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Genus ELOPS Linnaeus 



Elops Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 518, 1766. (Genotype, Elops 

 saurus Linnaeus.) 



ELOPS SAURUS Linnaeus 



MACABf 



Elops saurus Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 12, vol. 1, p. 518, 1766 (Carolina). 



U.S.N. M. No. 121694, 6 specimens, 113 to 127 mm. in standard length, Salina 

 Rica, 5 km. north of Maracaibo, in brackish water, February 20, 1942. 



U.S.N. M. No. 121695, 1 specimen, 107 mm., Lago de Maracaibo at Maracaibo 

 Yacht Club, February 27, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121696, 1 specimen, 385 mm., Rfo Concha near mouth, May 2, 

 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121697, 3 specimens, 194 to 222 mm., MacoUa Point, U. S. S. 

 Niagara, April 19, 1925. 



2 specimens, 22.5 and 57 mm., a bajo seco, east side of Puerto Cabello, F. F. 

 Bond, January 26, 1938. 



1 specimen, 28 mm., lagoons at Tucacas, 60 km. northwest of Puerto Cabello, 

 F. F. Bond, January 29, 1938. 



2 specimens, 19.5 and 20 mm., Rfo Barburata at mouth, Puerto Cabello, F. F. 

 Bond, January 19, 1938. 



Family ALBULIDAE: Ladyfishes 



KEY TO THE GENERA AND SPECIES REPORTED FROM VENEZUELA 



la. Last dorsal and anal rays not elongate Albula vulpes (Linnaeus) 



16. Last dorsal and anal rays exceedingly prolonged _Dixonina nemoptera Fowler 



Genus ALBULA Scopoli 



Albula ScopOLi, Natural history of fishes, p. 454, 1777. (Genotype, Esox vulpes 

 Linnaeus.) 



ALBULA VULPES (Linnaeus) 

 BoNEFISH; MACABf 



Esox vulpes Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 313, 1758 (Bahamas). 

 Albula vulpes Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 373, fig. 185, 1942 (coast 

 of Venezuela). 



U.S.N.M. No. 128265, 4 larval specimens, 33 to 44 mm. in standard length. 

 Cape San Romd,n, U. S. S. Niagara, April 2, 1925. 



U.S.N.M. No. 128267, 1 specimen, 37 mm., Estanques Bay, U. S. S. Niagara, 

 February 20, 1925. 



Genus DIXONINA Fowler 



Dixonina Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1910, p. 652. (Genotype, 

 Dixonina nemoptera Fowler.) 



DIXONINA NEMOPTERA Fowler 



Dixonina nemoptera Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1910, p. 652 

 (Santo Domingo).— Myers, Copeia, 1936, No. 2, p. 83 (Puerto Cabello [not] 



