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2 specimens, 35 and 36 mm., Rio Agua Caliente at Tavorda, 6 km. west of Puerto 

 Cabello, January 15, 1938. 



30 specimens, 23 to 106 mm., Rio Cerro Grande, 10 km. east of Macuto, De- 

 cember 22, 1937. 



43 specimens, 22 to 43.5 mm., Rio Mamo, 15 km. west of La Guaira, November 

 11, 1938. 



In the young of A. monticola, the rear end of the maxillary scarcely 

 reaches to the eye at a standard length of 50 mm., but in adults 150 

 mm. and longer the maxillary reaches well past the front of the orbit, 

 sometimes to under the front of the pupil. I am unable to find any 

 significant differences in any counts made on Venezuelan specimens 

 and other localities in the West Indies and Central America. The 

 origin of the dorsal fin is equidistant between tip of snout or a little 

 closer to tip of snout. 



The following counts were made on Venezuelan specimens: Anal 

 rays III, 9 in 14; gill rakers 9 to 12 + 1 + 17 to 20 on first arch in 8 

 specimens; scales 38 in 1, 39 in 2, and 40 in 6 specimens. 



Genus MUGIL Linnaeus 



Mugil Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol, 1, p. 316, 1758. (Genotype, 

 Mugil cephalus Linnaeus.) 



MUGIL CUREMA Valenciennes 



Mullet; Lisa 



Mugil curema Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 11, p. 87, 1836 (Brazil, Martinique, Cuba). 



7Mugil cephalus Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 392, fig. 200, 1942 

 (Venezuela). 



Myxus calancalae de Beaufort, Freshwater fishes from the Leeward Group, 

 Venezuela and eastern Columbia: Studies on the fauna of Curasao, Aruba, 

 Bonaire, and the Venezuelan Islands, vol. 2, p. 112, pi. Xa, 1940 (Goajira, 

 lower course of the Rfo Calancala near San Antonio, Colombia). 



I have compared De Beaufort's description and figure of his new 

 species in connection with my revision of the genera of Mugilidae and 

 find calancalae to be in the querimana stage of development of Mugil 

 curema, the commonest mullet along the northern shores of South 

 America. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121793, a specimen, 67.5 mm., from Lago de Maracaibo at 

 Yacht Club, in Maracaibo, May 16. 



U.S.N.M, No. 121794, 21 specimens, 8 to 61 mm., from Lago de Maracaibo at 

 Yacht Club in Maracaibo, February 27. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121792, 126 specimens, 20 to 173 mm., from Cafio de Sagua, 

 25 km. north of Sinamaica, March 12. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121797, 1 specimen, 19 mm., Cafio de Los Monitos, Rfo Lim6n 

 system, north of Maracaibo, March 11. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121795, 5 specimens, 147 to 218 mm., from Lago Maracaibo near 

 mouth of Rfo Concha, May 2. 



