174 OSTAEIOPHTSI. 



2. Bramocharax elongatus. 



Bramockara.v elongatus, Meek, Publ. Columbian Mus., Zool. vii. 1907, p. 110'. 



Dorsal 10. Anal 25 to 28. 41 scales in a longitudinal scries. Depth of body 3-| to 4 in the length. 

 Maxillarjr extending to below middle of ej'e. 



Uah. NiCAKAGUA, Lake Managua i. 



Total length 150 mm. 



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9. EGEBOIDES. 



RcchoMes, Giintli. Cat. Fish. v. p. 347 (1864) ; Jord. & Evcrm. Bull. U.S. Kat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, 

 p. 338. 



About ten species from Central and South America. 



1. Roeboides guatemalensis. 



Anacyrtus (Rceboides) yuatemalensis, Giiuth. Cat. Fisli. v. p. 347 (1864)', and Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. 



1868, p. 479, t. 82. fig. 4 \ 

 llrhoides giiatemalensis , Jord. Ss Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 339 ' ; Meek, Publ. 



Columbian Mus., Zool. v. 1904, p. 88 ', and vii. 1907, p. Ill '. 



Depth of body 2^ to 24 in the length, length of head about 4. Snout as long as eye, the diameter of which 

 is 3i7 to 3|- in the length of head and equal to the interorbital width. Maxillary extending to below 

 middle of eye ; lower jaw included. Upper profile of head concave. 10 gill-rakers on the lower part 

 of the anterior arch. 76 to 82 scales in a longitudinal series, 17 to 19 between dorsal fin and lateral 

 line, 20 to 22 from lateral line to origin of aual. Dorsal 11-12, rather elevated; origin above anterior 

 part of anal. Anal 47-53, with 3 or 4 simple and 44 to 49 branched rays, deepest anteriorly ; free edge 

 straight. Pectoral extending to, ventrals beyond the origin of anal. Caudal forked. Olivaceous ; a 

 silvery lateral stripe, sometimes bearing a dusky spot, about equidistant from head and dorsal fin and 

 another on the caudal peduncle. 



llah. Mexico, San Ger6nimo in Oaxaca* ; Guatemala, Huamuchal i ^ (^Salvin); 

 Nicaragua, Lake Nicaragua ^ ; Costa Eica, Juan Vinas and El Pozo del Eio Grande 



(Underwood) ; Panama, Rio Chagres ^ - [Salvin). — Western Ecuador [Bosenlerg). 



10. CURIMATUS. 



Curimatvs, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xxii. p. 5 (1849); Giintli. Cat. Fish. v. p. .288 (1864) ; 

 Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 332. 



Several species from Tropical South America, one extending into Pairama. 



1. Curimatus magdalense, 



Curimatvs magdalena^, Steind. Derikschr. Ak. Wien, xxxix. 1878, p. 50', and xli. 1879, p. 167'- ; 



Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 332'. 

 Dorsal 11-12. Anal 9-10. 30 to 38 scales in a longitudinal series. Depth of body 2^ in the length. 



Hah. Panama, Rio Mamoni".- — Colombia, Rio Magdalena i. 



