272 Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 



(descr., locals., pp.434, 456); Martin, Mem. Soc. Cient. La Salle, 75, 1955: 184-188 (descr., ills., 

 Venezuela). 



Jenkinsia stolifera Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 47 (i), 1896: 419 (descr., ref. to orig. descr.); 

 Evermann and Kendall, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1899), 1900: 5; (refs., Florida) ; Evermann and 

 Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. (1900), 20 (i), 1902: 84 (descr., refs., Puerto Rico); Bean, B. A. in 

 Bahama Islands, Fishes, 1905: 297 (rec. from Spanish Wells); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 

 5c?, 1906: 81, fig. I (descr.; assoc. with anchovies; Florida Keys); Wilson, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., JJ, 

 1917: 79 (host of copepod, Colliparvus parvus Wilson; Nassau, Bahamas); Breder, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. 

 Coll., J(i), 1927: 13 (Isle of Pines, Swan I., and Glover Reef off" British Honduras); Breder, Amer. 

 Mus. Novit., 382, 1929: 1—5 (school, behav., Tortugas, Florida); Gudger, Publ. Carneg. Instn. Wash., 

 391, 1929: 156, pi. I, fig. 6 (local abund., habits, Tortugas, Florida); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, 

 Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 46 (range, ref); Breder, Publ. Carneg. Instn. Wash., 435, 

 1932: 8 (fed on by needlefish, Strongylura; Tortugas, Florida); Gowanloch, Bull. La. Conserv. Dep., 

 23. 1933 ■• 214 (in great schools. Gulf of Mexico; but no records for Gulf coast north of extremes 

 Florida, therefore, apparently not of Louisiana fauna). 



Spratelloides larnprotaenia Bertin, Bull. Inst, oceanogr. Monaco, 853, 1943: 17 (diagn., revision). 



False References: 



Jenkinsia stolifera Nichols (not of Jordan and Gilbert), Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., JJ, 1920: 63 {Stolephorus 



viridis in synon., Bermuda). 

 Jenkinsia larnprotaenia Beebe and Tee- Van (not of Gosse), Field Bk. Shore Fish. Bermuda, 1933: 37, fig. 



(field char., diagn., distr.); Beebe and Tee-Van, Zoologica, N. Y., 13 (j), 1933'. 136 (refs., Stolephorus 



viridis and J. stolifera in synon., Bermuda); HoUister (not of Gosse), Zoologica, N. Y., 21 (4), 1936: 



276, figs. 40—44 (caudal skel.). 



Jenkinsia viridis (T. H. Bean) 1912 



Bermuda Herring, Dwarf Herring, Green Fry 



Figure 65 



Study Material. A total of 19 specimens, 42—58 mm TL, 32—48 mm SL, as fol- 

 lows: 4 "types," from Bermuda, presumably from Hamilton, USNM 74084; the holo- 

 type, USNM 100546; and 14 paratypes of Jenkinsia bermudana Rivas, Grampus St. 

 10178, off Bermuda, 32°2o'N, 64°2i'W. 



Distinctive Characters. See Relationships (p. 273) and Key to Species (p. 268). 



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

 based on study specimens, 32—48 mm SL. 



Body: depth 1 5-1 7.5. 

 Caudal peduncle: depth 6.7—8.2. 

 Head: length 25—27. 

 Snout: length 6.7-8.5. 

 Eye: diameter 7.0—9.0. 

 Interorbital: width 3.6-4.75. 

 Maxillary: length 9.4—10.8. 

 Mandible: length 11. 6— 13.5. 

 Anal fin: length of base 12—14. 

 Pelvic fin: length 12—15. 



Pectoral fin: length 14—16. 

 Distance from snout to origin of: dorsal 

 44.5-50. 



Scales: about 39—42, generally lost in 

 preserved specimens. 



Gill rakers: 27—30 on lower limb. 



Fin rays: dorsal 9—14; anal 14—16; pec- 

 toral 12—14. 



Vertebrae: 40 (i specimen). 



