CHEILODIPTERTD FISHES SCHULTZ 



421 



dorsal fin; least depth of caudal peduncle 11.5 (10.5) ; length from 

 base of last anal ray to base of midcaudal fin rays 18.8 (17.1) ; head 

 43 (39.1) ; diameter of eye 15 (13.6) snout 7.3 (6.64) ; interorbital 

 space 10.5 (9.55) ; length of longest pectoral fin ray 33 (30.0) ; length 

 of second anal spine 10.5 (9.55) ; tip of snout to origin of spiny dorsal 

 fin 45.6 (-11.5) ; tip of snout to origin of anal fin 75.6 (68.7) ; tip of 

 snout to insertion of pectoral fins 42.6 (38.7) ; tip of snout to insertion 

 of pelvic fin 44 (40.0) ; tip of snout to anus 70.6 (64.2) ; least width of 

 bony suborbital 2.3 (2.18) ; length of maxillaries 21.3 (19.4). 



Color in alcohol darker above ; sides and belly silver}^ 



This 

 Synagrops as indicated in the key 



pecies is distinguished from other species in the genus 



SYNAGROPS BELLA (Goode and Bean) 



HupochjiJonia Iclla* Goode and Bean, Oceanic ichthyology, p. 236, pi. 66, fig. 237, 

 1895. ( U.S.N. JI. No. 39338, type; Nos. 39346, 44621, 74325-74328, paratypes.) 



Table 1.— Counts made on specimens of Synagrops in the U. S. National 



Museum 



. Data for one of these specimens of S. micrclepis were taken from Norman. Discovery Reports, vol. 12, 1935. 



