. The Cheirodontinae : a subfamily of minute characid fishes of South America. Characidae; Fishes. 94 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 51. Odontostilbe microcephala Eigenmann. Udontostilbe microcephalus Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. IMus., Vol. XXXIII, 1907, p. 10. Range: Paraguay and Upper Parana basins. 11086,1. U. :M., type, 46 mm. 11086,1. U. IM., paratype, 45 mm. Rio Pilco- mayo, Bolivia. Exchange with British Museum. 6854a-e, C. M., five, largest about 80 mm. (the caudal is broken), the longest on record for the genus. Rio Tiete at Salto Avanhandava below the falls. Sept. 15, 1908. Haseman.
. The Cheirodontinae : a subfamily of minute characid fishes of South America. Characidae; Fishes. 94 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 51. Odontostilbe microcephala Eigenmann. Udontostilbe microcephalus Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. IMus., Vol. XXXIII, 1907, p. 10. Range: Paraguay and Upper Parana basins. 11086,1. U. :M., type, 46 mm. 11086,1. U. IM., paratype, 45 mm. Rio Pilco- mayo, Bolivia. Exchange with British Museum. 6854a-e, C. M., five, largest about 80 mm. (the caudal is broken), the longest on record for the genus. Rio Tiete at Salto Avanhandava below the falls. Sept. 15, 1908. Haseman. 6855a-p, C. M., sixteen, largest 33 mm. Rio Tiete, Salto Avanhandava above the falls. Sept. 14, 1908. Haseman. 6856a, C. M., one, 38 mm. Asuncion. March 28,1909. Haseman. Readily distinguished from the other members of the genus by the teeth, by the elongate form and prominent caudal spot. Head ; depth 3^; D. usually 11, rarely 10; A. ^i^, ^-, ^, ^f-; scales. Fig. 35. Odontostilbe microcephala Eigenmann. a, premaxillary; 6, maxillary; 6' left maxillary of another individual; c, mandible. (All figures greatly enlarged). or 5; eye in the head, equal to or a little greater than the interorbital, . (in largest) in the snout; depth of the caudal peduncle in the depth, .4 of its own length. Elongate; dorsal and ventral profiles similar; preventral area flat, with a regular median series of fifteen scales; predorsal area rounded, with a median series of eleven scales. Occipital process one-fifth to one-eighth in the distance to the dorsal; frontal fontanel about in the parietal; second suborbital and the. 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
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