1905.] FISHES OF THE FAMILY CICHLID-E. 165 



posterior part of body and the caudal fin ; a blackish ocellus 

 on the upper pari; of the base of caudal. 



Guiana. 



1, (282 mm.) Surinam. Mr. Kappler. 



11. Crexicichla STPaGATA. (Plate XY. fig. 1.) 



Crenicichla Johanna, var. vittata (non C. vittata Heck.) Giinth. 

 Cat. Fish. iv. p. 306 (1862). 



Crenicichla Johanna, var. strigata Giinth. 1. c. 



Crenicichla hrasiliensis, var. strigata Pellegr. Mem. .Soc. Zool. 

 France, xvi. 1903, p. 381 (1904). 



? Crenicichla hrasiliensis, var. vittata Pellegr. t. c. p. 383, fig. 



Depth of body 4^-51 in the length, length of head 3i-3|. 

 Diameter of eve 4^-51 in the length of head, length of snout 3i-3|, 

 interorbital ^vidth"3f-"4i. Xostril nearly equidLstant from eye and 

 extremity of snout. " Maxillary extending to below anterior margin 

 of eye, depth of praeorbital |-f the diameter of eye. Anterior 

 teeth forming 5-7 series in the upper javN", 4 or 5 in the lower. 

 About 10 giU-rakers on the lower par-t of anterior arch. Scales 

 denticulated, except on the head, the lower parts of thorax and 

 abdomen and anteriorly above the lateral line, 110-1 25 03:39, 93-108 

 in a longitudinal series below the lateral line, 9-11 between last 

 dorsal spine and lateral line, 5 or 6 between iipper and lower lateral 

 lines. Lateral line 25-28 + 1 3-1 5. Dorsal XXII-XXIII 1 7, the 

 spines subequal from the eighth, the last i the length of head. 

 Anal mil. Pectoral f , ventral i-f the length of head. Caudal 

 peduncle as long as or longer than deep. Olivaceous, with blackish 

 markings ; a stripe from the snout tkrough the eye to the extremity 

 of operculum, giving rise to two which run along the middle of 

 the side of the body and unite to form a dark spot on the_ base 

 of caudal, from which a single stripe runs to the extremity of 

 caudal ; a stripe along the upper lateral line ; on each side of the 

 base of the dorsal a series of spots or rings are connected by a 

 longitudinal stripe ; upper part of head spotted ; vertical fins with 

 marginal bands. In the young the 2 stripes from operculum to 

 caucfal form the edges of a dark longitudinal band, whilst the 

 caudal spot is indistinct. 



R. Amazon. 

 1-4 (177-188 mm.) tvpes of the species. E. Capin. 



5. (108 mm.) ' K- Cupai. 



6. (132 mm.) College of Surgeons 



12. Crexicichla lugcbris. 



Crenicichla luguhris Heck. Ann. I^lus. ^Vien, ii. 1 840, p. 422. 



Crenicichla funehris Heck, t, c, p. 424. 



Crenicichla Johanna, var. liujuhris Giinth. Cat. Fish. iv. p. 307 



(1862). 



Crenicichla Johanna, \?a\fii/aehris Giinth. 1. c. 



Crenicichla h^asiliensis,vax. luguhris Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. 

 France, xvi. 1903, p. 383, fig. (1904). 



Depth of body 4|-5 in the length, length of head 3-3 1. 



