. The Cheirodontinae : a subfamily of minute characid fishes of South America. Characidae; Fishes. 68 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 4301, I. U. M. 927a-b, C. M. Type and paratypes, fifteen. Length of type, 43 mm. South America. The specimens are soft and have lost their scales. The characters are other- wise well-preserved. If these specimens came from Chile, there is no doubt that thej^ represent C. pisciculus, with which they agree in their extremely short anal and their elongate form. Head ; depth ; D. 9-12; A. 12-15; scales 32-36, eleven scales between ventrals and dorsal, seve
. The Cheirodontinae : a subfamily of minute characid fishes of South America. Characidae; Fishes. 68 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 4301, I. U. M. 927a-b, C. M. Type and paratypes, fifteen. Length of type, 43 mm. South America. The specimens are soft and have lost their scales. The characters are other- wise well-preserved. If these specimens came from Chile, there is no doubt that thej^ represent C. pisciculus, with which they agree in their extremely short anal and their elongate form. Head ; depth ; D. 9-12; A. 12-15; scales 32-36, eleven scales between ventrals and dorsal, seven to nine scales with pores; eye ; depth of caudal peduncle about 2 in its length. Elongate, little compressed; predorsal and preventral areas rounded, with about (?) fifteen scales; occipital process short, reaching one-eighth to the dorsal;. Fig. 21. Cheirodon anrue McAtee, a, maxillary; 6, premaxillary; c, portion of mandible; d, dentition seen from in front. 4307, C. M. frontal fontanel half as long as the parietal; third suborbital very small, leaving a naked area, which is much the widest behind, about its entire distal margin; postorbitals minute, not covering more than one-fourth of the width of the cheek behind the eye; snout blunt, mouth small, maxillary a little over half as long as eye; teeth five- to seven-pointed, the middle point a little prominent, the bases of the teeth much contracted; four or five teeth in the premaxillary, one tooth (absent in two)' on the maxillary, mandible with five or six graduated teeth. Gill-rakers 8 -h 12, short, about one-third as long as Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Eigenmann, Carl H. , 1863-1927; Carnegie Museum; University of Indiana. Zoological Laboratory. Pittsburgh : Published by the authority of the Board of trustees of the C
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