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U.S.N.M. No. 121771, a specimen, 24 mm., Lago de Maracaibo, 7 km. south of 

 Maracaibo, March 6, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121774, 37 specimens, 29 to 34 mm., Lago de Maracaibo, 2 miles 

 oflf Lagunillas, March 15, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121773, 13 specimens, 16 to 33 mm., cano at Los Monitos, 

 Estado de Zulia, Rfo Lim6n system, March 11, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121769, 41 specimens, 23 to 44 mm., mouth of Cano de Sagua, 

 25 km, north of Sinamaica, March 12, 1942. 



One specimen, 35 mm., Laguna de Tacarigua, Estado de Miranda, F. F. Bond, 

 February 3, 1939. 



I have carefully examined the two collections from the Gulf of 

 Venezuela referred by Dr. Hildebrand to Anchoa januaria, U.S.N.M. 

 Nos. 127675 and 127676, from Amuay and Salinas Bays, respectively. 

 I found that the gill raker count of U.S.N.M. No. 127675 in one 

 specimen was 18+24 and that the other two specimens had their 

 first arches destroyed, which explains the fact that they were not 

 counted by Dr. Hildebrand, who has been most cooperative in letting 

 me use his original data. One specimen in U.S.N.M. No. 127676 has 

 17+26 gill rakers, but the others have 12 on the upper arch and 

 numerous small, sharp-pointed teeth in both jaws and a short maxillary 

 with rounded posterior end. I am therefore referring them to 

 Anchoviella hlackhurni. Thus, the range of A. januaria must again 

 be restricted to Brazil. 



The following counts were made on specimens from Venezuela. 

 Anal rays iii,18 in 4, iii,19 in 9, iii,20 in 6, and iii,21 in 9 specimens; 

 pectoral rays i,ll in 2, i,12 in 4, and i, 13 in 4; vertebrae 39 in 1 and 

 40 in 11 specimens; on 3 specimens the gill rakers were as follows: 

 18+1+27; 18+1+26; 19 + 1+26; 17 + 1+25; 18+1+23; and 

 18+1+25. The dorsal fin had ii,13 rays in 2 specimens counted. 



ANCHOA TRINITATIS (Fowler) 



Figure 6, a 



Anchovia trinitatis Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 67, p. 



527, fig. 3, 1915 (Trinidad). 

 Anchoa trinitatis Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Coll., vol. 8, art. 2, p. 96, 



fig. 40, 1943 (coast of Venezuela). 



The following specimens were identified tentatively as belonging 

 to this species: 



U.S.N.M. No. 121778, 3 specimens, 44.5 to 66 mm., mouth of Caflo de Sagua» 

 25 km. north of Sinamaica, March 12. 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 119812, 3 specimens, 50 to 56 mm., Laguna de Tacarigua, 

 Estado de Miranda, Venezuela, collected by Dr. F. F. Bond, February 3, 1939. 



From same collection as U.S.N.M. No. 119812, 15 specimens, 

 44 to 54 mm. 



The following counts were made: Anal rays iii,25 in 3; iii,26 in one; 

 iii,27 m 2 ; and iii,29 in 2 ; dorsal rays iii,l 1 in 3 and iii, 12 in 2 ; pectoral 



