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scales above lateral line faintly edged with black; a black line along middle of sides composed of a 
single series of chromatophores; a black streak along ventral surface from anal to caudal; otherwise 
colorless. 
Palacios specimens colored like those from San Cristobal, except one in which each scale of the side 
below lateral line is edged with a series of chromatophores and there is a faint hint of 8 dark spots 
along median black line; region above lateral line dusky. 
Pinar del Rio specimens colored like the darker Palacios specimen, sometimes a black streak on 
either side of anus and forward to ventrals. Male with modified portion of the anal very long, with 
retrorse spines behind and a little clasper on tip of longest rays. 
Glaridiehthys torralbasi Eigenmann, new species. * 
Type, No. 9662, Ind. Univ. Mus., male, 45 mm. long, from Pinar del Rio, represents apparently a 
new species. In general appearance it very greatly resembles the males of Girardinus vuiallicus and 
Glaridiehthys uninolatus. From the former it differs in possessing bands of teeth in jaws behind 
spatulate row, first row of teeth fixed, and dentary and premaxillaries much more firmly united; 
from the second it differs in coloration, having no lateral spot and a conspicuous dorsal band. There 
are no other species which it resembles. 
D. 9; A. 10; scales 28; head 3.6; depth 3.3; body compressed, elongate; mouth small, subterminal, 
lower jaw not prominent; eye greater than snout, less than 3 in head, equal 'to interorbital; teeth in 
outer series overlapping, those of lower jaw more pointed; a band of minute teeth behind at least 
the front row in upper jaw; dorsal small, its first ray equidistant from base of middle caudal rays 
and from eye; its highest ray nearly equal to distance of pectoral from anterior margin of eye; caudal 
truncate, equal to distance of pectoral from tip of snout; anal process long, with seme behind, and 
a clasper at end of anterior rays; ventrals small, not much longer than eye; pectoral reaching to anal; 
dorsal with an arched band reaching from full length of first ray to base of last; caudal, ventral, and 
pectoral colorless; first ray of anal process largely black; sides with about 10 dark cross-streaks; all 
scales margined with black, dorsal ones not heavily so; a dark dorsal streak, a black ventral line 
behind anal, a dusky band around head just in front of eyes. 
I take pleasure in naming this species for Prof. Jose I. Torralbas, of the chair of zoology in the 
University of Flabana. 
Girardinus metallicus Poey. f * 
San Cristobal, very abundant ; largest female, 77 mm. long; largest male, 45 mm. A few females 
with black on anal. 
Palacios; largest female, 69 mm.; largest male, 41 mm.; ventral band from chin to tail black in 
one male; one male blotched with black. 
San Antonio; largest female, 79 mm. 
Ashton; females usually with black on anal; largest female, 51 mm.; largest male, 38 mm. 
Pinar del Rio; largest female, 68 nun.; largest male, 41 mm.; a number of males with a black 
streak of varying intensity and width along the ventral surface. 
F. C. B. 1902—15 
