442 Bulletin 4f, United States N'ational Museum. 



Eiiijraulis perfasciatiis, Poky, Jlemorias, ii, 313, ISGO, Cuba; Gi'NTHEit, Cat., vii, 391, 1808; not 

 of Swain, Bull. U. S. Fieh Comm., ii, 1882, 55; not of Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 273, 

 1883. 



Stolephonn 2>erfascialus, Swain A Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sol. Phila., 1884, 34. 



719. STOLEPHORUS EXIGUUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3| ; depth 5 ; eye 3i. D. 12 ; A. 17 ; scales 38-5. Body slender, 

 not greatlj^ compressed and not elevated; belly compressed, serrulate; 

 head short ; opercular margin not very oblique ; cheek narrowly trian- 

 gular ; snout f eye, which is large ; maxillary about reaching opercular 

 margin, tapering to an acute point; teeth in both jaws. Gill rakers 

 short, the longest i eye. Dorsal inserted midway between middle of 

 pupil and base of caudal ; pectorals not reaching ventrals. Scales cadu- 

 cous. Translucent, with dark dots; sides with a faint silvery streak. 

 Length 2i inches. Mazatlan ; not common, (exiyuus, thin.) 



Slolephorus exigims, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 34'i, Mazatlan. (Type, No. 

 28120. Coll. Gilbert.) 



720. STOLEPHORUS CUBANUS (Poey). 



(BocoN.) 



Head .5 in length with caudal; depth 6f ; eye 4. D. 14; A. 17. Allied to 

 S. hroicnii, but with the anal shorter. Body slender, compressed. Eye as 

 long as snout. Maxillary with teeth, its tip extending beyond the oper- 

 cular border. Dorsal beginning midway between front of caudal and 

 posterior edge of eye; pectoral not quite reaching ventral. Scales cadu- 

 cous. A silvery baud i depth of body. Length 2| inches. Cuba and 

 Porto Eico. (Poey.) 



Engraulis cubamis, Poey, Synopsis, 420, 18C8, Cuba. {Coll. Poey.) 



721. STOLEPHORUS PERTHECATUS, Goode & Bean. 



HeadSf; depth 5; eye 3J. D. 11; A. 16; scales 38. Body somewhat 

 compressed, the belly not carinated nor serrated. Eye longer than snout; 

 snout conical; teeth minute, in both jaws; maxillary with acute tip 

 almost reaching gill opening; gill rakers numerous, f eye. Dorsal 

 inserted midway between center of eye and base of caudal ; pectorals 

 not quite reaching ventrals; axillary sheaths very large, almost as long 

 as pectoral or ventral. Olivaceous, Avith a narrow silvery stripe, } depth 

 of body, not half as wide as eye. Length 3f inches. Pensacola, Florida. 

 (Goode »fe Bean.) Apparently allied to S. perfasciatua, but the maxillary 

 longer, {perthecatus, well sheathed.) 



Slolephonts perihecatm, GooDE & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 434, Pensacola. (Type, 

 No. 30483. Coll. Stearns.) 



722. STOLEPHORUS ISCHANUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3f ; depth 5. D. 13; A. 16; scales 40-7. Close to Stolephorus 

 broioiii, but slenderer and with fewer anal rays. Body elongate, not 

 strongly compressed or elevated; belly compressed, its edge rounded. 

 Head long and slender; opercular margin very oblique; cheeks triangu- 

 lar, rather broad; teeth evident in both jaws; maxillary not quite 



