15J6 Bulletin 4.7, United States National Museum. 



fins dusky. In a specimen about 5 inches long the cheeks and snout pro- 

 fusely covered with minute roundish brown dots. Four specimens, 3^ to 

 7 inches long, collected in Hauzteca Potosina, a region situated north of 

 Guanajuato, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (Bean.) (Named for Barton A. 

 Bean, assistant curator of ichthyology in the United States Natiooal 

 Museum, a conscientious naturalist.) 



Acara bartoni, T. H. BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1892, 286, Hauzteca Potosina, San Luis 

 Potosi, Mexico. (Type, No. 43765. Coll. Alfredo Duges.) 



1901. CICHLASOMA GODMANNI (Giiutlier). 



Head 3 to 3; depth 2f. D. XVI or XVII, 13 or 12; A. V, 9; scales 

 5-33-13. Head as high as long; snout rather elevated ; preorbital wider 

 than orbit; profile of nape much curved; cleft of mouth rather narrow, 

 horizontal; jaws equal anteriorly; maxillary not extending backward 

 to vertical from front margin of eye; the 6 front teeth of outer series 

 the longest, deep brown; nape elevated; orbit considerably below upper 

 profile of head; opercles scaly. Dorsal and anal fins very slightly scaly 

 at base; spinous dorsal low, length of twc3lfth spine \ that of head; soft 

 dorsal and anal somewhat produced, extending beyond root of caudal; 

 free portion of tail somewhat higher than long ; caudal subtruncated, -J- 

 total length; pectoral shorter than head, but rather longer than ventral, 

 which does not extend to vent. Head grayish olive; cheeks and body 

 reddish olive; an irregular blackish band proceeding from above pec- 

 toral to a black spot in middle of root of caudal; si black spot above 

 origin of lateral band; opercles, back, and vertical fins with black dots. 

 Length 7 inches. Guatemala. (Gunther.) (Named for its discoverer, 

 Mr. Godman.) 



Heros godmanni, GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes, iv, 296, 1862, Rio de Cahabon, Guatemala (Coll. 

 Godman & Salvin) ; GUNTHER, Fishes Centr. Am., 466, pi. 74, fig. 5, 1869. 



1902. CICHLASOMA SIEBOLDI1 (Kner & Steindaclmer) . 



Head 3; depth 2f ; eye 4 to 5 in head. D. XVII, 11; A. V, 8; scales 33. 

 Body oblong, the back not much elevated; the head bluntly and evenly 

 convex; cleft of mouth terminal, not very low, as long as eye; lip 

 rather vague, its folds interrupted ; 10 or 12 teeth in outer row in each 

 jaw, these larger than in most related species, somewhat compressed, 

 and with deep brown tips; 5 rows of scales on cheek; preorbital as 

 broad as eye. Dorsal spines rather low, the soft rays somewhat pointed; 

 caudal rounded ; pectoral short, 1^ in head ; ventral about the same. Clear 

 brown, somewhat darker above ; middle of each scale with a small black- 

 ish spot, these forming a dusky line along each row of scales; about 8 

 dusky crossbars formed of 2 or 3 vague, partially confluent dusky 

 shades, the lowest of these shades above level of pectoral, forming an 

 obscure row of blotches from gill opening to base of caudal; dorsal, anal, 

 and caudal with distinct dusky spots arranged in cross rows ; paired fins 

 with black specks but .not spotted; some black spots on sides of head. 

 Length 5 to 8 inches. Known from 11 specimens from New Grenada and 

 from the west slope of the peninsula of Panama. (Kner & Steindach- 



