long as wide, surface convex. Band of fine palatine and vomerine 
teeth; outer jaw teeth strong, uniserial, conic. uniform and broad 
inner band of simple small conic teeth in front of each jaw, 
‘Shert cutaneous fringe on upper side of head, Rakers 4/9, strong, 
short, lanceolate, 3 in filaments, which equal eye. ‘Scales cycloid, 
marginal iisaeihe basal striae 17 to 26; circuli coarse, Color 
in alcohol umber brown, obscureby though finely dotted with deep 
brown, inclusive of fins. Length 218 to 245 mm, Four without 
locality, though doubtless obtained in Peru? F pe nk ’ 
As 4Ae tg am 2 bebice (2 dies, 
om Lepisoma nuchipinnis (Quoy and Gaimard). 
Head 3 1/3; depth 3 1/5; D. XVIII, 13; A. II, 20; scales 
* 
in 70 rows along and close above lateral line to csudal base; 
* tubular scales 64 in lateral lins to caudal base; 10 scales 
above lateral line to soft dorsal origin; 15 scales below to anal 
origin; snout 3 1/3 in head; eye 5 1/3; maxillery 2; interorbital 
8; head width 1 2/3, Rakers 36, lanceolate, 3 in filaments 
which nearly equal eye, Scales with 18 to 21 basal radiating 
striae; circuli rather coarse. Color in alcohol umber brown. 
Dark brown vertical blotch, narrowerthan eye, but equals eye 
in vertical diameter. Length 147 mm, Rio Janeiro, 
4 
Lepisoma guttulata (Valenciennes). fay ’ PIO 
ra 
Head 3 1/6 to 3 2/7; depth 3 7/8 to 4 1/2; D.XXIV or XXV, 
12 or 13; A. II, 21 or 22; scales in 71 to 75 réws from origin 
of lateral line to caudal base, and 3 or 4 more on latter; tubular 
scales 46 to 48 in laterel line to caudal base and 2 or 5 more on 
