AKT. 19. NEW SPECIES OF FISHES FOWLER AND BEAN. 



of each palatin but none on vomer. Tongue small knob in front of 

 lower jaw. Nostril small pore about midway in snout. Interorbital 

 moderate, scarcely elevated or with distinct median ridge and each 

 superciliary giving off keel behind approximating nape. Cheeks 

 long, isosceles triangle with basal width about half its length. 

 Cheeks and opercle smooth. 



Gill-opening extends forward about midway in space between 

 front pupil edge and front eye edge. Gill-rakers about 35+40, finely 

 lanceolate, longest much longer than filaments or about equal eye. 

 Pseudobranchiae about half length of filaments. Isthmus long, 

 slender frenum. 



Scales caducous, few still adherent, with about 5 basal and as 

 many transverse incomplete striae, all apparently narrowly imbri- 

 cate. Dorsal and anal within scaly basal sheaths. 



Dorsal origin about midway between front eye edge and caudal 

 base. Anal inserted close behind dorsal base. Pectoral small (dam- 

 aged) and not reaching much over f '^ to ventral. Latter also small 

 and inserted close before dorsal origin, fin (damaged) about }J to 

 anal. Vent close before anal. Color in alcohol, skin dull olive gen- 

 erally, sides with median broad lateral silvery sheen, better defined 

 after anal, where it is about as wide as eye. Head, including iris, 

 silvery-white. 



Length 75 mm. (caudal damaged). 



Type.— Cat. No. 82,904, U.S.N.M. From Maui, Hawaiian Islands. 

 Another example, same data, paratype, shows : Head about 3 ; depth 

 at head 5^; D. iii, 12; snout 5^ in head; eye 4^; maxillary 1^ inter- 

 orbital 6. Gill-rakers 37+44; length 77 mm. (caudal damaged). 

 Though very close to E7igraulis nngens, this species may be dis- 

 tinguished by its longer maxillary. Comparison was made with the 

 only other member of the family from Hawaiian waters, Anchoviella 

 purpurea (Fowler). Of this species, besides the types, nine others 

 in the Academy show: Head H to 3f ; depth 6 to 5f ; D. iii, 12, 1, 

 branched rays sometimes 11, rarely 10; A. iii, 14, 1, branched rays 

 seldom 15; scales usually 38 to caudal base, sometimes 39, 40, or 41; 

 9 or 10 scales transversely between dorsal origin and middle of 

 belly; usually 20 predorsai scales, sometimes 19 or 21; snout 4 to 5 

 in head ; eye 3^ to 4 ; maxillary H to If ; interorbital 4^ to 4i Body 

 well compressed, belly rounded. Maxillary not quite to mandible 

 joint, toothed. Gill-opening forward to eye front. Gill-rakers 

 21+21, fine, H in eye. Scaly axillary pectoral flap U in hn. 

 Dorsal origin midway between eye front and caudal base. Anal in- 

 serted immediately after dorsal base. Pectoral two-thirds to ven- 

 tral. Caudal forked, lobes about equal, pointed. Broad silvery- 

 white lateral band wide as eye. Length 80 to 89 mm. 



(For Maui, the type locality.) -' 



