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Silvery lateral band broad, one-half wider than eye, bordered above 

 by a dusky stripe. Tip of snout and upper part of head rather dusky, 

 color otherwise as in 8. broicni. Described from a single specimen from 

 Wood's Holl, Mass. 



Engraulis argyrophanus, taken by Kuhl and Van Hasselt in the equa- 

 torial Atlantic, during their passage from Europe to Batavia, as de- 

 scribed by C. & V., does not materially differ from Engraulis perfasciatus 

 Poey, but, owing to the inadequate description and the locality, I have 

 queried their identity. 



2. Stolephorus browni (Gmel.) J. & G. 



" Piquitinga, Marcgr. Pise. Bras. 159." 

 " Men'ulia, Brown, Jam. 441, tab. 45, fig. 3." 

 "Argentina, sp., Gronov, Zoophyl. 11*2, No. 350." 



Atherina broicni Gruel. Syst. Nat. 1397, 1788 (Atlantic Ocean ; Pacific. After 

 Brown). 



Engraulis browni C. & V. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xxi, 41, 1848 (New York; 

 Havana; Jamaica; Martinique; Vera Cruz; Brazil); Poey, Memoriae 

 Cuba, ii, 312, 1860 (Havana) ; Poey, Sys. Pise. Cub. 419, 1868 (Havana) ; 

 Giintber, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. vii, 389, 1868 (Atlantic; Pacific Coast 

 of Central America"); Jor. & Gilb. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878 (Beau- 

 fort, N. C). 

 Stolephorus browni J. & G. Syn. Fisbes Nortb America, 273, 1882 (Cape 

 Cod to Brazil). 

 Clupea vittata Mitcbill, Trans. Lit. & Pbil. Soc. N. Y. i, 456, 1815 (New York); 

 Dekay, New York Fauna, 254, 1842 (copied from Mitchill) ; Storer, Syn. Fisbes 

 Nortb America, 457, 1845 (New York). 



Engraulis vittatus Baird, Ninth Smitbsonian Eept. 1854, 347 (Beaseley's 

 Point, New Jersey). 

 Engraulis piquitinga "Spix, Pise. Bras. tab. 23, fig. 1 (not good)." 

 Engraulis tricolor Agass. Pise. Bras. 51, 1850; Poey, Memorias Cuba, ii, 314, 



1860 (Havana). 

 Argentina menidia "Gronov, Syst. ed. Gray, 141." 



Engraulis mitchilli Giintber, Cat. Fisbes Brit. Mus. vii, 391, 1868 (Atlantic coast 

 of America; Cayenne. Description confused with that of .E. mitchilli C. & V.), 

 Engraulis hiulcus Goode & Beau, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. ii, 34:!, 1879 (Clear 

 Water Harbor, Fla. ). 



Stohphorus hiulcus J. & G. Syn. Fisbes Nortb America, 237, 1882. 



Habitat. — New York to Brazil; Hudson Biver; New York Harbor; 

 Beaseley's Point, New Jersey; Beaufort, North Carolina; Clear Water 

 Harbor, Florida ; Havana; Jamaica; Martinique; Vera Cruz; Cayenne; 

 Brazil. 



Head 3| (4.\); depth 4| (5£). D. 15; A. 20. 



Body oblong, compressed ; the belly compressed, somewhat serrated. 

 Head moderate. Snout pointed, projecting much beyond lower jaw, its 

 length less than diameter of eye, about 5 in head, its profile below 

 slightly concave. Eye about 3£ in head. Mouth oblique; maxillary 

 pointed, reaching almost to gill-openings. Teeth evident on maxillary 

 and mandible. Cheeks triangular, scarcely larger than eye. Opercle 



*Tbis : 1 1 1 < 1 other references to Stolephorus browni from the Pacific Coast apparently 

 refer to tbe related but distinct species, Stolephorus isehanus J.&, G. 



