GILBERT AND STARKS — FISHES OF PANAMA HAV 



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Dorsal 

 Anal... 



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 43 



In the original description, the anal fin is said to liave 48 rays, hnt there must 

 have been incUided l)v inadvertence the five rays of the right ventral fin, which is 

 continnons with the anal fin. There are 70 to 80 ohlique rows of scales running 

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

 advance of the prcopercle, 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 I. en i^ III '<i'itlioul Caudal 



Length to base of caiulal in mm 



Length of head 



Length of snout 



Length of ma.xillary 



Diameter of eye 



Interorbital width 



Greatest depth 



Depth of caudal peduncle 



Length of caudal fui 



Length of pectoral fm 



Longest dorsal ray 



Longest anal ray 



367. Symphurus atramentatus Jordan <i- Bollman. 



Known from specimens dredgctl by the Albatross in Panama Bay at tSta- 

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

 p. 229). 



368. Symphurus elongatus (Gilnther). 



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 85 in the 

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



