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16. Origin of anal fin nearly under middle of base of dorsal fin; vertebrae 39 to 

 41; length of cheek notably longer than snout and eye; pelvic fin insertion 

 notably closer to a vertical line through dorsal origin than insertion of 

 pectorals and nearer base of pectoral than anal origin; depth 3.5 to 4.2 and 

 postorbital length of head 5.2 to 5.6 in standard length. 



Anchovia nigra, new species 



ANCHOVIA CLUPEOIDES (Swainson) 



Engraulis clupeoides Swainson, The natural history and classification of fishes, 



vol. 2, p. 388, 1839 (Pernambuco, Brazil). 

 Engraulis productus Tortonese, Bol. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. Univ. Torino, vol. 



47, No. 89, p. 6, 1939 (Puerto Cabello, Venezuela). 

 Anchovia clupeoides Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Coll., vol. 8, art. 2, 



p. 27, fig. 9, 1943 (Venezuela). 



U.S.N.M. No. 121767, 60 specimens, 52 to 118.5 mm., mouth of Cano de 

 Sagua, 25 km. north of Sinamaica, Gulf of Venezuela, March 12, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 127552, 2 specimens, 47 to 50 mm. in standard length, south 

 coast Gulf of Venezuela, U.S.S. Niagara, November 15, 1925. 



3 specimens, 72 to 81 mm., Laguna de Tacarigua, Estado de Miranda, F. F. 

 Bond, November 11, 1939. 



ANCHOVTA NIGRA, new species 



Anchoa 

 Figure 4 



Holotype.— U.S.N.M. No. 121761, 97 mm. in standard length, 

 collected by Leonard P. Schultz in Lago de Maracaibo at Yacht Club, 

 Maracaibo, Venezuela, February 27, 1942. 



Paratypes. — All the paratypes were collected by Leonard P. Schultz 

 in the Maracaibo Basin during 1942: 



U.S.N.M. No. 121764, 3 specimens, 41 to 99.5 mm., from Lago de Maracaibo, 

 1 km. off Pueblo Viejo, April 7-8. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121762, a specimen, 61 mm., Rfo Agua Caliente, 2 to 3 km. 

 above Lago de Maracaibo, May 1. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121763, 4 specimens, 39.5 to 51.5 mm., Lago de Maracaibo at 

 Yacht Club, May 16. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121766, 2 specimens, 81 and 92 mm., from Lago de Maracaibo 

 near mouth of Rfo Concha, May 2, 



U.S.N.M. No. 121765, 7,000 specimens, 12 to 66 mm., Rfo de Los Pdjaros, 

 3 km. above Lago de Maracaibo, April 30. 



A female at 99.5 mm. in standard length had her abdomen crowded 

 with mature eggs on April 7-8, indicating that spawning time was 

 near. 



Description. — Certain measurements were made, and these data, 

 recorded below, are expressed in hundredths of the standard length, 

 first for the holotype, then for three paratypes in parentheses, respec- 

 tively. Standard lengths in millimeters 97 (97.6; 55.5; 92). 



Length of head 29.9 (31.3; 30.6; 30.5); greatest depth of body 28.9 

 (27.2; 26.1; 26.1); length of snout 4.64 (4.71; 4.50; 4.89); diameter of 



