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Also No. 1,347, A. N. 8. P., paratype, same data. Head 3|; depth 

 4; D. hi, 12; A. in, 21, i; scales 38 (largely according to pockets) + 

 3; 9 scales (pockets) between dorsal and anal origins; predorsal 

 scales (pockets) 18; snout 4^ in head; eye 3J; maxillary 1|; inter- 

 orbital 3J; length 3 inches. 



This species appears related to Anchovia brevirostris (Giinther) 

 from Bahia, but seems to differ in the more numerous anal radii, that 

 species having but 18. Anchovia januarius (Steindachner) is also a 

 closely related species, but it differs as the origin of the dorsal is said 

 to lie about an eye-diameter nearer the caudal base than the snout 

 tip. In both of my examples it is about midway between the snout 

 tip and the caudal base, and there is no trace of a dark gray cross- 

 streak on latter. 



(Ae-{$ j scale; Zvt6s } within; fTroXyj ) stole; with reference to the 

 median lateral row of scales in the silvery lateral band.) 



Anohovia brownii (Gmelin). 



Ocean City 57, Corson's Inlet 5, N. J. ; Ft. Macon, N. C. 1 ; Hailer's 

 Rock 28, Marquesas Keys 25, Tortugas 2, Fla.; Santo Domingo 1; 

 Mayaguez, Porto Rico 1; Rio Janeiro, Brazil 1. 



Anchovia platyargyrea sp. nov. Fig. 4. 



Head 3i; depth 4f; D. in, 12; A. in, 19, i; P. i, 12; V. i, 6; scales 

 about 35 (according to pockets) in lateral series to caudal base + 3 

 on latter ; about 7 scales (pockets) between dorsal and ventral origins ; 

 about 15 predorsal scales (pockets); head width 2f its length; head 

 depth If; snout 4f ; eye 3f ; maxillary 1£; interorbital 4; dorsal 

 length If; least depth caudal peduncle 3+ ; caudal length If; anal base 

 If; pectoral length 2; ventral 3; mandible If. 



Body well compressed, moderately long, profiles similarly and 

 rather evenly convex, edges all rounded and predorsal scarcely tren- 

 chant, greatest depth about dorsal origin. Caudal peduncle well 

 compressed, its least depth about H its length. 



Head well compressed, profiles similarly inclined, though upper 

 little more convex, flattened sides a little approximated below so that 

 lower surface much narrower than upper and not keeled medianly. 

 Snout conic, well protruding, basal width about equals its length. 

 Eye rounded, rather high, a little before first third in head. Adipose 

 eyelid well developed, covering eye entirely. Mouth large, front above 

 with slight median depression. Maxillary straight, distally attenuated 

 beyond mandibular articulation though not quite to gill-opening, its 

 distal width 3^ in eye. Maxillary teeth uniserial, close-set, fine, only 



