Jordan and Everma?in. — Fishes of North America. 445 



very long, as long as snout. Maxillary shorter than in S. broivnii, not reach- 

 ing quite to the base of the mandible. Scales very dociiluous. Ventrala 

 short, very slightly in front of dorsal ; caudal peduncle long and slender; 

 dorsal inserted scarcely nearer caudal than snout. Silvery stripe broad, 

 half wider than the eye, bordered above by a dusky streak. Length 4 

 inches. Gulf Stream ; occasional northward ; here described from a speci- 

 men from Woods Holl, Mass., the type of S. eurystolc, which seems to be 

 identical with the type of StoIepho7-u>i anjyrophanus, examined by us in 

 Paris, (upyvpof, silver ; ^««z^(j, to show.) 



EiujraiiUs (mji/rophamts, CuviER & Valenciennes, Ilist. Nat. I'oiss., xxi, 49, 1848, Equatorial 



Atlantic. 

 Stolephanis e'tri/stole, SvvAiN & Mebk, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 34, Woods Holl, Mass. 

 StolephoTus perfascialus, Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 273, 1883; not of Poet. 



72.S. STOLEPHORUS CURTUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 4!,; depth U; eye 2f to Sh D. 11; A. 22 or 23; scales 35-5. 

 Body compressed and deep, the upper and lower outlines little arched ; 

 belly before ventrals sharply compressed, serrulate. Head short and 

 deep, the snout blunt, not produced; maxillary not quite reaching gill 

 opening, ending in a sharp point; each jaw with minute teeth. Oper- 

 cle shortish; cheeks broadly triangular. Gill rakers about f eye, which 

 is large. Dorsal inserted midway between middle of pupil and base of 

 caudal ; caudal short, the lower lobe longer ; pectorals very short, barely 

 reaching ventrals; scales thin, caducous. Translucent, with yellow 

 shades and dark dots; sides with a faint diffuse silvery streak. Length 

 2i inches. Mazatlau; abundant in the muddy estuary. (cwr^Hs, short.) 



Stolexihoriis ciirlm, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 343, Mazatlan. (Type, No. 

 29242. Coll. Gilbert.) 



729. STOLEPHORUS POETI (Kner & Steindachner). 



Head 4|; depth 4|; eye 3i to 4. D. 16; A. 23 or 24; scales 42. Body 

 deep and compressed, the outlines not arched; snout short, bluntish, 

 little projecting ; eye moderate; both jaws with small teeth; maxillary 

 moderate, extending little beyond joint of mandible; opercles short. 

 Front of dorsal nearer base of caudal than tip of snout ; pectorals rather 

 long, not reaching ventrals; ventrals small. Scales deciduous. Green- 

 ish, sides silvery, with no distinct lateral band. Rio Bayauo, near 

 Panama. (Kner & Steindachner.) (Named for Felipe Poey, the ichthy- 

 ologist of Cuba, for nearly a half century professor of zoology in the 

 University of Havana.) 



Engrmilix poeiji, Kner & Steindachner, Abh. Bayer, Ak. Wiss., x, 1804, 23, with plate, Rio 

 Bayano; Guntheb, Cat., vii, 392, 1868. 



730. STOLEPHORUS OPERCULARIS, Jordan Sc Gilbert. 



Head 3; depth 3| to 4 ; eye 4 ; D. (injured in specimen examined) ; A. 20 

 to 24; scales 39. Body elliptical, short, and moderately compressed ; dor- 

 sal outline evenly curved ; belly compressed, not trenchant. Head large, 

 compressed, the snout bluntish, projecting beyond lower jaw; maxillary 



