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produced into a short filament. Fold of lower lip slightly interrupted in 

 middle; 5 or 6 series of scales 011 cheek. Brownish olive, with 7 black 

 cross bands; the first in front of dorsal fin; second to fifth below spinous 

 dorsal, partly extending on fin ; the sixth below end of dorsal ; the seventh 

 across free portion of tail ; each of these cross bands has numerous pearl- 

 colored spots ; root of caudal with a blackish spot. Length 6| inches. 

 Guatemala, (margarita, f.iapyapirrj^ y pearl; fero, I bear.) 



Heros margaritifer, GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes, iv, 287, 1862, Lake Peten, Guatemala (Coll. 

 Godman & Salvin) ; GUNTHER, Fishes Centr. Am., 450, pi. 71, fig. 2, 1869. 



1910. CICHLASOMA SPILURUM (Giinther). 



Head nearly 3; depth 2. D. XVIII, 10; A. VIII or IX, 7 or 8; scales 

 4^-29-11. Head a little higher than long; snout of moderate extent, its 

 length f that of head; diameter of eye % length of head, f that of snout, 

 and less than width of interorbital space, which is convex; eye situated 

 below upper profile, a little nearer to extremity of operculum than to that 

 of snout ; preorbital as wide as orbit ; cleft of mouth very narrow, scarcely 

 oblique, with jaws equal anteriorly; opercles scaly; vertical fins scaly at 

 base; dorsal spines of moderate length and strength, length of twelfth 

 contained 2-J- in that of head; points of soft dorsal and anal extending to 

 middle of caudal ; caudal rounded ; distance between dorsal and ca.udal 

 less than depth of tail; pectoral nearly as long as head, extending to 

 fourth anal spine; outer ventral ray prolonged into a short filament. 

 Fold of lower lip interrupted in middle; 4 series of scales on cheek. 

 Greenish olive, with 9 dark ventral bands; a large roundish black spot on 

 middle of root of caudal; no spot on temple; caudal and posterior part 

 of dorsal and anal with whitish spots. Length 3| inches. Kio Montagua, 

 Guatemala. (Giinther.) (onlXos, spot; ovpd, tail.) 



Heros spilurus, GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes, iv, 289, 1862, Rio Montagua, Guatemala (Coll. 

 Salviu) ; GUNTHER, Fishes Centr. Am., 451, pi. 73, fig. 1, 1869. 



1911. CICHLASOMA LONGIMANUS (Giinther). 



Heftad 2f ; depth 2. D. XVI, 10 ; A. VI, 8 ; scales 44-28-12. Head rather 

 longer than high; cleft of mouth slightly oblique, with lower jaw promi- 

 nent; upper profile of head straight; jaws moderately protractile ; max- 

 illary not extending to vertical from front margin of eye; preorbital as 

 wide as diameter of eye, which is somewhat less than width of interor- 

 bital space, and more than length of head; eye immediately beneath 

 upper profile of head, and a little nearer to end of operculum than to that 

 of snout ; dorsal commencing vertically above scapula, the spinous portion 

 having its upper margin convex, spines slender and long, fifth and sixth 

 the longest, \ length of head; soft dorsal and anal having middle rays 

 somewhat longer than others, and reaching to about middle of caudal; 

 soft anal slightly scaly at base, soft dorsal scarcely or not at all scaly ; 

 anal spines shorter but somewhat stronger than those of dorsal; caudal 

 slightly emarginate; pectoral very long, slightly longer than head, and 

 extending nearly to end of anal ; ventral with outer ray produced into a 



