54 



Echeneis naucrates, EiSSO., Eur. Merid., iii, 1837, 270. 



Echencis Jacohoca, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839, p. 89; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don, iii, 17. 

 Echeneis pallida, Lowe, op. cit., 1839, 89 ; op. cit., iii, 16, (uec Schleg.). 

 Echeneis romoroides, Bleeic, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., ii, 18r)5, Batce, 70. 

 Echeneis parva, Gronov., (1780), Syst. ed., Gray, 1854, p. 92. 

 Beniora Jacohoca, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1862, 240; 1863, 88. 



Locality : Bay of La Paz, Lower California. 



This, along with the following species, was found on the body of a 

 large sea-devil {Ceratoptera), caught in the Gulf of California. 



ECHENEIS ALBESCENS, Schleg. [No. 17544.] 



Echeneis albescens, Schleg. Faun. Japon., Poiss., 1850, 272, 120, f. 3.— Gunther, Cat. 

 Fishes, ii, 1860, 377 ; Jour. Mus. Godeff. Heft., xi, 1876, Fische derSudsee, Heft., 

 V, 155. — Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl., \i ; New Guinea, 20. 



Number of laminoe in the disk 13-14. D. 21. A. 21. The length of 

 the disk is contained 3^ to 3|- times in the total length j the width be- 

 tween the pectorals is contained 5J to 5^ times in the same. The angle 

 of the mouth is situated in the vertical from the third lamina of the disk. 

 The length of ventral fiu equals the distance between the root of the 

 pectoral and the posterior margin of the eye. 



Lengths 7.40 ; 5.10 inches. 



Locality: Bay of La Paz, Lower California. 



ENGEAULIDIDiE. 



ENGRAULIS RINGENS, Jenijns [No. 129G5]. 



Engraulis ringens, Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fish., 1842, 136. — Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des 



Poiss., xxi, 1848, 27.— Gunther, Cat. Fishes, vii, 1868, 386. 

 Engraulis mordax, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 138, 154 ; P. R. R. Rep. x, 



Fishes, 1858, 334 • 

 Engraulis indchellus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 199 ; U. S. Naval 



Astron. Exped., Zool., Fishes, 247, pi. 31, f. 5-9. 

 Engraulis nasus, Kner & Steindaciiner, Sitzb. d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, liv, 1866, 388, 



f. 17. 



Locality : Mare Island, California. 



