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slightly in front of dorsal. Candal peduncle long and slender. Dorsal 

 inserted scarcely nearer caudal than snout. Silvery stripe broad, half 

 wid-ir than the eye, bordered above by a dusky streak. Head 3|; 

 depth 0. D. IL*; A. 20. L. 4 Inches. West Indies; occasional north- 

 ward. A specimen in our collection from Wood's Holl, Mass. 



{En(]raulls perfasciatas Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii, 312: Engraidis perfasciatus Giiuther, vii, 

 391.) 



aa. Body strongly compressed, translucent in life. 

 456. S. dcBacattDSsaBfiJMS (Girard) Jor. & Gilb, 



Very pale, olivaceous, translucent, with some dark points, and a sil- 

 very lateral baud not as wide as the eye. Head short, nearly as deep 

 as long. Eye large, much longer than the blunt snout, which projects 

 considerably beyond the lower jaw. Gill-rakers numerous, slender, 

 nearly as long as the eye. Maxillary reaching past the root of the man- 

 dible. Lower lobe of caudal the longer. Anal rather long. Dorsal 

 inserted midway between caudal and front of eye. Head 4| ; depth 4f . 



D. 13; A. 23. Lat. 1. 40. L. 3 inches. San Diego Bay and southward ; 

 locally abundant. 



{Enciraulis ddlcatissimus Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Pliila. 1854, 154, and U. S. Pac. 



E. R. Surv. X, 333: EnyrauUs delioatissiinus Giinther, vii, 391.) 



45'?. S. c®BBBpressaas (Girard) Jor. & Gilb. — "Sprat." 



Very pale, olivaceous, translucent; a silvery lateral band as broad as 

 the eye. Body strongly compressed, deeper than in other species. 

 Head short, nearly as deep as long. Eye large, anterior, much longer 

 than the blunt snout, which does not project much beyond the lower 

 jaw. Gill-rakers numerous, slender, nearly as long as the eye. Maxil- 

 lary reaching beyond the root of the mandible. Lower lobe of caudal 

 the longer. Anal fin very long. Dorsal inserted midway between cau- 

 dal and front of eye. Pectoral with a basal sheath. Head 4J ; depth 3|. 

 D. 12; A. 31. Lat. 1. 40. L. 6 inches. Very similar to S. deUcatissi- 

 mus, but larger, with a longer anal fin. Point Concej)cion to Mexico; 

 abundant southward. 



(EngranVis comprcssas Girard, U. S. Pac. R. R. Snrv. Fish. 333: EngraiiUs compressus 

 Giinther, vii, 395.) 



Family XL.— ALEPIDOSAURIDJE. 



( The Lancct-Jislies.) 



Body elongate, rather comj^ressed, scaleless. Head compressed, with 



the snout much produced, and with the cleft of the mouth very wide. 



Premaxillary very long and very slender, forming the entire margin of 



the upper jaw, not protractile. Maxillary thin, needle-like, as long as 



