﻿ElGENMANN '. THE FlSHES OF LAKE VALENCIA 



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Upper profile straight to the tip of the premaxillary, mandible strong- 

 ly inclined upward, gape short, reaching about halfway to the eye; teeth 

 in two to four feeble series, no canines; about 17 rakers on the lower arch; 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2 in its length. 



Scales entire; dorsal and anal naked. 



Origin of spinous dorsal above a point between the anus and anal, 

 a little nearer tip of snout than tip of caudal lobe; origin of second dorsal 

 a little behind the middle of the anal, the base of its last ray over the 

 anal; caudal equal to the length of the head, pectorals equal to the length 

 of the head without the opercle; origin of ventrals a little nearer snout 

 than base of last anal ray. 



A lateral band on the fifth and part of the sixth scale below the 

 dorsal, otherwise translucent ? 



Poeciliidae 

 Lebistes reticulatus (Peters) 



15145, I. Sewer ditch, Maracay, July 14. 



15146, I. Rio Castano, July 27. 



15147, I. Isla del Buro, July 11. 



15148, I. Maracay, Lake Valencia, July 25. 



15149, I. Maracay, Rio Bue, July 19. 



15096, I. 



15097, I. 



15098, I. 



15099, I. 



Symbranchidae 

 Symbranchus marmoratus Bloch 

 "Anguilla" 



Isla del Buro, July 9 and 12. Rocks on shore of Lake Valencia. 

 Mud at depth of 15 m. July 18; one from stomach of Guabina, 

 July 22. 



Rio Guaire near Caracas, August 4. 



Little stream by Agricultural Station, Caracas. Dr. Pittier. 

 35 mm. Mud behind rushes. Maracay, July 25. 



Cichlidae 

 Crenicichla geayi Pellegrin 

 "Mataguaro" 



15100, I. Concejo, Rio Tiquirito, August 1 and 2. 



15101, I. Isla del Buro, July 9 and 11. 



15103, I. Maracay, Rio Bue, July 29. 



15102, I. Rio Castano, July 27. 



Aequidens pulcher (Gill) 

 "Chusco" 



15104, I. Isla del Buro, Lake Valencia, July 10. 



15105, I. Maracay, Rio Bue, July 19 and 29. 



