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Scales: ca. 36—38. 



Gill rakers : 2 8-34 + 36-45. 



Fin rays: dorsal 12-14; anal 24-26; pec- 

 toral 12 or 13. 



Body strongly compressed, its depth 3.5-3.9 in SL. Head 3.4-3.5, its depth 

 equal to its postorbital length and about half of eye. Snout projecting about 0.66 of 

 its length beyond mandible, 6.0-6.4 i" head. Eye 4.2-4.9. Postorbital part of head 

 1. 7-1. 8 5 in head. Maxillary somewhat expanded, rounded distally, extending about 

 1.5 times diameter of eye beyond posterior rim of orbit, not quite reaching joint of 



Figure 48. Anchoviella pallida, type specimen, 102 mm TL, from Para, Brazil, SU 22216. Drawn by Alice 

 C. Mullen. 



mandible, i. 4-1. 55 in head. Mandible i. 43-1. 55. Cheek narrow, equal to length of 

 snout and eye in large examples, somewhat shorter in smaller ones, its posterior angle 

 about 35°. Gill rakers close-set, numerous, about as long as eye (possibly increasing 

 in number with age). 



Dorsal fin with longest rays reaching beyond tip of last ray if deflexed, its origin 

 about equidistant between caudal base and tip of snout. Anal originating about under 

 middle of dorsal base, 3.5-3.6 in SL. Pelvic reaching about 0.66 of distance to anal, 

 inserted a little nearer to origin of anal than to base of pectoral. Pectoral reaching 

 beyond base of pelvic by as much as diameter of pupil in largest specimen examined, 

 somewhat shorter in smaller examples, i. 4-1. 8 5 in head. Axillary scale of pectoral 

 broad at base, tapering abruptly, about a third to half as long as the fin, 3.3-3.6 

 in head. 



Color. In alcohol, plain. No silvery lateral band evident. Side of head silvery. 

 Back with dusky punctulations. Caudal fin with a dusky margin in the largest specimen 

 examined (holotype), but not evident in the others. 



Variation. The number of gill rakers in the three specimens examined shows a 

 rather wide variation, not attributable to age and size; the smallest specimen, according 

 to my counts, has 34 + 42 rakers (34 + 36 according to Fowler's, original description 



