214 ON SEVERAL NEW SPECIES 



nearly half an inch long, are imhedded in a cariatcd 

 quartz, intermixed with a small quantity of carbonate 

 of lime. This specimen is in the collection of Mr. 

 Benjamin Say. 



Descriptions of the five new species of the Genus 

 Cichla of Cuvier. By C. A. Le Sueur. Read 

 June 11, 1822. 



1. CICHLA. 



C. *cenea. Specific Character. Dorsal fin 

 long; spiny part composed of twelve large rays, 

 longer than the soft part; anal fin long, with six an- 

 terior rays. The soft part of the dorsal fin rounded 

 off and elevated. The eye large ; pupil large, of a 

 very dark blue colour ; the Iris red and black ; lines 

 of black spots on the sides. 



Description. Body short, thick, compressed, elip- 

 tic ; head of a moderate size ; narrow between the 

 eyes ; snout short ; jaws rounded, furnished with 

 small conical teeth, slightly curved in several rows. 

 Those of the throat and of the palate, conical, small 

 and compressed; mouth extending as far back asunder 

 the middle of the eye; inferior jaw somewhat longer 

 than the upper one, which is somewhat protractile : 

 opercules without spines or denticulations. Eye 

 large, somewhat prominent ; pupil of a very deep 

 black, tinted with' bluish ; iris black, with a red bor- 

 der surrounding the pupil ; eye-lid, varies from yel- 



