2. ENGBAULIS. 385 



B. Teeth in the jaws unequal in size, some being enlarged. 



1. Origin of the dorsal fin in advance of that of the anal : Lycen- 



yraulis, p. 399. 



2. Origin of the anal fin in advance of that of the dorsal : Lyco- 



thrissa, p. 399. 



ir. The upper pectoral ray is prolonged into a filament ; anal rays 50 or 

 more. 



A Upper jaw prominent: Telara, p. 400. 



B. Lower jaw prominent : Heterothrissa , p. 401. 



1. None of the pectoral rays prolonyed ; anal rays 60 or less. 



A. The teeth are of equally small size, if present. 



1. Oricjin of the dorsal fin in advance of that of the anal. 



a. The maxillary does not extend beyond the f/ill-openinf/ : Engraulis. 



aa. No teeth in the Jaws. 



1. Engraulis macrolepidotus. 



Kner ^- Sfeindachner, Ahhandl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. x. 18G4 (18G5), 

 tab. 3. fig. 2. 



B. 12-13. D. 12. A. 28 (29). L. lat. 35. L. transv. 9. 



The height of the body is one-third of the total length (without 

 caudal), the length of the head two-sevenths ; head one-fourth 

 longer than deep. Snout very short, not far projecting beyond the 

 lo^yer jaw. Maxillary edentulous, narrow, and rounded behind, 

 extending to the angle of the prajopcrculum. Origin of the dorsal 

 fin somewhat nearer to the root of the caudal than to the end of the 

 snout. The anal commences immediately behind the last dorsal ray. 

 Abdomen slightly compressed. Scales adherent. An indistinct 

 bluish band along the side. (K. Sf St.) 



Rio Bayano (Panama). 



bb. Teeth in the maxillary, none in the loicerjatv. 

 * No si/very haml along the side. 



2. Engraulis encrasicliolus. 



Anchovy. Anchois. 



"EyAcpavXos, Aristot. vi. c. 15 ; Athen. iv. 148, & vii. 285, 300. 



'Ey/cpaa-i'xoXot, ^limi. viii. C. 18. p. 497. 



AvKdo-ro/iof, jfElian. viii. c. 18, p. 497. 



Halecula, Bellon. pp. 168, 169. 



Encrasicholus, Rondel, vii. c. 2. p. 211; Aldrov. ii. c. 33. p. 214; 



Willughh. p. 225, tab. P. 2 fig. 2. 

 Lycostomus balticus, Schotieo. v. c. 2. p. 46. 

 Clupea, sp. no. 3, Artedi, Synon. p. 17; no. 4, Genera, p. 7. 

 Clupea encrasicholus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 523 ; Fabr. Faun. Gronl. 



p. 183 ; £1. Fische Detdschl. ii. p. 212, tab. 30. f. 2; Bl. Schn. p. 423 ; 



Lacep. V. p. 455; Brunnich, Pise. Mass. p. 83; Donov. Brit. Fish. iii. 



pi. 50 ; Pallas, Zooqr. Ross.- As. iii. p. 212 ; Risso, Ichthyol. Nice, 



p 354. 

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