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slightly in front of dorsal. Caudal peduncle long and slender. Dorsal 
inserted scarcely nearer caudal than snout. Silvery strii>e broad, half 
wider than the eye, bordered above by a dusky streak. Head 3| ; 
depth 0. D. 12; A. 20. L. 4 inches. West Indies; occasional north- 
ward. A specimen in our collection from Wood’s Iloll, Mass. 
{Eiujraidis pcrfasciatus Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 312: Engraulis perfasciatus Gunther, vii, 
391.) 
aa. Body strongly compressed, translucent in life. 
456. S. «3eBBcaftBSsiBflBBas (Girard) Jor. & Gilb. 
Very pale, olivaceous, translucent, with some dark points, and a sil- 
very lateral band not as wide as the eye. Head short, nearly as deej) 
as long. Eye large, much longer than the blunt snout, which imojects 
considerably beyond the lower jaw. Gill-rakers numerous, slender, 
nearly^ as long as the eye. Maxillary reaching past the root of the man- 
dible. Lower lobe of caudal the longer. Anal rather long. Dorsal 
inserted midway between caudal and front of eye. Head 44 ; depth 4f . 
D. 13; A. 23. Lat. 1. 40. L. 3 inches. San Diego Bay and southward ; 
locally abundant. 
{Engrij.idis delicatissimis Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1854, 154, and y. S. Pac. 
R. R. Surv. X, 333: Engmtdis delicatissimus Giiuther, vii, 391.) 
454. S. c®fiang>a’esSBas (Girard) Jor. & Gilb. — “Sjjrat,” 
Very pale, olivaceous, translucent; a silvery lateral baud as broad as 
the eye. Body strongly compressed, deeper than in other species. 
Head short, nearly as deep as long. Eye large, anterior, much longer 
than the blunt snout, which does not project much beyond the lower 
jaw. Gill-rakers numerous, slender, nearly as long as the eye. Maxil- 
lary reaching beyond the root of the mandible. Lower lobe of caudal 
the longer. Anal fin very long. Dorsal inserted midway between cau- 
dal and front of eye. Pectoral with a basal sheath. Head 44; depth 3|. 
D. 12; A. 31. Lat. 1. 40. L. Cinches. Very similar to S. delicatissi- 
mus, but larger, with a longer anal fin. Point Concepcion to Mexico; 
abundant southward. 
{Engratdis coinpressus Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Surv. Fish. 333: Engraulis compressus 
>GUuther, vii, 395.) 
Family XL.— ALEPIDOSAURID 2 E. 
{The Lancet-fishes.) 
Body elongate, rather compressed, scaleless. Head compressed, with 
the snout much produced, and with the cleft of the mouth very wide. 
Premaxillary very long and very slender, forming the entire margin of 
the upper jaw, not x>rotractile. Maxillary thin, needle-like, as long as 
