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EngrauUs encrasicholus (not Linnaeus) Pappe, Synops. Edible Fishes Cape of 



Good Hope, p. 21, 1853 (Cape of Good Hope). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. 



Nederland. Indie, vol. 21, p. 56, 1860 (reference). — Castelnau, Mem. Poiss. 



Afrique Anstrale, p. 68, 1861 (Cape of Good Hope). 

 Stolephorus extensus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 67, No. 11, 



p. 382, 1926 (type locality: Mauritius). 



Depth 6^; head 4%o- Snout 1% in eye, pointed, projecting; 

 eye 3%; maxillary ends at mandibular joint, tip rounded, length 

 equals head behind eye; teeth small, distinct in jaws, on vomer, 

 palatines, and pterygoids; opercle smooth. Lower gill rakers 27, 

 11/3 in eye. 



Scales about 40 in medial lateral series, caducous. Ventral profile 

 with 2 spines between pectorals and ventrals. 



D. 16, dorsal origin midway between eye center and caudal base, 

 length equals fin base ; A. 20, origin below tenth dorsal ray, base 61/10 

 in standard length ; caudal about equals head, forked ; pectoral equals 

 head behind eye ; ventral 21/0 in head, rays 7. 



Light brown. Narrow silvery stripe from head to caudal, edge 

 not very well outlined; narrow anteriorly, broadens posteriorly to 

 pupil width. Length not given. (Jordan and Seale.) 



Mauritius, South Africa. Sfolephorics extensus seems synonymous. 

 According to Barnard the ventral scutes 8 or 9 + 6 or 7 and the species 

 reaches 70 mm. The only point at variance he gives is that the maxil- 

 lary tapers to a blunt point behind and extends to edge of gill cover. 



ANCHOVIELLA WAITEI (Jordan and Seale) 



Stolephorus ivaitci Jordan and Seale, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 67, p. 379, 

 1926 [type locality: Queensland (Beddone)]. 



Depth 5; head 5. Snout 2 in eye, short, pointed, projecting; maxil- 

 lary reaches gill opening, length equals head without snout; teeth 

 small, distinct in jaws, on vomer, palatines, pterygoids, and hyoid; 

 opercle smooth. Lower gill rakers 23, longest y^ of eye. 



Scales 40 in medial lateral series, caducous; scales with complete 

 striae. Ventral scutes 5 to 7 between pectorals and ventrals. 



D. 14, origin midway between nostril and caudal base, longest ray 

 subequal with or little longer than fin base ; A. 19, origin below tenth 

 dorsal ray, base 6 in standard length; caudal equals head, forked, 

 lower lobe longer; pectoral equals head posterior of middle of eye; 

 ventral equals space from snout tip to eye center, rays 7. 



Silvery, with slight shade of light brown. Very distinctly outlined 

 silvery lateral stripe from head to caudal, width II/2 in eye. Length, 

 110 mm. (Jordan and Seale.) 



North Australia. Although originally said to be most nearly 

 related to Anchoviella indica it surely is very close to Anchoviella 

 comviersonii. 



