256 Frerp Museum or Narurat History — Zoérocy, Vor. X. 
bb. Lateral keels 3, the upper one present on 8th or oth scute, the other 
two approximated on the 16th to 18th scute; predorsal scutes 
strongly carinate; abdomen with 2 series of plates between the 
enlarged lateral series; a naked area behind pectoral; maxillary 
barbel longer than eye. filamentosa latiura, p. 257. 
Ventral surface of abdomen partly naked. 
Lateral keels 2; margin of lower lip with long fringes; maxillayr 
barbel reaching to or past gill-opening; 3 or 4 teeth on each side 
in upper jaw. variegata, p. 258. 
cc. Lateral keels 3; lower lip with short fringes; maxillary barbel 
never reaching gill-opening; 8 to 10 teeth on each side in upper 
jaw. 
d. Anterior rays of dorsal reaching past posterior rays when deflexed, 
the longest ray notably longer than head; anterior rays of anal 
reaching past posterior rays when deflexed, the longest ray 
longer than width of head. capetensis, p. 259. 
dd. Rays of dorsal reaching equidistant when deflexed, the longest 
ray not quite as long as head; rays of anal reaching equidistant 
when deflexed, the longest equal to width of head. . 
fimbriata, p. 260. 
12. Loricaria uracantha Kner & Steindachner. 
Eoricaria uracantha Kner & Steindachner, Abhandl. K. Bayer. Ak. 
Wiss. Mianchen, X, 1866, 56, Pl. VI, figs. 3, 3a, 3b (New Granada; 
Rio Chagres); Ginther, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, 1866, 393 and 
478 (Atlantic and Pacific rivers of Panama); Eigenmann & Eigen- 
mann, Occ. Pap. Cal. Ac. Sci., I, 1890, 370 (Atlantic and Pacific 
slopes of Panama); Regan, Trans. Zool. Soc. London, XVII, Pt. 
III, 1904, 278 (Panama). 
Loricaria bransfordi Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1876, 338 (Panama). 
Head 4.3 to 4.9; depth 9.5 to 14; D. I, 7; A. I, 6; lateral scutes 28 or 
ef 
29. 
Body low, depressed throughout; caudal peduncle much broader 
than deep; head very low; snout obtuse, its margin granulate, or with 
very numerous short bristles in large males, the length 2 to 2.15 in 
head; a distinct orbital notch; eye 7 to 9.5 in head; interorbital with a 
ridge over each eye, 3.7 to 4.6 in head; mouth rather narrow; premaxil- 
laries with about an equal number of bifid teeth, from 6 to 10 on each 
side; the lips large, papillose, the margin of the lower lip fringed; the 
barbel shorter than eye; lower surface of head naked, the rest of the 
head and body completely covered with bony scutes or plates; 2 lateral 
keels anteriorly, becoming completely united on the 15th or 16th scute; 
occipital and predorsal scutes carinate; scutes on chest and abdomen 
