790 Bulletin 4j, United States National Museum. 



1148. ATHEBINA STIPES, MiiUer k Trosi-hel. 



Head about i\\ depth about 5. Dorsal V-I, 9 to 11; anal I, 12 or 13; 

 scales 37 to 39-6 ; eye nearly equal to width of inteioibital space, and 

 twice or more times len<^th of snout ; maxillary extending beyond the 

 vertical from the anterior margin of the orbit. Distance of end of snout 

 from root of ventral is j that from the dorsal. A sharp undulated edge 

 forming the upper margin of the orbit. Teeth numerous and distinct in 

 both jaws and on the palate. Two series of small black dots along the 

 side of the tail. (Giinther.) Barbadoes. {stijyes, a log or other stupid 

 object.) 



Atherina stijies, MiiLLER & Troschel, in Schomburgk, Hist. Barbadoes, 671, 1848, Barbadoes ; 

 GiJNTHER, Cat., Ill, 400, 1861. 



1149. ATHERINA LATICEPS, Poey. 



(Cabezote.) 



Head 3^ to 3f ; depth 4* to 4| ; eye 2^ ; snout 4 ; interorbital space 2^. 

 Dorsal V-I, 9 ; anal I, 10 or 11 ; scales 36-6. Body thick, head very broad, 

 eye large; snout obtuse; top of head broad and flat ; cleft of mouth 

 oblique, jaws subequal, maxillary extending beyond front of orbit. 

 Teeth on jaws and vomer, very small. Insertion of spinous dorsal nearer 

 anal than ventral fins. Upper edge of orbit sharp, nearly smooth. 

 Color in life translucent green ; silvery below, with a well-defined silvery 

 lateral band, below which a series of dots along the side; back with 

 dark dots forming streaks along the rows of scales ; snout above with 

 black dots ; fins pale, nearly plain ; a dusky shade at base of caudal. 

 Caribbean Sea, north to western Florida, abundant at Key West, Havana, 

 and Cozumel ; probably not distinct from Atherina stipes, stipes being the 

 older name. (?a/«s, broad ; ceps, head.) 



Atherina laticeps, Poey, MemoriaB, ii, 265, 1861, Havana. 



Atherina veliana* Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1879, 342, Clear Water Harbor, 



Florida. (Type, No. 23629. Coll. Dr. Velie.) Jorhan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 405, 1883. 

 Atherina stipes, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1884, 116. 



1150. ATHERINA AR.EA. Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 4*; depth 6. D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 12. Scales 38 to 42. Body 

 very slender, compressed, the head slender and narrow, with sharply 

 pointed snout ; mouth oblique, narrow maxillary barely reaching vertical 

 from front of orbit, 2f in head ; eye large, equaling interorbital width, 

 2| in head ; scales moderate, entire. Origin of spinous dorsal midway 

 between tip of snout and base of caudal, much behind end of pectorals, 

 about opposite tip of ventrals ; length of pectorals equaling depth of 



* Atherina veliana, Goode & Bean : 



Head 3'<^ ; depth 4%. D. V-I, 9 ; A. I, 10 ; scales 36-6}-^. Snout obtuse : top of head broad 

 and very flat ; cleft of mouth somewhat oblique ; jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary extending 

 beyond front of orbit. Teeth very small in the jaws and on the vomer. The silvery band 

 occupies the third row of scales, its width less than half the diameter of the eye. Diameter.of 

 orbit contained twice in lenglh of head, greater than interorbital width and more than twice 

 the length of the snout. Spinous dorsal beginning behind the vertical from tne tips of the 

 Teatral fins. (Goode & Beau.) Clear Water Harbor, Florida. 



