SEpT., 1912. New Fisues rrom Costa Rica— MEEK. 73 
Color olivaceous, no spots or bars; vertical fins slightly dusky. One 
female 90 mm. in length contained 142 eggs. None of the eggs showed 
eye spots. 
This description is based on several specimens 50 to 90 mm. in 
length. Several males 46 to 62 mm. show head 3.8 to 3.9; depth 3.1 to 
3.6; eye 2.8 to 3.1 in head; snout 2.9 to 3.2; pectoral 1.3 to 1.4; modified 
anal 1.0 to 1.1. The anal fin is forward and contains rays 1, 6; the 
two anterior branched rays form the modified portion of the fin. The 
dorsal fin of the males is not enlarged as is usually the case in the vivi- 
parous species of this family. 
It inhabits rocky streams. 
Cichlasoma tuba sp. nov. 
Type No. 7581, F. M. N. H.; length 222 mm.; Victoria, Costa Rica. 
Head 3.3 to 3.6; depth 2.5 to 2.9; D. XVI, 13 or 14; A. IV, 9; scales 
33- 
Body elongate, compressed, the anterior profile convex; mouth 
small the margin of the upper lip on level with upper third of base of 
pectoral; upper jaw the longer; teeth with blunt tips, more conspicuous 
in larger specimens; lips thick, in some specimens developed as fleshy 
lobes, fold of lower lip free; maxillary not reaching eye, its length 3.0 
to 3.5 in head; eye 4.2 to 4.8; snout 2.2 to 2.5; preorbital 3.8 to 4.0; 
postorbital 2.4 to 2.6; gill rakers short and blunt, 3+-9; origin of dorsal 
fin slightly behind pectorals, its spinous portion low, the fourth or fifth 
spine 3.0 to 3.9 in head; anal base 4.6 to 5.1 in body, its spines 4, very 
exceptionally 3 or 5; second spine 2.7 to 3.1 in head; pectorals short 4.1 
to 4.6 in body; ventrals 4.2 to 5.0; caudal peduncle 1.9 to 2.1; 4 scales 
between the lateral line and the middle of the dorsal; caudal fin lunate, 
the dorsal and anal rays not produced, their tips scarcely to base of 
caudal. 
Color dark olivaceous, sides with 6 to 8 vertical bars, the first one 
near tip of pectoral, soft dorsal and caudal with faint spots. Taken in 
clear running water. 
Cichlasoma spilotum sp. nov. 
Type No. 7586, F. M. N. H.; length 148 mm.; Victoria, Costa Rica. 
Head 3.3 to 3.5; depth 2.3 to 2.6; D. XIX or XX, 9 or 10; A. VIII or 
IX, 7; scales 33 to 35. 
Body elongate, compressed, profile steep, snout blunt; mouth small, 
subinferior, the margin of the upper lip on level with upper third of 
base of pectoral; fold of lower lip broadly interrupted in the middle; 
maxillary not reaching vertical from anterior margin of the eye, its 
