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U.S.N.M. No. 121426, a specimen, 76 mm., taken in the Rio Jimelles, 12 km. 
east of Motatan, March 24. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121429, 8 specimens, 57 to 75 mm., from the Rio San Juan about 
12 km. south of Rosario, February 26. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121433, 13 examples, 48 to 100 mm., from the Rio Palmar near 
Totuma, about 100 km. southwest of Maracaibo, February 21. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121425, 6 examples, 41 to 82 mm., from a cafio 4% km. west of 
Sinamaica, March 11. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121431, 11 examples, 46 to 106 mm., Rio Machango at bridge 
south of Lagunillas, March 16. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121484, a specimen, 81 mm., Rio Motatdn, 4 km. above Motatdn, 
March 25. * 
U.S.N.M. No. 121435, 19 specimens, 58 to 86 mm., Rio Palmar at bridge, 70 
km. southwest of Maracaibo, March 6. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121427, 8 specimens, 66 to 81 mm., from Rio San Juan near 
bridge, tributary Rio Motatdn, March 20. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121428, 27 examples, 60 to 85 mm., Rio Apén about 35 km. south 
of Rosario, February 26. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121432, 49 examples, 43 to 85 mm., Lago Tulé about 75 km. west 
of Maracaibo, 5 km. from Rio Socuy, March 1. 
U.S.N.M. No. 121436, 82 specimens, 48 to 112 mm., Rio Negro below mouth of 
Rio Yasa, March 2. 
ASTYANAX METAE Eigenmann 
Astyanaz metae EIGENMANN, in Eigenmann, Henn, and Wilson, Indiana Univ. 
Stud., No. 19, p. 11, 1914 (Rfo Negro, Villavicencio, Colombia); Indiana 
Univ. Stud., vol. 7, No. 44, p. 11, 1920 (Rfo Castafio; Rio Bué; Concejo, Rio 
Tiquirito and Rio Tuy; mouth Rio Tapa Tapa, Venezuela).—Prarsn, Univ. 
Wisconsin Stud., No. 1, pp. 19, 42, 1920 (Lake Valencia, Rio Castafio, Vene- 
zuela).—EIGENMANN, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 9, No. 1, p. 235, 1922 (Lake 
Valencia, Rio Tuy Basin, Venezuela). 
U.S.N.M. No. 121453, 9 specimens, 54 to 110 mm. in standard 
length, collected by L. P. Schultz, G. Zuloaga, Roger Sherman, and 
William Phelps, Jr., May 12, 1942, in the Rio Gudrico and tributaries, 
between San Sebastidn and San Casimiro, Estado de Aragua, Vene- 
zuela. 
One specimen, 83.5 mm., Caripito, Venezuela, William Beebe, 
1942, was lent to me for study and report. 
ASTYANAX FASCIATUS VIEJITA (Valenciennes) 
Tetragonopterus vieyita VALENCIENNES, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire na- 
turelle des poissons, vol. 22, p. 154, 1849 (Lake Maracaibo).—E1gmnMann and 
EiGENMANN, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 14, p. 53, 1891 (Lago Maracaibo). 
—Uturey, Ann. New York Acad. Sci., vol. 8, p. 288, 1895 (Lake Maracaibo). 
Astyanax fasciatus Mymrs, Copeia, 1932, No. 3, p. 187 (Ctcuta Lake, Maracaibo 
drainage). 
The following collections were made by Leonard P. Schultz during 
1942 in the Maracaibo Basin of Venezuela: 
U.S.N.M. No. 121448, 166 specimens, 30 to 80 mm. in standard length, Rio 
San Pedro at bridge south of Mene Grande, Motatdn system, March 20. 
