GILBERT AND STARKS — FISHES OF PANAMA BAY 



203 



Dorsal 



Anal ... 



56 

 44 



55 

 43 



54 

 43 



54 

 42 



53 

 43 



In the original description, the anal fin is said to have 48 rays, but there must 

 have been included by inadvertence the five rays of the right ventral fin, which is 

 continuous with the anal fin. There are 70 to 80 oblique rows of scales running 

 downwards and backwards above the lateral line. The blind side of the head in 

 advance of the preopercle, and the anterior rays of the dorsal and anal fins are 

 fringed with rows and clusters of filaments. These are not so long or so numerous 

 as in A.fonsecensis. 



Measurements in Hundredths of Length without Caudal 



Length to base of caudal in mm 



Length of head 



Length of snout 



Length of maxillary 



Diameter of eye 



Interorbital width 



Greatest depth 



Depth of caudal peduncle 



Length of caudal fin 



Length of pectoral fin 



Longest dorsal ray 



Longest anal ray 



367. Symphurus atramentatus Jordan <£• Boll 



man. 



Known from specimens dredged by the Albatross in Panama Bay at Sta- 

 tions 2795, 2797 and 2805, depths 33 to 51| fathoms; recorded by Garman (1899, 

 p. 229). 



368. Symphurus elongatus {GUnther). 



Occasional in the Panama market, reaching a large size, the largest specimen 

 seen by us being 255 mm. long. In adults, the depth is contained 3| to 3| in the 

 length, thus much greater than has been ascribed to the species. 



