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caudal peduncle 2.3 to 3^.6; anal base 1.75 to 2.2; pectoral 1.25 to 1.4. 

 D. 16 to 19; A. 15 to 17; V. 8; P. 14 or 15; scales 38 to 42; gill rakers 

 12 to 14+27 to 33; ventral scutes 16 or 17+12 to 14; vertebrae 41 or 

 42 (4 specimens dissected). 



Range. — Gulf of California to Panama Bay and probably south to 

 Peru. 



Genus LILE Jordan and Evermann, 1896 



Body much compressed, chest and abdomen carinate, with about 

 28 to 30 well-developed scutes; mouth small, nearly vertical; upper 

 jaw with a slight notch; teeth minute, present on premaxillary, maxil- 

 lary, mandible, and in a median series on tongue; gill rakers slender, 

 much shorter on upper than on lower limb, about 30 to 35 on lower 

 limb of first arch; scales rather firm, with vertical radii; vertebrae 

 about 40 to 43; margin of opercle concave in advance of pectoral and 

 over a slightly produced fleshy lobe on shoulder gh'dle; no fleshy lobe 

 evident on the rim of the girdle above base of pectoral; ventral inserted 

 about under origin of dorsal, with 8 rays; side with a bright silvery 

 band. 



A single species is known. 



ULE STOLIFERA (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Pelada 



Clupea stolifera Jordan and Gilbert, 1882b, p. 339, Mazatldn, Mexico (original 

 description). 



Harengula stolifera Evermann and Radcliffe, 1917, p. 21, Cap6n, Peru (descrip- 

 tion, based on 2 large specimens). — Fowler, 1941a, p. 233, fig. 8 (references). 



Head 4.1; depth 3.6; D. 18; A. 23; P. 15; V. 8; scales 44; vertebrae 44. 



Body greatly compressed; ventral outline much more strongly 

 convex than the dorsal; greatest thickness scarcely equal to depth of 

 caudal peduncle; peduncle notably shorter than deep, 2.15 in head; 

 head rather small, flat above, its outline nearly straight; snout shorter 

 than eye, 4.3 in head; eye 3.5, with small amount of adipose tissue; 

 interorbital 5.1; mouth small, strongly oblique, with tip of lower jaw 

 moderately projecting; maxillary-premaxillary strongly curved, no- 

 where wider than pupil, scarcely reaching anterior margin of pupil, 

 2.55 in head; mandible 2.5; teeth minute, present on anterior part of 

 mandible, on premaxillary and maxillary, none clearly evident else- 

 where; gill rakers slender, scarcely longer than pupil, 18 very short 

 ones on upper limb and 33 on lower limb of first arch; ventral scutes 

 moderately strong, 17 in front of ventrals and 13 behind them; 

 scales rather adherent, with vertical or wavy radii, and slightly rough 

 edges, extending on caudal fin; dorsal injured, its origin fully half 

 length of head nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; caudal moder- 

 ately forked, not much longer than head; anal small, low, its base 

 5.3 in length; ventral about as long as snout and eye, inserted slightly 



