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References : 



Anchoa ginsburgi Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., <S (2), 1943: 55, fig. 20 (orig. descr.; type local. 

 Estauques Bay, Gulf of Venezuela; type USNM 1 19788); Schultz, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., gg, 1949: 

 43 (ref., types, locals.). 



Anchoa lamprotaenia Hildebrand 1943 



Longnose Anchovy, Manjiia (Cuba) 



Figure 39 



Study Material. A total of 80 specimens, 46-92 mm TL, collected at Palm Beach, 

 Miami, Key West, and Tortugas, Florida; Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico; Cuba; Puerto 

 Rico; British Honduras; and the Atlantic coast of Panama. 



Distinctive Characters. This species until recently has been consistently identified 

 with A. hepsetus in museum collections. Since these species are not easily separated by 

 any one character, a combination of characters is sometimes necessary. Generally 

 A. lamprotaenia is distinguished by its longer and more falcate pectoral fin, higher 

 dorsal fin, shorter and broader axillary scale of the pectoral, and by the shorter and more 

 bluntly pointed maxillary with its upper rounded margin. The average number of anal 

 rays is greater and the average number of pectoral rays, gill rakers, and vertebrae is 

 fewer (see Description and Tables i— iii). 



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

 based on study specimens, 46-92 mm TL. 



Body: depth 19-23. Pectoral fin: length 14. 3-1 8. 

 Head: length 25-30. 



Snout: length 8.1-9.5. Scales: ca. 38—41. 



Eye: diameter 7.5—8.3. Gill rakers: 13— 18 + 16— 20 (usually 14 

 Postorbital: distance 14. 3-16. or 15+18 or 19). 



Maxillary: length 21.5—24.5. Fin rays: dorsal 13—15; anal 19—26 

 Mandible: length 18.5—22. (usually 21—24); pectoral 11-15 



Anal fin: length of base 20.5—23.5. (most frequently 12 or 13). 



Vertebrae: 39—42 (98 specimens). 



Body strongly compressed, its greatest thickness about equal to depth of 

 caudal peduncle, its depth 4.3-5.25 in SL. Head 3.3—4.0, its depth about equal to 

 its postorbital length and half of eye. Snout pointed, projecting about 66*/o of its 

 length beyond tip of mandible, 4.5—5.75 in head. Eye 3.5—4.0 in head. Postorbital 

 1.75—2.0 in head. Maxillary not sharply pointed, usually distinctly rounded above, 

 reaching to, or more usually somewhat beyond, joint of mandible, 1.2-1.4 in head. 

 Mandible 1.35— 1.6 in head. Cheek as long as eye and fully half of snout, its 

 posterior angle about 35°. Gill rakers about 75°/o of length of eye. 



Dorsal fin rather high anteriorly, its longest rays usually reaching beyond tip of 

 last ray if deflexed, its origin equidistant between some point over snout or anterior 



