Fis/ies of the Western North Atlantic 



191 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of standard length, and counts, 

 based on 13 specimens, 43—63 mm TL. 



Body: depth 1 7.4-1 8.8. 

 Head: length 25-28.5. 

 Snout: length 4.9—5.9. 

 Eye: diameter 6.6—9.1. 

 Postorbital: distance 1 4.5-1 5.8. 

 Maxillary : length i 7 . 2 - 1 8 . 2 . 

 Mandible: length i 5.5-1 7.8. 



Anal fin: length of base 19.2-22. 

 Pectoral fin: length 1 3.7-1 5.3. 



Scales: ca. 42—45. 



Gill rakers: 16—18 + 20-22. 



Fin rays: dorsal 14 or 15; anal 18—20; 



pectoral 13-15. 

 Vertebrae: 44 or 45 (2 specimens). 



Figure 38. Anchoa ginsburgi, paratype, 60 mm TL, 52 mm SL, from Gulf of Venezuela, USNM 1 19789. 

 Drawn by Louella E. Cable. 



Body slender, moderately compressed, its depth 5.3-5.75 in SL. Head 3.5-4.0 

 in SL, its depth equal to its postorbital length and about half of eye. Snout short, 

 projecting a little more than half of its length beyond mandible, 4.5—5.25 in head. 

 Eye 3.25—4.0. Postorbital moderately long, 1.3— 1.9 in head. Maxillary short, its 

 upper margin rounded, reaching joint of mandible, 1.3-1.5 in head. Mandible 1.5— 

 1.65. Cheek broad, a little longer than eye, its posterior angle about 45°. 



Dorsal fin low, the longest rays failing to reach tip of last ray if deflexed, its origin 

 usually somewhat nearer to base of caudal than to anterior margin of eye. Anal short, 

 with origin commonly slightly posterior to middle of dorsal, its base 4.5—5.2 in SL. 

 Pelvic small, inserted equidistant between origin of anal and base of pectoral, or a little 

 nearer to the latter. Pectoral scarcely falcate, failing to reach pelvic by about half of 

 diameter of eye, 1.7-2.0 in head. Axillary scale of pectoral moderately pointed, failing 

 to reach tip of fin by about 75 "/o of diameter of eye, 2.8-3.1 in head. 



Color. In alcohol pale (originally preserved in formalin). Side of head silvery. 

 Lateral band bright silvery, about 75 "/o of width of eye. 



Range. Known only from the holotype and 15 paratypes, all from the Gulf of 

 Venezuela, partly from Estauques Bay and partly from Salinas Bay. 



