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3. LYCENGRAULIS, Giinth., 1868. 
Lycengraulis, Ginth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 399 (1868) ; Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlyvii. 
1896, p. 451. 
Two species from the coasts of Panama and South America. 
1. Lycengraulis poeyi. 
Engraulis poeyi, Kner & Steind. Abhandl. Bayern. Ak. x. 1864, p. 23, t. 3. fig. 3°. 
Stolephorus poeyt, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 445%. 
Lycengrauls poeyi, Gilb. & Starks, Mem. Calif. Ac. iv. 1904, p. 49°. 
Hab. Panama, Rio Bayano 1. 
Total length 208 mm. 
4, ANCHOVIA, Jord. & Everm., 1896. 
Anchovia, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 449. 
A single species. 
1. Anchovia macrolepidota. 
Engraulis macrolepidotus, Kner & Steind. Abhandl. Bayern. Ak. x. 1864, p. 21, t. 3. fig. 2°. 
Anchovia macrolepidota, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus, xlvii. 1896, p. 449°. 
Hab. Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America, entering rivers: 
Mexico, Guaymas?; Panama, Rio Bayano!l. 
Total length 200 mm. 
Fam. 3. CHANIDA. 
This family includes a single genus with 3 or 4 species, marine fishes of the Indo- 
Pacific. 
1. CHANOS, Lacep., 1803. 
Chanos, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 473 (1868); Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus, xlvii. 1896, 
p. 414. 
Body elongate or ovate, compressed, covered with small cycloid scales. Lateral line complete, straight. Head 
naked; mouth small, terminal, toothless; gill-membranes broadly united; an adipose eyelid. Dorsal fin 
short, in the middle of the length of the fish, above the ventrals ; anal fin short ; caudal deeply forked. 
1. Chanos salmoneus, BI. Schn., 1801. 
Chanos salmoneus, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 473 (1868). | 
Chanos chanos (Forsk.), Jord. & Everm. Bull, U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 414, and 1900, 
fig. 182. 
Hab. Indian and Pacific Oceans, entering rivers. 
Specimens of this large silvery fish in the British Museum are from brackish lakes 
at Chiapam in Guatemala. 
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