a4 
brown, dorsals and caudal with traces of pale dusky. Length 471 
mm, 
This species was originally described from Surinam, and 
has been subsequently recorded by ee Oe aa from 
Maranheao, Compared with ©. acoupa from Colen, in the Academy, 
the latter has much smaller head, more slender body and fewer 
one one ee ae Oe A ee ED RE ET rr ee eget Be ee Sew SS 
 Denk{ Ak. Wiss. Wien, vol.41,1879, p. 39. 
=e ae 
Larimus breviceps Cuvier, vay 
Head 3; depth 2 Oe RR PRES SaaS a “. be AR, Li, Fy ok?: scales 
47 along and close above lateral line to caudal base; 46 tubes 
in lateral line to caudal base; 6 scales above lateral line 
to spinous dorsal origin; 6 to soft dorsal origin, 8 below to 
spinous anal origin; about 25 predorsal scales; snout 4 7/8 
in head from upper jaw tip; eye 4 7/8; maxillary 2; interorbitel 
se 
Bedy elongately ovoid, deep forward, compressed; caudal 
peduncle about long as deep, least depth 3g in total head 
length; Head width 21/8 its length. Anout obtuse, convex, 
leneth 3/5 its width. Eye rounded, elevated, center slightly 
before first third in head. Mouth large, nearly vertical, lower 
jaw protruded. Maxillary to front pupil edge; expansion about 
equals eye. Teeth minute, simple, conic, in narrow band in 
