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keeled, prepectoral r'uV^e bciiiLT \"('i'.v slmri): pi'iMloi-s.Ml rounded, witli- 



ont a comp-lete median sei-ics of scal<'s; dDi'sal pmiilc nearly straight from 

 tip of snout to dorsal: ventral ])rotile i-(';j;ularl y ardicd frdiii the chin to 

 the ventrals; o-ccipital i)rocess aI)Out l."5 in tln' distaiire iinm ii< Pase to 

 the dorsal; skull sli.irlitly i-ouiidiMk nan'owcd Im'wai'd : rreiital fdiitancl 

 extendin.u: to alxn'o the anterior niai---iii of the pupil, narrower tlian the 

 ])arietal hut of ahout etiual leiiLftli : luouili very ohli(pie, narrow. ;i distinct 

 angle between the preniaxillary and tlie maxillary, wliose ujiper anterior 

 margin is rounded; lov\'er jaw with about 10 conical teeth, the first small, 

 the next two larger and e^iual, the third very long, the middle one of the 

 remainder largest; a pair of small conical teeth heliind the first pair of 

 Uie front series; preniaxillary with thre<' eonieal teeth in an outei' 

 series and four long conical teeth graduated from the large first one. a 

 minute notch on one or both sides of these teeth near their tip ; maxillary 

 with about 20 conical teeth, smallest and close set near the premaxillary : 

 second suborbital leaving a wide naked margin ; gill-rakers 7+13, the" 

 lower limb of the arch long; adi]X)se lid leaving only the pupil free. 



Lateral line complete, sharply decurved on its first four scales and 

 then running straight to the middle of the lower caudal lobe ; fins naked ; 

 axillary scales large, a large tlap just above the pectoral more than half 

 the length of the head. 



Dorsal very small, its origin equidistant from base of middle caudal 

 rays and head or nearer the former ; adipose tin small ; anal low, its 

 origin under the origin of the dorsal ; ventrals very small, almost half as 

 long as the head: pectorals large, longer than head. 



A dusky stripe from uriper angle of opercle to the middle of the caudal. 



22. Astyanax scabripinnis paranae Eigenmann var. nov. 

 Type 11631 I. U. M. 139 mm. Parana, von Ihering. 

 Paratypes 116:32 I. T'. M. 62-127 mm. Parana, von Ihering. 



3402 C. M. Three\ 83-05 mm. Pvio Grande, below the falls near Bom Jardin. 

 July 8, 1908. Haseman. 



3403 C. M. Five^. o9-about 90 inm. Ptio Grande, above water-fall, near Bom 

 Jardin. July 7, 1908. Ilaseman. 



3404 C. M. Forty-three^ 31-lOG nun. Burmier. May 14, 1908. Haseman. 



3405 C. M. Three. 31-4fJ mm. Mogy das Cruzes. July 19. 1908. Haseman. 

 -3406 C. M. Nine, 32-65 mm. Alta da Serra. July 25, 1908. Haseman. 



3407 C. M. Nine, 37-58 nun. ^slogy Guassu. Aug. 25, 1908. Haseman. 



3408 C. M. One, 49 mm. Rio Paranahyba, Aug. 15, 1908. Haseman. 



3409 C. M. Ten, 26-68 mm. Bebedouro, Sept. 1. 1908. Haseman. 



3410 C. M. Four, largest 59 nmi. Piracicaba. Sept. 7, 1908. Haseman. 



3411 0. M. Two hundred twenty-nine, the largest 129 mm, Serrinha. 

 Parana. Rio Iguassu. Dec. 22. 1908. Haseman. 



3412 C. M. Twenty-five, the" largest 87 mm. Porto Uniao, Rio Iguassu. 

 Dec. 28. 1908 Haseman. 



Head 3.6; depth 2.6 in females. "3.66 in males; A. 17-23; scales 6 or 

 7-37 to 41-5 or 6 ; eye 5 in the head in the old. interorbital 3.25 ; snout 3.5 : 



maxillary 3 in the largest female. 4 in the largest male; premaxillnry- 



lA. 18, 17, 17. 



2T\vo with A. 17, three with A. IS, 

 'Anal in four with 19, 17, 17, 18 rays. 



