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to vertical at posterior border of eye (in Puyo's published figure). Lower jaw slightly 

 shorter than the upper. 



Dorsal fin origin midway between tip of snout and caudal base. Anal fin origin 

 under base of last dorsal ray. Fin rays: dorsal 12, anal 9-1 i. Pectoral fin slightly 

 less than twice the length of ventral, extending somewhat more than half of the distance 

 from its origin to that of the pelvic. 



Color (from Puyo). On the whole, body clear blackish (apparently in formalin); 

 opercular bones iridescent. A black longitudinal band on each side; band towards 

 posterior part of body giving off irregular transverse projections from its lower border; 

 lateral band merging gradually into an irregular streak on middle caudal rays; dark 

 band on body bordered below by a silvery band wider than eye diameter. Dorsal and 

 anal pale. Pectoral and pelvic hyaline. Caudal lighter than the body, its border lightly 

 tinted with brown. 



Size. Puyo's two type specimens, the only examples so far recorded, were 1 30 and 

 135 mm SL. 



Habits. Said to be confined to estuaries and river mouths. 



Range. Known only from the coast of French Guiana. The types were taken in the 

 Cayenne River, as far up as Macouria," but fishermen told Puyo they found this species 

 also in the Mahury River and at the mouth of the Kourou. 



References : 



Stolephorus cayennensis Puyo, Bull. Soc. Hist. nat. Toulouse, 8o, 1945: loi, fig. i (descr., Cayenne R., French 

 Guiana); Puyo, Faune Emp. Fran?., 12, Poiss. Guyane Fran?., 1949: 157. fig- 80 (descr.). 



Anchoviella perfasciata (Poey) i860 



Flat Anchovy, Manjua (Cuba) 



Figure 46 



Study Material. At least 41 specimens, 60-105 mm TL, from Puerto Rico, 

 Jamaica, Cuba, and St. Lucia; also some poorly preserved specimens from off Mel- 

 bourne Beach, Key West, Tortugas, and Pensacola, Florida, and from Mississippi 

 Sound, probably belonging to this species. 



Distinctive Characters. This species differs from A. eurystole principally in having 

 a larger eye, a higher dorsal fin, a more anteriorly placed anal fin, a longer pectoral fin, 

 and fewer gill rakers. 



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

 based on at least 41 specimens, 60-105 mm TL. 



Body: depth 1 5.4-1 8.2. Snout: length 4.0-5.25. 



Head: length 23.3-25.6. Eye: diameter 6.6-7.7. 



9. Stieler's Atlas shows Macouria to be on the coast, as is Kourou. — Y. H. O. 



