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group of anchovies. As now understood by Jordan and Seale 

 Stolephonis differs from the New World anchovies {AnchovieJh>, 

 etc.), in the presence of ventral scutes, these beng absent in all the 

 American species. 



Family ENGRAULIDAE 



Genus ANCHOVIELLA Fowler 



ANCHOVIELLA PURPUREA (Fowler). 



This little anchovy, or Nehu, is very abundant about Honolulu. 

 It is used as bait, especially for the Akii, or Oceanic Bonito {Kat- 

 suwonus pelamys), the most abundant large fish now in the Hono- 

 lulu markets. Its coarse red flesh is again used as bait for the 

 various tunnies, spear-fish, and Ono {Acanthocyhium) . 



Family CHANIDAE 



Genus CHANOS Lacepede 



The genus Chcmos is wide spread along the shores of the Pacific 

 from Lower California and Japan to the Red Sea and Australia. 

 Of late it has been assumed that (excepting Chanos luhina^ which 

 has 19 dorsal ra^-s) all the representatives of the genus belong to 

 one species. This conclusion is at least doubtful, as our Hawaiian 

 and Mexican examples have 86 scales in the lateral line, while the 

 species of the Red Sea {Mugil chanos Forskal or Chanos arahica 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes), has but 75. This form of the North 

 Pacific may be provisionally regarded as a distinct species, Chanos 

 cyprinella. 



CHANGS CYPRINELLA Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



This form w^as described from Honolulu ("Onoruru"), where it 

 is a valued food fish, the flesh of an excellent flavor though with 

 many small bones. 



Family GONORHYNCHIDAE 



Genus GONORHYCHUS (Gronow) Scopoli 



GONORHYNCHUS MOSELEYI Jordan and Snyder. 



Described and figured by Jordan and Snyder' from a specimen 

 taken at Honolulu by Professor Edward Lincoln Moseley. Thesame 

 species is recorded by Fowler as Gonorhynclius gonwhynchus^ from 

 which Australian species it differs in the longer head, —4 in length 

 to base of caudal, and in the shading of the fins, the dark area being 

 less extended. 



* Journ. Wash. Acad. Sci., vol. 13, Sept., 1923, p. 347. 



