ICHTHYOLOGY OF VENEZUELA — SCHULTZ 



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second anal spine about 1 to 1.1 in head, and 2.75 to 3 in standard length; 



young with 4 to 7 narrow vertical dusky bars on sides. 



2a. Anal rays 11,8 or 9 Eugenes awlae, new species 



26. Anal rays II,i,7 or 8 or 111,7 to 9. 



Eugerres plumieri (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



EUGERRES AWLAE. new species 



Figure 17 



Holotype. — U.S.N.M. No. 121721, a specimen, 74 mm. in standard 

 length, collected by Leonard P. Schultz in the channel of Salina Rica, 

 5 km. north of Maracaibo, Venezuela, February 20, 1942. 



Porafypes.— U.S.N.M. No. 121722, 3 specimens, 37 to 79 mm., 

 taken by Leonard P. Schultz in Lago de Maracaibo opposite Salina 

 Rica, 5 km. north of Maracaibo, February 20, 1942; tF.S.N.M. No. 

 121723, a specimen, 57 mm., collected in Lago de Maracaibo, 7 km. 

 south of Maracaibo, by Leonard P. Schultz on March 6, 1942. 



Figure 17. — Eugerres awlae, new species: Holotype (U.S.N.M. No. 121721), 74 mm. in 

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



Description. — Certain measurements were made on the holotype 

 and one paratype and these data are recorded in table 18, expressed 

 in hundredths of the standard length. 



The following counts were made, respectively, for the holotype and 

 one paratype, and additional counts are recorded in table 17: Dorsal 

 rays IX,10 (IX,10); anal rays 11,9 (11,9); pectoral rays iii,13-iii,13 

 (iii,13-iii,13); scales 37 (37); scales above lateral line to base of first 

 soft ray of dorsal 4 (4) and below lateral line to origin of anal fin 9 



