CHARACINIDAE FROM VENEZUELA—-SCHULTZ 251 
U. 8S. N. M. No. 121310, 14 specimens, 35 to 79 mm., taken in Lago Tulé, 
about 75 km. west of Maracaibo, Rfo Socuy drainage, March 1. 
U. S. N. M. No. 121314, 2 examples, 104 and 170 mm., obtained in Lake 
Maracaibo at the mouth of the Rio Concha, May 2. — 
U. 8. N. M. No. 121811, 2 specimens, 106 and 109.5 mm., from the Rio Palmar 
near Totuma, about 100 km. southwest of Maracaibo, February 21. 
U. 8S. N. M. No. 121318, 3 examples, 101.5 to 112 mm., from the Rio Apén 
about 35 km. south of Rosario, February 26. 
U.S. N. M. No. 121319, 1 specimen, 194 mm., from the Rio de Los Pajaros, 
3 km. above Lago Maracaibo, April 30. 
U.S. N. M. No. 121315, 29 examples, 86.5 to 188 mm., ‘Goma the Rio San Juan 
near the bridge south of Mene Grande, Motatdn system, Overen 17 and 20. 
U.S. N. M. No. 121316, 16 examples, 108 to 147 mm., taken from a cafio %4 km. 
west of Sinamaica, March 11. 
U.S. N. M. No. 121317, 52 specimens, 42.5 to 132 mm., from the Rio Negro 
below mouth of Rio Yasa, March 2. 
U.S. N. M. No. 121318, 25 specimens, 55 to 150 mm., from the Rfo Socuy, 3 
km. above mouth, February 24. 
TaBLE 1.—Counts made on Curimata magdalenae from three South American 
localities 
Number of fin rays Number of scales 
Locality Dor- Anal Pelvic Pectoral Rows crossing lateral line | Above! Below 
sal 
ii,9 | ili, 7} 1,7 | i,8 | 1,13 | i, 14 | 389 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 6 5/6 
Truando, Colombia__ 3 Pi ia ae Sin aaa ai Pies eA lat ye) ala Ea aint EN as Bl) Besse 
Calamar, Colombia_. 3 eid ee 3 Gi | een elses UB 1004 aU) epee: eat a | Hal Si 3| 2 i 
Maracaibo Basin, 
Venezuela_____-_-- 6 6 1 6 1 i Prato) Daye 1 5 Je ets ‘lua 6 
Three specimens, F.M.N.H. Nos. 41992-41994, from Lago Mara- 
caibo, W. H. Osgood, 1911, were lent to me for report by the Chicago 
Natural History Museum. 
In specimens about 80 to 100 mm. and sometimes smaller, the 
midsides of the body have a darkish band posteriorly, with a pale 
streak running along the lateral line in the middle of this band; in 
larger specimens the sides are plain in color. 
This species is used extensively as food, as it is one of the better 
flavored fishes in the Maracaibo Basin. 
Genus ANODUS Agassiz 
Anodus Acassiz, in Spix, Selecta genera et species piscium . . . Brasiliam . . 
p. 57, pl. 40, 1829. (Type, Anodus elongatus Agassiz.) (Ref. copied.) 
ANODUS LATICEPS (Valenciennes) 
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BOcACHICA 
Curimatus laticeps VALENCIENNES, 7n Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 
poissons, vol. 22, p. 21, pl. 634, 1849 (Lago Maracaibo).— GtnrueEr, Catalogue 
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