1915.] NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 529 



■ Length 3| inches. 



Type No. 45,083, A. N. S. P. Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. February- 

 March, 1915. Richard M. Abbott. 



Only the type known. This species is alHed with Anchovia mitchilli, 

 but differs in its larger size, more protruding snout, narrower lateral 

 band, much longer pectoral, and dark hind caudal edge. A. astilhe 

 (Jordan and Rutter),^^ A. robcrtsi (Jordan and Rutter),^^ and A. 

 januarius (Steindachner),^^ all have much shorter anals. A. 

 nattereri (Steindachner)^^ has a more slender body, smaller eye, and 

 shorter maxillary. A. olidus (Giinther)^*' has a longer dorsal and 

 more posterior anal. 



(Named for the Island of Trinidad.) 



Synodus foetens (Linnseus). 



One 10 inches long. 



Selenaspis herzbergii (Bloch). 



Arius herzbergii Regan, Proc. Z. Soc. London, 1906, p. 386. 



One 6f inches. 



Tachisurus spixii (Agassiz). 



Arius spixii Regan, I.e. Mouth of Rio Carim. 



Arius laticeps Giinther, Cat. F. Brit. Mus., V, 1864, p. 171, figs, (predorsal 

 buckler and teeth). British Guiana and Trinidad. 



Rhamdia vilsoni (Gill). 



Pimelonotus vilsoni Gill, Ann. Lye. N. Hist. N. Y., VI, 1858, p. 391. 

 Pimelodus {Rhamdia) wilsoni Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1906, p. 386. 

 Rhamdia vilsoni Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1915, p. 209. 



Trachycorystes galeatus (Linnseus). 



Paraucheniplerus pasece Regan, I.e., p. 387 (non PL). Caroni River. 

 Pseudauehenipterus guppyi Regan, I.e., Pi. 24 (non 23). 



Pseudauchenipterus nodosus (Bloch). 



Pseudauehenipterus guppyi Regan, I.e. (non PL). Caroni River. 

 Paraucheniplerus pasece Regan, I.e., PL 23 (non 24). 



Callichthys callichthys (Linnaeus). 



Callichthys eallichthys Fowler, I.e. 



C. kneri Gill, I.e., p. 394. 



Regan, I.e., p. 388. Bejucal Swamp. 



Hoplosternum littorale (Hancock). 



(7. littoralis Giinther, I.e., p. 227. 



— — Regan, I.e. 



Hoplosternum littorale Fowler, I.e., p. 229. 



H. Icevigatum Gill, I.e., p. 396. 



H. stevardii Gill, I.e., p. 401. 



12 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1897, p. 95. Jamaica. 



13 § J f I Q TTl "^ lf*1 



" S'itz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LXXX, I, 1880, p. 170. Rio Janeiro. 



^■' L.C., p. 174. Para. 



1^ Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. London, (4) XIV, 1874, p. 455. Rio Parana. 



