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Editorial Comments on the Hildebrand Manuscripts iio 



Family Elopidae, by S. F. Hildebrand 1 1 1 



Genus Tarpon 1 1 2 



Tarpon atlantkus 113 



Genus Elops 123 



Elops saurus 124 



Family Albulidae 132 



Genus Albula 133 



Albula vulpes 134 



Genus Dixonina 143 



Dixonina nemoptera 143 



Text and Footnote References 146 



Suborder Clupeoldea, Composite Authorship 



Characters and Key to Families, by H. B. Bigelow 148 



Text and Footnote References 151 



Family Engraulidae, by S. F. Hildebrand 152 



Genus Anchovia 155 



Anchovia clupeoides 155 



Anchovia nigra 158 



Genus Anchoa 162 



Anchoa spinifer 167 



Anchoa argenteus 169 



Anchoa duodecim 1 7° 



Anchoa trinitatis 171 



Anchoa cay or urn 173 



Anchoa pectoralis 1 74 



Anchoa mitchiUi 176 



Anchoa parva 181 



Anchoa januaria 1 8 3 



Anchoa choerostoma 185 



Anchoa tricolor 186 



Anchoa cubana 188 



Anchoa ginsburgi 1 90 



Anchoa I ampro taenia 192 



Anchoa hepsetus 194 



Anchoa lyolepis 200 



Anchoa filifera 202 



Genus Anchoviella 204 



Anchoviella eury stole 208 



Anchoviella estauquae 211 



Anchoviella cayennensis 212 



Anchoviella perfasciata 213 



