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14. Crenicichla ornata, sp. n. (Plate XV. fig. 2.) 

 Crenicichla brasiliensis, var lerdiculata (non C. lenticulata Heck.) 



Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, xvi. 1903, p. 383, fig. (1904). 



Depth of body 4^ in the length, length of head 3J. Diameter 

 of eye 5 in the length of head, length of snont 3|-3|, interorbital 

 width 3f-4. Nostril equidistant from eye and tip of snont. 

 Maxillary extending to below anterior \ of eye; depth of 

 prseoi'bital | the diameter of eye. Anterior teeth forming 6 or 7 

 series in the upper jaw, 4 or 5 in the lower. 11 gill-rakers 

 on the lower part of anterior arch. Scales denticulated, except 

 on the head, the lower parts of thorax and abdomen and above 

 the upper lateral line, 135-145 ^^, 118-130 in a longitudinal 

 series below the lateral line, 12 or 13 between last doi-sal spine 

 and lateral line, 5 between upper and lower lateral lines. Lateral 

 Hne 27-28 + 14-15. Dorsal XXII-XXIII 17-19, the spines 

 subequal or only slightly increasing from the eighth, the last ^ 

 the length of head. Anal III 11-12. Pectoral |, ventral i-| 

 the length of head. Caudal pedvmcle as long as or longer than 

 deep. Olivaceous, with black markings ; 7 or 8 cross-bars on the 

 upper half of the body ; a stripe from eye to extremity of 

 operculum ; head with numerous spots ; vertical fins with broad 

 marginal bands ; a series of spots along the middle of the spinous 

 dorsal, one on each spine ; a large spot on tlie upper part of the 

 base of caudal. 



R. Amazon ; Guiana. 

 1-3. (165-175 mm.) types of tlie species. Ilio Negro. Mr. J. C. Antony. 



15. Crenicichla lenticulata. 



Crenicichla lenticidata Heck. Ann. Mus. Wien, ii. 1840, p. 419. 



Crenicichla acls2yersa Heck. t. c. p. 421. 



Crenicichla Johanna, \ai\ lenticulata Giinth. Cat. Fish. iv. p. 307 

 (1862). 



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



Crenicichla brasiliensis, var. adspersa Eigenm. & Bray, Ann. 

 Ac. N. York, vii. 1894, p. 620; Pellegr. Mem. Soc. Zool. France, 

 xvi. 1903, p. 383 (1904). 



Depth of body about 4|- in the leng-th, length of head about 3g. 

 Diameter of eye 6 in the length of head and 2 in its distance 

 from tip of lower jaw. Maxillary extending to below anterior 

 edge of eye ; depth of prseorbital ^ the diameter of eye. Scales 

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

 abdomen and above the upper lateral line, 112-130 in a longi- 

 tudinal series below the lateral line, ^^z^^ in a transverse series 

 from origin of dorsal to ventral fin. Lateral line 28-29 + 15-16. 

 Dorsal XXI-XXII 17-18. Anal III 12. Brownish ; usually a 

 series of 8 or 9 dark blotches a little above middle of the side 

 extending from behind the operculum to base of caudal, sometimes 

 represented only by the first blotch, above the pectoral ; head and 



