ON THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS ANOSTOMUS. 19 



ANOSTOMUS PROXIMUS sp. n. 

 D. 12-13 ; A. 10-11 ; V. 9 ; L.I. 45 ; L. tr. _L. 



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Kather more stout than the preceding, but similar in 

 general outline and markings. Mouth opening obliquely 

 upward and forward, lower jaw longer, lower teeth trun- 

 cate, upper crenulate. Snout about one and one-fifth times 

 as long as the eye. Length of head and depth of body 

 nearly equal, about two-ninths of the total length, without 

 the caudal. The eighth ray of the dorsal is close upon the 

 middle of the length. The row of scales from the first ray 

 of the ventral toward the dorsal strikes the hindmost ray 

 of the latter. 



Brownish, rather dark, with a band of darker from snout 

 to tail below the lateral line. 



Closely allied to A. tceniatus from which it may be dis- 

 tinguished by the smaller, more numerous scales. 



Hab. Villa Bella and Ueranduba. 



ANOSTOMUS VARIUS sp. n. 

 D. 12-13; A. 11-12; L.I. 45-48 ; L. tr. __. 



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Depth of body, or length of head, contained four and 

 one-third times in the length, without caudal. Much 

 stouter than A. tceniatus of the same length. Mouth open- 

 ing obliquely upward and forward, eight teeth in each jaw, 

 upper crenulate, lower truncate. Back brownish, centers 

 of scales lighter and silvery, belly silvery. A brownish 

 band from snout to tail, below the lateral line, ending 

 in a black spot. The band is rather indistinct, and of- 

 ten obsolete. On the flank there is a transverse band of 

 brownish behind the base of the pectoral, a second from 

 base of dorsal to that of ventral, a third behind the dorsal, 

 and a fourth in front of the soft dorsal. The color is us- 



