Fishes of the JVestern North Atlantic 



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(1938), Suppl., 15 (2), 1939: 18 (around Long Island, New York; spawn.); Greeley, 28th Rep. 



N. Y. Conserv. Dept. (1938), Suppl., 15 (2), 1939: 83 (Long Island, New York; a forage fish). 

 Anchoa mitchilli mitchilH Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 8 (2), 1943: 87, fig. 37 (synon., descr., 



cf. A. mitchilli diaphana, range). 

 Anchoa mitchilli diaphana Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 5(2), 1943: 91, fig. 38 (orig. descr. of 



subspecies A. m. diaphana; relation., range); Gunter, Publ. Inst. mar. Sci. Texas, I (i), 1945: 33 



(depth, temp., salinity, season, spawn., growth, Texas coast). 



Negative References: 



Stolephorus mitchilli Bean, Bull. U. S. Fish Coram. (1888), 12, 1890; 206 (many at Cozumel Island, Yucatan; 



USNM 37053, 37105 are h. cayorum); Schreiner and Miranda-Ribeiro, Arch. Mus. nac, Rio de J., 



12, 1903: 93 (Rio de Janeiro, where this species does not occur). 

 Anchoviella mitchilli Fowler, Arqu. Zool. estad. Sao Paulo, J (6), 1941 : 135 (refs. Brazilian recs., where this 



species does not occur). 

 Anchovia mitchilli von Ihering, Rev. Industr. Anim., Anno i (3), 1930: 232 (Brazil, where the species does 



not occur). 



Anchoa parva (Meek and Hildebrand) 1923 



Manjiia (Cuba) 



Figure ZZ 



Study Material. At least 34 specimens, 35—60 mm TL, and many more used for 

 some measurements and counts, from the following localities: many from Jamaica; 

 two from Cuba; many from Colon and Porto Bello, Panama, and from Gatun Locks, 

 Canal Zone; one from Laguna de Tacarigua, Venezuela; and one from Trinidad; in 

 USNM, MCZ, UMMZ,"bOC, Museo Poey collections. 



Distinctive Characters. A. parva is rather close to both subspecies of mitchilli., 

 differing principally in having fewer anal rays and more numerous gill rakers, though 

 there is slight overlapping in each instance (see Tables i, 11, and in), in the smaller 

 anal fin (see Description)., in the origin of the anal, which is somewhat farther back 

 under the base of the dorsal, and in the more strongly projecting snout (Figs. 31-33). 

 For the relationship of parva to januaria, see p. 183. Its closest relative is curta of 

 the Pacific coast of Central and South America, from which it is scarcely more than 

 subspecifically distinct (j: 84). 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of standard length, and counts, 

 based on at least 34 specimens in Study Material, 3 5-60 mm TL. 



Body: depth 20—22. 

 Head', length 23.3-27.8. 

 Snout: length 4.0—5.5. 

 Eye: diameter 6.9-9.5. 

 Postorbital: distance 11.1-14.3. 

 Maxillary: length 17.3— 21.7. 

 Mandible: length 15-19. 

 Anal fin: length of base 21—25. 



Pectoral fin: length 14. 3- 17.4. 



Scales: ca. 38—42. 



Gill rakers: 18-20 + 23-27. 



Fin rays: dorsal 13—16; anal 21—23 

 (rarely as many as 25); pectoral 1 2 

 or 13. 



Vertebrae: 38-40, rarely 41 (61 spec- 

 imens). 



