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Very siniilar to P. criKKloricnsis. 



Head 3.7; I)ei)tli usnally 4.r», rai'cly ~>\ lufntli teriniiinl nr suiil cnninal 

 very clift'ereiit f'roiiii the distiiictix' inferior iiio'.itli \yi\\\ | u'nji'ci iim- simui oi' 

 other species of tliis genus. 



Lateral band continnons, simietinies not ( xloiHlin;.;- f(irw;ii-d hcyond the 

 edge of the preoperele, not moniliforrn ; ha'i< uuirniinly dark; sjxits at 

 base of caudal lobes more diffus-^ than in cciKKlfji icnsis. Otherwise as in 

 ccnadoriensis. 



E'-u<t<h:i-i(iif<is and tci' iit'nuilis are nr!<iuestionaltly A'cry cldsclx- rd.-itcd. 

 It is [)(is!-i],K' that the e is th:.' rivei fcrni aid the dtiicr the foi'csi ]r. I 

 form. The specimens from the two localities have not been kei)t distinct. 



Nematobrycon amphiloxus Eigenmann and Wilson, sp. nov. 



Ye))iatohri/con palmeri Eigenmann (non Eigenmann 1907). Indiana Uni- 

 versity studies IS, 3, June (March) 1913. 



Type 39 nmi. Para types 12819 1. F. M. 20 and 14 nnn. Boca de 

 R a s 1 } a d u r a . E i g e n m a mi . 



5353a-i G. M. 13027 I. U. M. Paratypes 54, largest 42 mm. Tambo. 



Charles Wilson, 

 5351a C. M., Paratype, Manigru. Chas. Wilson. 

 13028 I. U. M. Paratype, Istmina. Chas. Wilson. 



5352a-e, 13029 I. U. M. Paratypes. 20, largest 44 mm.. Raspadura. Charles 

 Wilson. 



Very similar to palinei-i, more robust, dorsal lower, caudal filaments 

 shorter, anal less falcate, dark band not bordered by a light line above. 

 . Plead 4 (3.66) ; depth 2.5 (2.66-2.75); D. 10; A. 32-36. 



Scales 6 or 7-6+28-5 ; eye 2.5 in head, greater than interorbital. 



Highest dorsal ray 3.5-4 in the length ; outer and middle caudal rays 

 about 3.5 in the length. Band of the sides broad, fading out toward the 

 upper part of the sides in front, more abruptly lighter above the anal but 

 without a distinct light line along its border. 



Pcecilia fria Eigenmann and Henn sp. rov. 



Type, female 28 mm; 5420a-x C. M. 13107 I. U. M. Paratypes, largest 

 female 33 mm., largest male 19 mm. Pool 4^-15 feet. Vinces, Ecuador. 

 Arthur Henn. 



Head 4-4.25 ; Depth 3.75-4 ; D. 8 ; A. 10 ; scales 3-29-4 to ventral. Eye 

 a little longer than snout, a little m:ore than half the interorbital. three or 

 a little more than three in the length of the head ; width of mouth about 

 three in length of head ; about twenty-four teeth in the outer series of 

 each jaw^ ; large pores around preopercular margin; distance of origin of 

 dorsal from base of middle of "caudal 1.75-2. in its distance from the snout 

 in the female, 1.5-1.66 rarely 2 in the males. Height of d-orsal a little nnue 

 than half length of head; caudal rounded; depth of caudal peduncle in 

 females 2.5 in its length ; caudal rounded, origin of anal in females 

 nearer base of middle caudal rays than snout, in males nmch nearer snout 

 than caudal ; modified anal of male about two in the length. 



Variable number (as many as 22) vertical cross lines, most cons]>ieu- 

 ous between origin of ventrals and last dorsal rays ; the one over second 



