﻿THREE 
  NEW 
  SCIAENID 
  FISHES 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  131 
  

  

  LenfiTth 
  of 
  head 
  32.1 
  and 
  33.'2; 
  greatest 
  depth 
  of 
  body 
  30.2 
  and 
  31.5; 
  

   diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  C.64 
  and 
  G.47; 
  length 
  of 
  snout 
  9.95 
  and 
  8.62; 
  distance 
  

   from 
  front 
  of 
  upper 
  lip 
  to 
  rear 
  of 
  maxillary 
  11.3 
  and 
  11,9; 
  least 
  pre- 
  

   orbital 
  width 
  4.98 
  and 
  4.48; 
  postorbital 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  18.5 
  and 
  19.1; 
  

   bony 
  interorbital 
  space 
  10.4 
  and 
  11.3; 
  length 
  of 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  or 
  

   distance 
  from 
  ba.se 
  of 
  last 
  anal 
  ray 
  to 
  raidcaudal 
  fm 
  base 
  26.8 
  and 
  24.9; 
  

   least 
  depth 
  of 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  9.95 
  and 
  10.1; 
  length 
  of 
  base 
  of 
  second 
  

   dorsal 
  fin 
  33.2 
  and 
  35.6; 
  length 
  of 
  anal 
  fin 
  base 
  12.5 
  and 
  12.6; 
  length 
  

   of 
  longest 
  or 
  third 
  dorsal 
  spine 
  19.6 
  and 
  19.8; 
  length 
  of 
  second 
  dorsal 
  

   spine 
  14.0 
  and 
  13.4 
  ; 
  longest 
  soft 
  anal 
  ray 
  10.6 
  and 
  21.5 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  second 
  

   anal 
  spine 
  18.1 
  and 
  18.6; 
  longest 
  pectoral 
  ray 
  21.1 
  and 
  25.7; 
  longest 
  

   soft 
  ray 
  of 
  pelvic 
  fin 
  23.1 
  and 
  23.7 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  pelvic 
  spine 
  12.4 
  and 
  13.3 
  ; 
  

   tip 
  of 
  snout 
  to 
  dorsal 
  origin 
  36.9 
  and 
  38.1 
  ; 
  snout 
  to 
  anal 
  origin 
  65.4 
  and 
  

   66.8; 
  snout 
  to 
  pectoral 
  insertion 
  32.1 
  and 
  33.3; 
  length 
  of 
  longest 
  gill 
  

   raker 
  2.71 
  and 
  2.65. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  counts 
  were 
  made 
  : 
  Dorsal 
  rays 
  XI-I, 
  19, 
  and 
  XI-I, 
  

   21 
  ; 
  anal 
  rays 
  II, 
  9 
  and 
  II, 
  9 
  ; 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  ii, 
  16-ii, 
  16 
  and 
  ii, 
  17-ii, 
  16 
  ; 
  

   pelvics 
  always 
  I, 
  5; 
  gill 
  rakers 
  on 
  first 
  gill 
  arch 
  11 
  + 
  1 
  + 
  19 
  and 
  

   11 
  + 
  1 
  + 
  18; 
  vertical 
  scale 
  rows 
  above 
  lateral 
  line 
  51 
  and 
  50; 
  scales 
  

   from 
  dorsal 
  origin 
  to 
  lateral 
  line 
  5 
  and 
  5, 
  and 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  first 
  soft 
  

   dorsal 
  ray 
  to 
  lateral 
  line 
  4 
  and 
  4; 
  scales 
  from 
  anal 
  origin 
  to 
  lateral 
  

   line 
  7 
  and 
  8; 
  zigzag 
  scale 
  rows 
  around 
  caudal 
  peduncle 
  18 
  and 
  18. 
  

   Additional 
  counts 
  are 
  recorded 
  in 
  table 
  1. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  eye, 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  other 
  species. 
  

   Diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  young 
  li/> 
  to 
  1% 
  and 
  in 
  adults 
  2 
  to 
  

   2% 
  times 
  in 
  interorbital 
  space. 
  

  

  OPHIOSCION 
  VENEZUELAE. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  FlOUKE 
  7 
  

  

  Holotype. 
  — 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  121749. 
  one 
  specimen, 
  139.5 
  nmi. 
  in 
  stand- 
  

   ard 
  length, 
  collected 
  by 
  Leonard 
  P. 
  Schultz 
  near 
  mouth 
  of 
  Cano 
  de 
  

   Sagua, 
  25 
  km. 
  north 
  of 
  Sinamaica, 
  Venezuela, 
  May 
  12, 
  1942. 
  

  

  ParatypcH. 
  — 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  121750, 
  six 
  specimens, 
  57 
  to 
  150 
  mm., 
  

   collected 
  with 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  bearing 
  same 
  data. 
  

  

  Description. 
  — 
  Certain 
  measurements 
  were 
  made, 
  and 
  these 
  data, 
  re- 
  

   corded 
  below, 
  are 
  expressed 
  i)i 
  liundrcdtlis 
  of 
  the 
  standard 
  length, 
  first 
  

   for 
  the 
  holotype 
  and 
  then 
  for 
  the 
  thiee 
  paratypes 
  in 
  i)aren(h('ses, 
  re- 
  

   spectively. 
  Standard 
  lengths 
  in 
  millimeters, 
  139.5 
  (68.8; 
  150; 
  139). 
  

  

  I^^ngth 
  of 
  head 
  28.6 
  (30.5; 
  32.4; 
  30.2) 
  ; 
  greatest 
  depth 
  of 
  body 
  30.1 
  

   (27.0; 
  31.2; 
  30.9) 
  ; 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  6.24 
  (7.12; 
  5.93; 
  6.11) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  

   snout 
  8.74 
  (8.14 
  ; 
  9.34 
  ; 
  8.63) 
  ; 
  distance 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  to 
  rear 
  edge 
  of 
  

   maxillaries 
  13.1 
  (12.6; 
  13.0; 
  13.2) 
  ; 
  least 
  width 
  of 
  preorbital 
  3.05 
  (3.63; 
  

   4.13; 
  39.5) 
  ; 
  postorbital 
  length 
  of 
  head 
  IH.O 
  (15.8; 
  17.9; 
  18.5) 
  ; 
  width 
  of 
  

   bony 
  interorbital 
  space 
  9.68 
  (9.16; 
  9.66; 
  10.3) 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  caudal 
  pe- 
  

  

  