Feb., 1909. New Fishes from Tropical America — Meek. 209 



Girardinus vandepolli (Van Lidth de Jude). 



Poecilia Vandepolli Van Lidth de Jude, Lyden Museum. IX, 137, 

 1887, Freshwater Curacao. 



Head 3.3 to 3.5; depth 3.3 to 3.5; D. 8; A. 8; scales 24 to 26. 



Body robust; top of head flat; interorbital 1.8 to 2.1 in head; 

 jaws weak; teeth pointed, in one series; snout 4.3 to 4.6 in head; 

 diameter of eye greater than length of snout, 3.3 to 3.6 in head; ori- 

 gin of dorsal nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, its distance from 

 tip of snout 1.6 in body; origin of dorsal slightly in advance of that 

 of anal; caudal peduncle deep, 1.6 to 1.8 in head; pectoral 1.3 to 1.4 

 in head; modified anal of male i.i to 1.2 in head. 



Color olivaceous, dorsal with a faint dark bar. Very abundant 

 in fresh water pools; eggs with eye spots formed, 12 to 16 eggs in 

 adult females. 



Estate of Dr. Van Lier, Curacao, Dutch West Indies (100), 20 to 

 40 mm. This species is reported by Dr. N. Dearborn, who col- 

 lected it, to be very abundant in a small brook on the Van Lier estate 

 which is about 7 miles west of Willemstad. 



Poecilia caudata sp. nov. 



Type (9) No. 6360, F. M. N. H.; length, 88 mm.; Turrubares, 

 Costa Rica. 



Head 3.9 to 4.1; depth 2.9 to 3.3; D. 9 or 10; A. 9; scales 10-29. 



Body robust, compressed, the dorsal region slightly elevated; 

 top of head flat, interorbital 1.7 to 1.9 in head; snout 3.7 to 3.9; 

 diameter of eye 3.4 to 3.7 ; origin of dorsal slightly in advance of anal 

 and much nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, its distance from 

 tip of snout 1.6 to 1.7 in body; dentition weak; free edge of dorsal 

 slightly convex; its base 1.9 to 2.1 in head, its longest ray 1.7 to 1.8; 

 pectoral i.i to 1.2 in head; ventral 1.8 to 2.0; longest anal rays 1.6 

 to 1.8; caudal peduncle 1.2 to 1.3. 



A single male in the collection shows the following measurements : 

 Head 3.64 in length of body; depth 2.60; tip of snout to dorsal 1.72; 

 eye 3.16 in head; snout 3.60; interorbital 1.80; pectoral 1.15; ven- 

 tral 1.63; modified anal 1.50; base of dorsal 1.57; longest dorsal 

 ray 0.70; depth of caudal peduncle 1.12; tips of dorsal rays reach 

 base of caudal when the fin is deflexed. 



Color olivaceous; scales with faint dark centers, forming obscure 

 lines along rows of scales; a dark blotch at base of dorsal rays; a 

 blotch on base of caudal rays made up of a number of irregular 

 blotches; the lower half of dorsal fin of male with many small black 



