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2a. Anal rays III, 9; dorsal and anal fins heavily scaled. 



3a. Scales usually 38 to 41 (rarely 37 or 42); accessory scales at base of first 

 dorsal reach from four-fifths to past tip of fourth dorsal spine; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle into distance from tip of first dorsal fin to 

 second dorsal origin 0.54 to 1.1; snout tip to first dorsal origin into 

 distance from first dorsal origin to midbase of caudal fin 0.94 to 1.13; 

 distance from tip of depressed first dorsal to origin of second dorsal 

 fin into snout tip to origin of first dorsal 4.04 to 8.26; depth 3.53 to 

 4.7 and head 3.06 to 3.92 in standard length. 



Mugil curema Valenciennes 

 36. Scales usually about 45 or 46; accessory scales at base of first dorsal 

 reaching one-third to three-fourths the way to tip of fourth dorsal 

 spine; depth 4.3 to 5.0 and head 3.7 to 4.2 in standard length. 



Mugil incilis Hancock 

 2&. Anal rays III, 8. 



4a. Scales 31 to 34; depth 4.2 to 5.0, head 3.7 to 4.0 in standard length; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle about 1 to 1.1 in distance from tip 

 of depressed first dorsal to origin of second dorsal; distance from 

 tip of snout to origin of first dorsal into distance from origin of first 

 dorsal to midbase of caudal fin about 1.1; anal and dorsal fins scaled 

 anteriorly and basally only on interradial membranes. 



Mugil brasiliensis Spix 

 4&. Scales 29 to 32; depth 3.3 to 3.4, head 3.3 to 3.6 in standard length; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 0.3 to 0.4 in distance from tip of 

 depressed first dorsal to origin of second dorsal; distance from tip of 

 snout to origin of first dorsal into distance from origin of first dorsal 

 to midbase of caudal fin 0.9 to 1.0; anal and dorsal fins heavily scaled. 



Mugil trichodon Poey 



Genus AGONOSTOMUS Bennett 



Agonostomus Bennett, Proc. Committee Sci. Correspond. Zool. Soc. London, 

 No. 14, p. 166, 1832. (Genotype, Agonostomus ielfairii Bennett, from 

 Mauritius.) 



AGONOSTOMUS MONTICOLA (Bancroft) 



Lisa de agua ogLCB, o Dajao 



Mugil monticola Bancroft, in Griffith's ed. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, 

 Fishes, p. 367, pi. 36, 1836 (Jamaica) (ref. copied). 



U.S.N. M. Nos. 93811-93813, 93818-93819, and 93826, totahng 16 specimens, 61 

 to 179 mm. in standard length, from a fresh-water stream at Macuto, Venezuela, 

 August 1-2, 1900, collected by Lj'on and Robinson. 



The following collections were made by Dr. F. F. Bond: 



2 specimens, both 61 mm., Rio Cumboto, near mouth, 2 km. northwest of 

 Ocumare, May 5, 1939. 



3 specimens, 30.5 to 37 mm., Rio Guaiguaza, 3 km. west of Puerto Cabello, 

 January 15, 1938. 



4 specimens, 28 to 66 mm., Rio Cumboto near Ocumare, January 5, 1938. 



1 specimen, 51.5 mm., lagoon, 3 km. west of Cumand, on road to Cumanacoa, 

 March 26, 1939. 



1 specimen, 73 mm., tributary to Rio San Pedrito, 55 km. east of Barcelona, 

 March 25, 1939. 



