1 94 1 CATALOGUE OF FISHES OF TORTUGAS !^ 



tude of young barracudas were with them, and the former at least were feeding 

 upon them. Females contained large eggs, and in a sample of unknown size the 

 fin formulas were: D. 13 or 14; A. 22 or 23. In another sample of 13 the variation 

 in anal rays was 23 to 28. In still another sample of 10, the counts were: D. 14V2 

 to 16V2 ; A. 22 x / 2 to 26%. All the following statements are based on the last- 

 mentioned sample, which seems more like Anchoviella epsetus than any other 

 described species. That the other records refer to the same species is not abso- 

 lutely certain. 



Measurements of 2 84-mm. specimens agreed, as follows: Standard length 69 

 mm.; depth 15 mm.; head 19 mm.; eye 5 mm.; snout 4.5 to 5 mm.; maxillary 

 obliquely truncate, pointed, extending almost to opercular border; gill rakers 17 

 to 20; scales 41 or 42; axillary scale of pectoral half the length of the fin; pectoral 

 failing by half the orbital width to reach ventral insertion; ventrals inserted mid- 

 way between pectoral base and anal origin; anal origin under end of dorsal; 

 dorsal origin equidistant from anterior margin of orbit and caudal base. 



W. H. L. 



Dr. Longley has indicated that he was not satisfied with the identification of 

 his material. Being engaged in a special taxonomic study of American anchovies, 

 I believe Dr. Longley 's doubt well founded. Although only one species is in- 

 cluded in the material preserved (and identified as A. epsetus by Dr. Longley), 

 another related species occurs there; neither of these is A. hepsetus, and one may 

 prove to be an unnamed species. 



Range extending from New England to somewhere in South America. 



S. F. H. 



Anchoviella perfasciata (Poey) 



Seined occasionally with Anchoviella epsetus, Harengula maculosa, H. 

 macrophthalma, and }en\insia lamprotaenia, all of which are more common. 



Four specimens examined agreed in having 15V2 dorsal and 18% anal rays, 

 except that one had an anal ray less. Poey's record (Memorias, vol. 2, i860, p. 

 313), stated comparably, is D. 14; A. 17. Jordan and Evermann's (Bull. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., No. 47, pt. 1, 1896, p. 441) is D. 12; A. 14 to 16. 



A specimen 75 mm. long, 65 mm. to base of caudal, has a depth of 11 mm.; 

 thickness 6 mm.; head 16 mm.; eye 4 mm.; greatest breadth of lateral stripe 

 4 mm.; snout 3 mm. This is consistent with Poey's description. Scales about 46; 

 gill rakers 25 to 27; posterior end of maxillary rounded, reaching only to pos- 

 terior margin of preopercle. Pectoral short, about 1.5 times orbital diameter, little 

 longer than axillary scale, reaching halfway to ventral insertion; ventral insertion 

 a little in advance of dorsal origin; dorsal origin midway between snout and base 

 of caudal; last dorsal ray reaching beyond vertical of anal origin. W. H. L. 



The number of gill rakers, 25 to 27, given by Dr. Longley is somewhat dis- 

 turbing. In 5 specimens in his collection I have counted 22 to about 25 on the 

 lower limb of the first arch, the highest count being doubtful because of the bad 



