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Axillary scale of pectoral reaching somewhat beyond midlength of fin, 3.0—4.0 

 in head. 



Color. In alcohol, generally pale. Side with a silvery band (often missing in speci- 

 mens preserved a long time in formalin), about 75 % of width of eye. Upper surface 

 of head and back with dusky dots, usually arranged in two longitudinal series 

 posterior to dorsal fin. 



Size. The largest seen is 75 mm (3 in.) TL, which may be near the maximum 

 size attained. 



Reproduction. Specimens taken on June 24, 1927 at Nonsuch, Bermuda contain 

 well developed eggs, indicating that at least some reproduction takes place there during 

 the early part of summer. 



Range and Habitat. The range seems to be limited to Bermuda, where no other 

 species of anchovy has been found. West Indian and Panamanian (Atlantic) records 

 are mostly referable to A. lyolepis. The collections studied, according to the information 

 furnished, were either seined near shore or taken at night under an electric light. This 

 species has been reported as fairly common about Bermuda (numerous in Hamilton 

 Harbor). Although it has been reported as not at all common during July, it was abun- 

 dant in August when seined for bait in Bailey's Bay and Flatts Inlet. 



Synonyms and References: 



Engraulis choerostoma Goode, Araer. J. Sci., 8, 1874: 125 (orig. descr.; type local. Bermuda; types lost); Ann. 



Mag. nat. Hist., (4) J^, 1874: 380 (as in Goode, 1874). 

 Stolephorus choerostoma Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., 47 (i), 1896: 444 (descr. after Goode; 



ref); Barbour, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 46, 1905 : 1 13 (abund. in Bermuda; distrib., includ. Puerto 



Rico, where it apparently does not occur; refs.); Bean, T. H., Field Mus. Publ., Zool., 7, 1906: 34 



(several locals in Bermuda). 

 Anchoviella choerostoma Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 48 (ref, 



Hamilton Harbor, Bermuda); Fowler, Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., 42i 193°= 146 (72 from Bermuda). 

 Anchoa choerostoma Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 8 (2), 1943: 71, fig. 28 (refs., descr., distrib.). 



Negative References: 



Anchoviella choerostoma Jordan and Seale, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 6"], 1926: 404 (not A. choerostoma 

 [Goode]; descr. evidently based on A. lyolepis [Evermann and Marsh]; those from Puerto Rico and e. 

 coast of Panama are lyolepis'); Beebe and Tee-Van, Field Bk. Shore Fish. Bermuda, 1933: 38, fig. (not 

 A. choerostoma [Goode]; fig. and descr. at least in part from Beebe and Tee-Van [1928: 47]; distrib. 

 includ. West Indies, where this species apparently does not occur); Beebe and Tee- Van, Zoologica, 

 N. Y., JJ (7), 1933 : 136 {A. choerostoma var. atlantica Borodin [1928 : 7] from e. coast of Panama put 

 in synon., but A. choerostoma [Goode] apparently does not occur there. Borodin's fish not ident. from 

 his descr.). 



Anchoa tricolor (Agassiz) 1829 

 Piquitinga 

 Figure 36 



Study Material. Many specimens, from: Gulf of Venezuela (i); Natal (8), Rio de 

 Janeiro (52), Sao Francisco (5), and Sambara River (20), Brazil; Montevideo, Uruguay 



