CHARACINIDAE FROM VENEZUELA—SCHULTZ 255 
SERRASALMUS SCAPULARIS Giinther 
Serrasalmo scapularis GUNTHER, Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum, 
vol. 5, p. 368, 1864.—? Pruurcrin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 5, 
p. 157, 1899 (Apure River, Venezuela). 
Serrasalmus scapularis NoRMAN, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1928, pt. 4, p. 792, 
fig. 8 (Venezuela ? [based on Pellegrin] ). 
Serrasalmus coccogenis FowuER, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 63, 
p. 428, 1911 (La Pedrita on Cafio Uracoa, Venezuela). 
SERRASALMUS SERRULATUS (Valenciennes) 
CARIBE 
Pygopristis serrulatus VALENCIENNES, 7m Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire 
naturelle des poissons, vol. 22, p. 300, 1849. 
Serrasalmo gymnogenys PELLEGRIN, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 5, p. 157, 
1899 (Apure River drainage). 
SERRASALMUS SPILOPLEURA Kner 
CARIBE 
Serrasalmo spilopleura Kner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 18, p. 43, pl. 5, 
fig. 11, 1859. 
Serrasalmo irritans PreTERsS, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss.’ Berlin, 1877, p. 472 (San 
Fernando de Apure, Venezuela). 
Serrasalmus irritans KIGENMANN and EHIGENMANN, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., vol. 14, 
p. 60, 1891 (Apure). 
SERRASALMUS CARIBE Valenciennes 
CARIBE 
Serrasalmus caribe VALENCIENNES, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle 
des poissons, vol. 22, p. 278, 1849 (Rio Orinoco, Rio Apure, Lianos de Vene~ 
zuela).—EIGENMANN and EiamENMANN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 14, p. 
60, 1891 (Orinoco)—Norman, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1928, pt. 4, p. 803 
(Rio Orinoco). ale 
SERRASALMUS EIGENMANNI Norman 
Serrasalmus eigenmannt Norman, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1928, pt. 4, p. 804, 
fig. 16 (Rockstone, British Guiana). 7 
Two specimens, 32 and 33 mm., collected by Dr. William Beebe at 
Rio Caripe, April 23, 1942, were lent to me for identification and 
report. 
Genus COLOSSOMA Eigenmann 
Colossoma E1GENMANN, Smithsonian Mise. Coll., vol. 45, p. 148, 1903.—E1aEn- 
MANN and Kernnepy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 55, p. 530, 
1903. (Type, Myletes oculus Cope.) 
COLOSSOMA MACROPOMUS (Cuvier) 
Myletes macropomus Cuvier, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 4, p. 453, pl. 21, 
fig. 3, 1818.—PrtrErs, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1877, p. 4738 (Apure 
River, Venezuela).—E1GENMANN and EIGENMANN, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., 
vol. 14, p. 61, 1891 (Apure). 
COLOSSOMA BRACHYPOMUS (Cuvier) 
Myeletes brachypomus Cuvinr, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, vol. 4, p. 452, pl. 22, 
fig. 1, 1818. 
