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eye 7.52 (8.20; 8.29; 8.05); distance from tip of lower jaw to rear of 

 joint of mandible 20.1 (22.1; 20.5; 21.2); distance from tip of snout 

 to rear of maxillary 22.5 (25.6; 25.6; 25.6); greatest width of inter- 

 orbital space 7.02 (7.17; 7.57; 7.18); postorbital length of head 19.2 

 (19.1; 18.0; 19.1); length of cheek 13.8 (13.2; 12.2; 13.0); length of 

 longest gill raker on first gill arch 6.70 (8.00; 6.84; 8.15); length of 

 longest ray of dorsal fin — (13.2; 15.5; 14.6); of anal fin 12.5 (— ; 

 13.9; 13.3); of pectoral fin 14.4 (14.3; 16.6; 14.9); of pelvic fin 7.22 

 (6.97; 8.10; 7.28); of lower lobe of caudal fin 23.4 (26.6; 26.1; 26.7); 

 shortest midcaudal fin ray 9.28 (8.91; 11.7; 9.13); length of base of 

 anal fin 27.7 (26.8; 30.1; 28.5); length of base of dorsal fin 11.3 (12.5; 

 11.0; 10.9); distance from pelvic insertion to anal origin 17.5 (18.5; 

 15.1; 16.3); tip of snout to dorsal origin 52.6 (56.3; 53.3; 52.6); snout 

 to anal origin 60.3 (62.0; 56.6; 62.0); snout to pectoral insertion 30.0 

 (30.7; 30.6; 31.0); snout to pelvic insertion 44.6 (46.1; 42.9; 46.2); 

 length of caudal peduncle or distance from base of last anal ray to 

 midcaudal fin base 16.5 (15.4; 16.4; 15.4); least depth of caudal pe- 

 duncle 11.2 (10.8; 11.7; 11.2). 



Figure 4. — Anchovia nigra, new species: Holotype (U.S.N.M. No. 121761), 97 mm. in 

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



The following counts were made, respectively: Dorsal rays iii, 11 

 (iii, 11; iii, 11; iii, 11); anal rays iii, 28 (iii, 27; iii, 28; iii, 29); pectoral 

 fin rays ii, 12-ii, 12 (ii, 12-ii, 12; ii, 11-ii, 12; ii, 11-ii, 11); pelvic rays 

 always i, 6; scale rows from upper edge of gill opening to midcaudal 

 fin base 42 (41; 44; 43). Additional counts are recorded in table 3. 



Table 3. — Counts made on species of Anchovia from Venezuela 



