdalenen-stromes, 34, 1878, Rio Mag- 

 dalena ; STEINDACHNER, Flussfische Sudamerikas, i, 167, 1879. 



139. PIABUCINA, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Piabucina, CUVIEH & VALENCIENNES, xxn, 161, 1849, (erythrinoides). 



Body oblong, covered with moderate scales ; belly rounded. No lateral 

 line. Mouth moderate, the teeth rather small, tricuspid, those of the pre- 

 maxillar.y in one series, those of the mandible in two ; a few small teeth 

 on the maxillary; palate toothless. Nostrils close together. Gill open- 

 ings wide, the membranes free from the isthmus. Anal fin short ; dorsal 

 fin inserted just behind the ventrals. Adipose fin present. Species few. 

 (Diminutive of Piabuca, a related genus, Pidbuca being a Brazilian name.) 



552. PIABUCINA PANAMENSIS, Gill. 



Head 3i ; depth 4. D. 10 ; A. 12 ; scales 30-8, Lower jaw slightly pro- 

 jecting ; maxillary reaching middle of eye : eye 4 in head, longer than 

 snout. Caudal emarginate; pectoral 4 in head, longer than ventrals. 



