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looks like perfasciata; as it is the same one used by Nichols [1929: 204], it may have been based on a 

 West Indian specimen). 

 Anchoviella perfasciata (ireeley, 28th Rep. N. Y. Conserv. Dept., Suppl., 15 (2), 1939: 83 (rare at Long Island; 

 prabably A. eurysto/e). 



Anchoviella estauquae Hildebrand 1943 

 Figure 45 



Study Material. Holotype and 3 paratypes, about 77-92 mm TL (caudal fins 

 damaged), 65—77 mm SL, collected on a sandy beach in Estauques Bay, Gulf of Vene- 

 zuela, by the U. S. S. Niagara, on February 20, 1925. 



Figure 45. Anchoviella estauque, type specimen, 82 mm TL, 72 mm SL, from Gulf of Venezuela, USNM 

 1 19795. Drawn by Louella E. Cable. 



Distinctive Characters. This species is very close to A. eurystole, from which it is 

 difficult to separate it with the meager material at hand. The number of gill rakers is 

 within the range of eurystole, but the rakers seem to be a little longer, certainly broader, 

 apparently closer together, and the serrations on their inner edges are slightly smaller. 

 The eye appears to be a little smaller and the postorbital part of the head is slightly 

 longer. The dorsal fin is higher anteriorly and somewhat different in shape; the anal 

 fin is placed farther back. 



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

 based on type material, 6^—']6 mm SL. 



Body: depth 1 5.3-1 9.2. 

 Head: length 26-27.7. 

 Snout: length 5.0-5.55. 

 Eye: diameter 5.7—6.16. 

 Postorbital: distance 1 5.5-1 5.8. 

 Maxillary: length 1 7.5-1 8.7. 

 Mandible: length 1 7.3-1 8.5. 



Anal fin: length of base i3-3— 15-3. 

 Pectoral fin: length 1 2.8-14.3. 



Scales: ca. 44—46. 

 Gill rakers: 26-28 + 30-32. 

 Fin rays : dorsal 13—15; anal 15—17; pec- 

 toral 15 or 16. 

 Vertebrae: 45 (i specimen). 



