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rays ii,12-ii-12;ii,13-ii,13; gill rakers 16+1+20; 17+1 +20; vertebrae 

 40: 40; scales 40 in one, 41 in 3. 



ANCHOA ARGENTEUS. new species 



Figures 5, 6, 6 



Holotype. — U.S.N.M. No. 121777, only known specimen, 97 mm. 

 in standard length, collected by Leonard P. Schultz in Lago de 

 Maracaibo 1 km. off Pueblo Viejo in gill net, April 7-9, 1942. 



Description. — Certain measurements were made on the holotype, 

 and these data expressed in hundredths of the standard length are 

 recorded in table 4 along with similar data on other species. 



Figure 5. — Anchoa argenteus, new species: Holotype (U.S.N.M. No. 121777), 97 mm. in 

 standard length. Drawn by Mrs. Aime M. Awl. 



Figure 6. — Outline of opercular margin of: a, Anchoa trinitatis (Fowler) (U.S.N.M. No. 

 123222); b, Anchoa argenteus, new species (U.S.N.M. No. 121777). Sketches by author. 



The following counts were made: Dorsal rays iii, 13; anal iii, 29; 

 pectorals ii,12-ii, 12; pelvics i,6-i,6; scale rows from upper edge of 

 gill opening to midbase of caudal fin 47; gill rakers on first gill arch 

 15+1 + 18. 



Body compressed, somewhat elongate, greatest depth about 4.3, 

 head rather long, 3.8, both in standard length; depth of head at joint 

 of mandible slightly greater than postorbital length of head; head 

 longer than greatest depth of body, snout bluntly pointed, projecting 

 much more than half its length beyond tip of mandible, shorter than 

 eye, a httle longer than pupil, contained about 6.75 in head; eye 0% 



