Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 1521 



filament ; distance between vent and root of ventrals \ length of head. 

 Teeth in jaws small, cardiform, forming a band, those of outer series some- 

 what larger than others; fold of lower lip interrupted in middle; scales 

 on cheek in 3 or 4 series ; scales on opercles large. Greenish olive, with an 

 indistinct blackish band running from orbit to a large black spot on mid- 

 dle of side; dorsal fin with numerous round whitish spots. Length 5 

 inches. Lake Nicaragua. (Giinther.) (longus, long; manus, hand.) 



Heros longimanus, GiJNTHER, Fish. Centr. Am., 453, pi. 72, fig. 2, 1869, Lake Nicaragua. 

 (Coll. Capt. Dow.) 



1912. CICHLASOMA BIFASCIATUM (Steindaclmer). 



Head 3; depth 2J. D. XVII, 13; A. VI, 9; scales 35-20. Body oval, 

 moderately compressed, the back regularly arched; head bluntish; eye 

 5 in head; 5 or 6 rows of scales on cheeks; preorbital broad, nearly 

 twice eye; mouth small, upper lip thickish; lower thin, disappearing 

 anteriorly ; teeth rather strong ; ventrals pointed, 4 in length ; pectoral 4 ; 

 dorsal spines rather strong ; soft dorsal and anal pointed; caudal rounded. 

 Color reddish yellow; naked parts of head violet blue; 2 broad black 

 longitudinal bands along sides of body, the upper ending at last ray of 

 soft dorsal, the lower running from angle of opercle to base of caudal, 

 the upper band broadest; ventrals yellowish gray, other fins dark brown 

 with round dark-blue spots on the membranes of the soft rays. Length 

 9^ inches. Mexico. (Steindachner.) (Mfasciatus, two-banded.) 



Heros bifasciatus, STEINDACHNER, Chromiden Mejicos, 4, 1864, Mexico. 

 1913. CICHLASOMA HELLERI (Steindachner). 



Head 3; depth 2; eye 3| in head. D. XIV to XVI, 10 to 12; A. VI to 

 VIII, 8 or 9; scales 5-31 or 32-14. Body short and deep, compressed, the 

 back elevated, the snout sharp and low, the profile depressed before eye; 

 4 or 5 rows of scales on cheeks. Outer teeth long and slender, pectoral 

 long, reaching sixth anal spine, about as long as head; ventral longer 

 than head, reaching last anal spine; spines high; soft dorsal and anal 

 pointed; caudal lunate. Color brownish, with 5 or 6 faint cross bands; 

 on the upper half of the third cross band a large jet-black blotch where 

 it crosses a dark lengthwise stripe from upper edge of gill opening to base 

 of caudal; a round dark blotch on subopercle; cheeks usually with large 

 blue points ; dorsal and anal with dark-blue spots ; caudal brownish, 

 unspotted, but with dark specks; a narrow dark cross band at base of 

 caudal. Length 54- inches. Rio Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. (Steindachner.) 

 (Named for its discoverer, Prof. Karl Heller.) 

 Heron helleri, STEINDACHNER, Chromiden Mejicos, 8, 1864, Rio Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. 



1914. CICHLASOMA BALTEATUM (Gill & Bransford). 



Depth rather more than 2|. D. XVIII, 10; A. VII, 7. Head abbreviated 

 and snout convex above and almost subtruncated in front; caudal pedun- 

 cle little higher than long, and gradually diminishing to tail; length of 

 snout 2^ times in that of head ; interorbital area flat ; preoperculum mostly 



