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Anchovia perthecata (Goode and Bean). 



One example without locality. 



Anchovia purpurea (Fowler). 



(Stolephorus purpureas Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scl. Phila., 1900, p.1497, 

 PI. 19, fig. 1. Hawaiian Islands.) 



Nos. 23,329 and 23,330, cotypes of Stolephorus purpureas Fowler. 

 Also 16 examples from Hawaiian Islands. 



Anchovia lepidentostole sp. nov. Fig. 3. 



Head 4J; depth 4; D. in, 12, i; A. in, 22, i; P. i, 12; V. i, 5; 

 scales 35 in lateral series to caudal base and 3 more on latter ; 9 scales 

 obliquely forward from dorsal origin to that of ventral; predorsal 

 scales 18; head width If its length; head depth at occiput 1+j dorsal 

 base H; least depth caudal peduncle 2£; pectoral If; ventral 3; 

 snout 5; eye 3^; maxillary 1\; mandible 1-f-; interorbital 3j. 



Fig. 3. — Anchovia lepidentostole Fowler. Type. 



Body elongate, rather plump, compressed, fusiform or profiles 

 rather evenly and similarly convex, greatest depth at dorsal origin, 

 a slight dorsal and abdominal median keel and other edges convex. 

 Caudal peduncle compressed, least depth 1^ its length. 



Head compressed, profiles slightly convex or similarly inclined, 

 sides flattened and constricted well below so that lower surface formed 

 much narrower than upper. Snout convex over surface and in profile, 

 well protruded, length f its basal width. Eye large, rounded, a little 

 elevated, first third its length. Adipose eyelid covers eye, well 

 developed. Mouth large, front above with scarcely median depression. 

 Maxillary slightly curved, a little expanded distally till about 3^ in 

 eye, and not quite reaching preopercle ridge or mandibular articula- 

 tion. Maxillary teeth fine, sharp-pointed, close-set, uniserial, all 

 directed slightly forward, graduated down from front to end of bone, 

 not continuous over front of upper jaw, and extending to hind end of 



