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U.S.N.M. No. 121819, a specimen, 96.5 mm,, Lago de Maracaibo, 7 km. south of 

 Maracaibo, March 6, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121725, 2 specimens, 106 and 121 mm., Lago de Maracaibo at 

 Yacht Club, Maracaibo, February 27, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121820, 33 specimens, 14 to 102 mm., Lago de Maracaibo, 1 km. 

 off Pueblo Viejo, April 7-8, 1942. 



U.S.N.M. No. 121817, 12 specimens, 87 to 142 mm., Lago de Maracaibo at 

 Yacht Club. Maracaibo, March 5, 1942. 



KYPORHAMPHUS UNIFASCIATUS (Ranzani) 



Hemiramphus tinifasciaius Ranzani, Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bonon., 

 \ol. 5, p. 326, 1842 (Brazil) (ref. copied). 



U.S.N.M. No. 123285, 1 specimen 195 mm. in standard length, Estanques Bay, 

 U. S. S. Niagara, December 19, 1924. 



Genus HEMIRAMPHUS Cuvier 



Hemi-ramphus Cuvier, Le regne animal, vol. 2, p. 186, 1817. (Genotype, Esox 

 hrasiliensis Linnaeus.) 



HEMIRAMPHUS BRASHJENSIS (Linnaeus) 

 BALAJtJ 



Esox hrasiliensis Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 314, 1758 (Jamaica), 

 Hemirhamphus brasiliensis Rohl, Fauna descriptiva de Venezuela, p. 374, fig. 

 186, 1942 (coast of Venezuela). 



Family EXOCOETIDAE: Flyingfishes 



Genus EXOCOETUS Linnaeus 



Exocoetus LiNNAEUF, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 316, 1758. (Genotype, Exocoe- 

 tus volitans Linnaeus.) 



EXOCOETUS VOLITANS Linnaens 



Pez volador 



Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p 316, 1758 (Atlantic 

 Ocean). — Bredek, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Coll., vol. 6, art. 5, p. 30, figs. 

 15, 17, 1938 (one station at entrance to Gulf of Venezuela). 



Order CYPRINODONTOIDEA '' 



KEY TO THE CYPRINODONTS REPORTED FROM VENEZUELA 



la. Eyes bulging, in elevated sockets, the pupil divided by a horizontal cross 

 partition, adapting the eye for vision above and below the surface of the 

 water; anal fin of male with a scaly tube; space between upper edges of 

 orbital ridges or rims equal to or less than diameter of eye; sides with obscure 

 stripes; scales 81 to 90, 17 or 18 in a transverse series; caudal fin obliquely 

 rounded (after Eigenmann) (family Anablepidae) . 



Anableps microlepis Mtiller 

 lb. Eyes normal, without cross partition. 

 2a. Orbital rim with its margin not free but fused with eye; first rays of anal 

 fin of male not specialized (family Cyprinodontidae) . 



16 Lima heterandria Regan (1913, p. 1017, pi. 101, figs. 3, 4, La Ouaira, Venezuela) actually came from Santo 

 Domingo according to Myers (1940, p. 172). Heterandria zonata Nichols, 1915, is a synonym. Dr. Hubbs 

 has found that this species is a new one and that it actually came from La Guaira. 



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