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680. JENKINSIA ACUMINATA (Gilbert). 



Head 3^; depth 6 ; eye 4i. D. 16 or 17; A. 10 or 11; scales about 60. 

 Body slender, the helly rounded. Eye small, If in snout in specimens of 

 li inches in length; snout acuminate, as long as maxillary, 3 in head. 

 Teeth evident in both jaws and on maxillary, vomer, and palatines. 

 Front of dorsal nearer base of caudal than tip of snout ; ventrals inserted 

 behind dorsal, slightly nearer base of caudal than base of pectorals. 

 Translucent, with a faint trace of a narrow lateral silvery band, above 

 which is a line of dark specks; black specks on bases of vertical fins. 

 Length \\ inches. Gulf of California, at 22 fathoms. (Gilbert.) 



Etrttmem acitmiualus, Gilbert, Troc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1800, 56, Gulf of California. (Coll. 

 Gilbert.) 



681. JENKINSIA LAMPROT^NIA (Gosse). 



Head 3| ; depth 6. D. 14; A. 15. Snout conical, as long as eye; jaws 

 even. Maxillary narrow, reaching front of eye; minute teeth on jaws, 

 vomer, and palatines. Front of dorsal midway between tip of snout and 

 base of caudal ; ventrals below its posterior half. A well-defined silvery 

 lateral band. Jamaica. (Giinther.) (^.n/^Trpof, shining ; ronm, band.) 



Cliipea JamproUenUi, GossE, Naturalist's Sojourn Jamaica, 291, pi. 1, lig. 2, 1851, Jamaica. 

 {Spralelloides) lamprotxnia, Gunther, Cat., vii, 465, 1868. 



682. JENKINSIA STOLIFERA (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 3f ; depth 5*; eye 2^. D. 11; A. 17; scales caducous, about 36. 

 Body elongate, slender, moderately compressed. Snout sharp, tapering, 

 the jaws equal, the maxillary 2^ in head, reaching slightly beyond front 

 of eye. Teeth minute, evident in both jaws. Eye large. Dorsal high, 

 inserted at a point slightly nearer snout than base of caudal ; ventrals 

 under fourth dorsal ray, nearly half head, and slightly shorter than pec- 

 torals. Translucent green ; sides with a silvery band as in Slolephorus, 

 one-fourth depth of body , a little broader than pupil ; a double row of 

 dots along back before dorsal and a single row behind ; fins pale. Length 

 2 inches. Gulf of Mexico from Key West to Yucatan. A small silvery 

 fish, very abundant in schools in the surf with Stolephorua brownii, a spe- 

 cies it much resembles in form and coloration. (aroTi?/, stole, a stole or 

 ■white band worn by priests ; fero, I bear.) 



Ihusumieria stolifera, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. SIus., 1884, 25, Key West. (Type, 

 No. 34964. Coll. Jordan.) 



204. ETRUMEUS, Bleeker. 



Eirumeus, Bleeker, Verb. Bat. Gen., xxv, Japan, 58, 1853, {niicrojms, a .Japanese species). 



Body rather elongate, somewhat compressed, the abdomen rounded and 

 without serratures. Mouth terminal, of moderate width, formed as in 

 Chqyea, but the maxillary more slender. Teeth moderate, in patches on 

 jaws, palatines, pterygoids, and tongue. Scales cycloid, entire, very 

 deciduous. Branchiostegals numerous, very slender. Ventrals inserted 



