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little nearer to origin of anal than to pectoral base. Pectoral failing to reach base 

 of pelvic by nearly an eye's diameter, i. 75-1. 9 in head. Axillary scale of pectoral 

 about 75 "/o of length of fin, 2.4-3.0 in head. 



Color. In alcohol, rather pale. Side of head silvery. Lateral band bright silvery, 

 about as wide as pupil (often missing in specimens preserved in formalin). Back usually 

 with dusky punctulations not arranged in definite longitudinal series. 



Size. The largest fish seen was only 70 mm (2.8 in.) long, and most of the numer- 

 ous specimens examined were under 65 mm TL. 



Range and Habitat. A. cubana ranges from both coasts of Florida, along Alabama 

 and Louisiana, and through the West Indies, to Yucatan, Mexico, and Puerto Barrios, 

 Guatemala. It is also recorded for Puerto Rico {18: 344) and Grenada (j: 269). 

 It seems to be common around Jamaica, probably also around Cuba, but apparently 

 it is rather rare on our southern coast. The specimens from the West Indies, in 

 part at least, were taken in shallow water, whereas those from the United States were 

 taken with trawls hauled at depths as great as 30 fms. 



Synonyms and References: 



Engraulis cubanus Poey, Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, 2, 1868: 420 (orig. descr.; type local. Cuba; MCZ 17958); 



Poey in Gundlach, An. Soc. esp. Hist. Nat., 10 (4), 1881 : 344 (Puerto Rico). 

 Stokpkorus cubanus Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 47 (i), 1896: 442 (descr. from orig., range); 



Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. (1900), 20 (i), 1902: 88 (after Jordan and Evermann, 



1896). 

 Stokphoru! astilbe Jordan and Rutter, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 1897: 95 (orig. descr.; type local. Kingston, 



Jamaica; type SU 4854; paratypes MCZ 31392); Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 47 (3), 



1898: 2815 (descr. from orig., synon.). 

 Anchoviella cubana Jordan and Scale, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 67, 1926: 399 (synon., descr., Cuba, 



includ. t>'pe material, MCZ 17958); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 



2, 1930: 48 (synon., range); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 82, 1930: 269 (Grenada, B.W.I.); 



Howell-Rivero, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 82, 1938: 172 (4 specimens in type material, the largest 



said to be type, MCZ 17958). 

 Anchoviella astilbe Jordan and Seale, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., Gj, 1926: 402 (synon., descr., paratypes 



MCZ 31392); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rept. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 49 ("West 



Indies"); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 82, 1930: 269 (Grenada, B.W.I.). 

 Anchovia cubana Nichols, N. Y. Acad. Sci., 10 (2), 1929: 204 (synon., diagn., Cuba and Puerto Rico). 

 Anchoa cubana Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 8 {i), 1943: 76, fig. 31 (synon., descr., extension 



of range; cf. paratj'pes oi cubana and astilbe). 



Anchoa ginsburgi H.ildehra.nd 1943 

 Figure 38 



Study Material. Type material, 16 specimens, from juveniles 28 mm long to adults 

 or near adults 63 mm TL, from Gulf of Venezuela. 



Distinctive Characters. This species differs from hepsetus chiefly in the shorter and 

 blunter maxillary and in the more numerous vertebrae when compared with hepsetus 

 from southern localities, especially from Yucatan and Panama (j: ^6, tab. 7). Among 

 specimens of equal size, this species seems to be more slender. 



