﻿Eigenmann : The Fishes op Lakb Valencia 



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caudal ray. Width of the head an orbital diameter less than its length, 

 its depth at the eyes 2.5 in its length; interorbital 4 or nearly 4 in the 

 length of the head; mandibular ramus equal to the interorbital; 5 to 

 rarely 7 interopercular spines; naked part of snout extending about one 

 third of the way to the posterior part of the eye. 



None of the plates keeled; dorsal reaching the base or middle of the 

 adipose spine; base of dorsal equal to snout and eye; lower caudal ray 

 one or two orbital diameters shorter than the head; ventrals reaching to 

 second third of the anal, pectorals about to middle of ventrals; ventrals 

 rounded or angulated at the fourth ray from the outer. 



Dark above with faint light dots, lower surface unspotted, fins dusky, 

 a few faint light dots on the posterior dorsal rays; dorsal and caudal 

 margined with light. 



These were taken with: 



Chaetostomus guairensis Steindachner 



CJiaetostomus guairensis St. FLussf. Sudam. II. p. 21, 1881, pi. III. 

 tig. 1 and la. (Rio Guaire at Caracas.) 



15079. I. one, 155 mm. Rio Castafio. at Maracay. July 16. 1918. D. 1,8. 



Farlowella acus (Kner) 

 "Aguja" 



15081, I. 3 males and 4 females, El Concejo, Rio Tiquirito, August 2, 1918. 



Callichthyidae 

 Corydoras aeneus Gill 

 15087, I. Maracay, Rio Rue, July 19, 20, and 29. 



Erythrinidae 

 Hoplias malabaricus (Bloch) 



"Guabina" 



15106, I. 



15107, I. 



15108, I. 



15109, I. 



Rio Tiquirito, El Concejo, August 1. 

 Rio Tuy, El Concejo, August 1. 

 Isla del Buro, Lake Valencia, July 9 and 10. 

 Maracay, Rio Bue, July 19. 



Characidae 



Curimatinae 



Curimatus argenteus (Gill) 



"Cula" 



15110, I. 



15111, I. 



El Concejo, Rio Tiquirito, August 1. 

 Maracay, Rio Bue. 



Cheirodontinae 



Odontostilbe pulcher (Gill) 



"Sardina" 



] 5126, I. 



Maracay, Rio Bue', July 19 and 29. 



