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462. Stolephorus ischanus' Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



463. Stolephorus perfasciatus^ Poey. W. 



464. Stolephorus eurystole^ Swain &, Meek. N. (4.55) 



465. Stolephorus curtus^ Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



466. Stolephorus mitchilli Cuv. & Val. N. S. (454 b.) 



467. Stolephorus exiguus*^ Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



468. Stolephorus miarchus** Jordan & Gilbert. W. P. 



469. Stolephorus delicatissimus Girard. C. 



470. Stolephorus lucidus^ .Jordan & Gilbert. P. 



471. Stolephorus compressus Girard. C. 



Fa«iily XLII.— ALEPIDOSAURID^. (40) 

 120.— PLAGYODUS8 Steller. (128) 



472. Plagyodus ferox Lowe. B. (4.58) 



473. Plagyodus aesculapius Beau. A. (4.58 b.) 



474. Plagyodus borealis Gill. C. A. (459) 



Family XLIII.— PARALEPIDID^. (41) 



121.— SUDIS Eafinesque. (129) 

 § Sudia. 



475. Sudis ringens Jordan & Gilbert. B. P. (4.59) 



§ Arctozenus Gill. 



476. Sudis borealis^ Reinhardt. G. A. B. (461,462) 



^Stolephorus ischanus Jordan & Gilbert., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1881, 340. Mazatlan 

 Boutliward. Closely related to S. browni. 



' StoUphorm perfascialus (Poej'). 



Body rather elongate ; snout compressed and pointed, shorter than eye. Top of 

 head with a slight keel. Eye 3^ in head. Maxillary and lower jaw finely toothed; 

 maxillary unusually short, its posterior end rounded, not extending quite to nuirgin 

 of preopercle ; gill rakers numerous ; pectoral If in head, not reaching ventrals ; inser- 

 tion of anal below last rays of dorsal, the fin short ; origin of dorsal midway between 

 root of caudal and pupil. Color of S. browni, the lateral band rather narrower, well 

 defined, its width about f eye ; no dark punctulations except on base of caudal and 

 sometimes on anal. Head A^ ; depth 6, D. 12, A. 14 to 16, L. 2 to 3 inches. {Swain tj- 

 Meek.) Florida Keys to Cuba, common, but much less abundant than S. broivni. 



(Enf/rauUs perfasciatiis Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 313, 1858. Engraulis jyerfasciatus Giin- 

 thev, VII, 391; not of Swain. Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 1882, 55, nor of Jor. & Gilb., 

 Synop.si.s, 273 ; Swain & Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1884.) 



' Siolephorun enrystoh Swain &, Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1884, 36. Wood's 

 Holl. Mass. This is the species described in the Synoj^sis, p. 273, under the erroneous 

 name of S. perfanciaUia. 



*Sti>lex}horns curtns Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns., 1881, 343. Mazatlan. 



^Stolephorus erigu UK Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18i^l, 342. 



^Stolephorus miarchus Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 18S1, 344; 1882, 6e2; 

 1884, 106, Key West; Mazatlan, Panama. The smallest of the American anchovies. 



'Stolephorus lucidus Jordan & Gilbert. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 341. Mazatlan. 



''It is probably best to substitute Steller's name, Plagtjodus, for the later Alepidosau- 

 ru8. 



^ Sudis cor uscans 18 probably not epecifically distinct from S. borealis. 



