. The Cheirodontinae : a subfamily of minute characid fishes of South America. Characidae; Fishes. eigenmann: the cheirodontin^. 31 with tubes; eleven scales between dorsal and ventrals; nineteen predorsal scales; depth of caudal peduncle in the length of the head; height of dorsal ; height of anal ; length of pectoral ; ventral Elongate, slender, fusiform; maxillary reaching to below anterior margin of pupil; teeth conic, each usually with a very small or obsolete pointed basal cusp; maxillary with about four conic teeth. Origin of dorsal midway between posterior nostril
. The Cheirodontinae : a subfamily of minute characid fishes of South America. Characidae; Fishes. eigenmann: the cheirodontin^. 31 with tubes; eleven scales between dorsal and ventrals; nineteen predorsal scales; depth of caudal peduncle in the length of the head; height of dorsal ; height of anal ; length of pectoral ; ventral Elongate, slender, fusiform; maxillary reaching to below anterior margin of pupil; teeth conic, each usually with a very small or obsolete pointed basal cusp; maxillary with about four conic teeth. Origin of dorsal midway between posterior nostril and base of caudal; origin. Fig. 8. Aphyocharax avary Fowler. (After Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. So., Phila., 1913, p. 532.) of anal behind the vertical from the base of the last dorsal rays; origin of ventrals well before the dorsal. A silver}^ lateral band; humeral spot crossing third, fourth, and fifth scales of the lateral line; dorsal with a transverse median streak. Anal broadly whitish in front; rest of fin sprinkled with duskj^ dots, the edge of the fin dark, the dark con- tinued across the anal lobe. 10. Aphyocharax rathbuni Eigenmann. (Plate III, fig. 5.) Aphyocharax alburnus Eigenmann & Kennedy (won Giinther), Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1903, p. 517. Aphyocharax anisitsi (part) Eigenmann and Kennedy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1903, p. 517. Aphyocharax rathbuni Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXXIII, 1907, p. 10. (Arroyo Chagalalina, ParaguajO; Reports Princeton Univ. Exped. Pata- gonia, Vol. Ill, 1910, p. 429. Aphyocharax stramineus Eigenmann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXXIII, 1907, p. 11 (Arroyo Trementina); Eigenmann, Reports Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Vol. Ill, 1910, p. 429. Range: Paraguay 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. , 18
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