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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  may 
  vanish 
  wlien 
  larger 
  series 
  of 
  both 
  species 
  from 
  more 
  localities 
  

   are 
  available, 
  but 
  it 
  seems 
  best 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  to 
  regard 
  them 
  as 
  distinct 
  

   species. 
  

  

  Table 
  2. 
  — 
  Comparison 
  of 
  Hyporhamphus 
  patris 
  and 
  H. 
  rosae 
  

  

  The 
  posterior 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  pelvic 
  fins 
  and 
  the 
  few 
  gill 
  rakers 
  

   readily 
  separate 
  patns 
  from 
  EyporhampTius 
  unifasciatus 
  (Ranzani), 
  

   H. 
  roherti 
  (Valenciennes) 
  {=hildebrandi 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Evermann), 
  

   H. 
  snyderi 
  Meek 
  and 
  Hildebrand, 
  and 
  JI. 
  gilli 
  Meek 
  and 
  Hildebrand, 
  

   the 
  other 
  species 
  reported 
  from 
  Middle 
  America 
  (Meek 
  and 
  Hilde- 
  

   brand, 
  1923, 
  pp. 
  236-241, 
  pis. 
  16-17) 
  . 
  

  

  Acknowledgments. 
  — 
  Material 
  of 
  Eyporham/phus 
  rosae 
  was 
  bor- 
  

   rowed 
  from 
  the 
  Stanford 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum, 
  through 
  the 
  kind- 
  

   ness 
  of 
  Miss 
  Margaret 
  Storey, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Chicago 
  Natural 
  History 
  

   Museum, 
  through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  K. 
  P. 
  Schmidt 
  aiid 
  Mrs. 
  Marion 
  

   Grey. 
  I 
  am 
  grateful 
  for 
  this 
  cooperation. 
  

  

  