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Dorsal fin with longest rays failing to reach tip of last ray if deflexed, its origin 

 about equidistant between base of caudal and middle of eye. Anal with origin some- 

 where under posterior fourth of dorsal, its base 5.0—5.8 in SL. Pelvic reaching scarcely 

 halfway to anal, inserted about equidistant between origin of anal and pectoral base. 

 Pectoral scarcely falcate, failing to reach pelvic by diameter of pupil to 75 "/o of dia- 

 meter of eye, 1.75—2.0 in head. Axillary scale of pectoral often shorter than fin by 

 diameter of pupil, 1.9—2.75 in head. 



Color. In alcohol, generally rather pale. Side of head silvery. Lateral band bright 

 silvery, about 75''/o of width of eye. 



Size. The largest measured is 118 mm (4.7 in.) TL, which may be near the 

 maximum length attained. 



Commercial Importance. Most of the specimens examined were obtained in markets, 

 indicating that this Anchovy has at least some direct economic value to man. 



Range. The range, so far as known, extends from the Gulf of Venezuela to Mar 

 del Plata, Argentina, but it apparently does not include streams. This Anchovy's 

 frequent appearance in the Rio de Janeiro market (Brazil) seems to indicate that 

 it is common locally. 



Synonyms and References: 



Engraulis tricolor Agassiz, in Spix and Agassiz, Pise. Brasil., 1829: 51, tab. 23, fig. i (orig. descr.; type local. 



Bahia, Brazil; plate labeled Engraulis fiquitinga); Goeldi, Boll. Museu Paraense, 2(3), 1898: 466 



(names; from type local.). 

 Stolephorus brownii Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. nat. Mus., ^7(1), 1896: 443 (descr., range, synon., 



includ. E. tricolor Agassiz). 

 Anchovia brownii Starks, Stanf. Univ. Publ., Univ. Ser., 191 3: 10 (Natal, Brazil; local abund.; descr. tricolor 



by my exam.). 

 Anckoviella salvatoris Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 6j (19), 1923: 6 (orig. descr.; type local. Rio 



de Janeiro, Brazil; type USNM 83165, in bad condition, apparently tricolor); Fovv'ler, Arqu. Zool. 



estad. Sao Paulo, J (6), 1941: 134 (refs.). 

 Anchoviella epsetus Jordan and Scale, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 6'J, 1926: 396 (Rio de J. and "Sambaia" 



[probably Sambara R.], Brazil; Montevideo, Uruguay; all exam, and art tricolor); Jordan, Evermann, 



and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 48 (includ. tricolor); Fowler, Arqu. Zool. estad. 



Sao Paulo, J (6), 1941: 134 (refs. to Brazilian recs., in part tricolor). 

 Anchoviella bonaiensis Marini, Physis, Rev. Soc. Argent. Cienc. nat., 11, 1935 : 446 (nomen nudum; type local. 



Mar del Plata, Argentina; type in MHNBA; exam, by me and found to be tricolor). 

 Anchoa tricolor Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 8(2), 1943: 74, fig. 30 (synon., descr., relation., 



distrib.); Schultz, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., gg, 1949: 43 (synon.). 



Anchoa cubana (Poey) 1868 



Cuban Anchovy, Bocon, Manjiia (Cuba) 



Figure 37 



Study Material. A total of 39 specimens, 45-70 mm TL, including two from 

 Poey's type material, MCZ 17958, and two paratypes of Stolephorus astilbe Jordan 

 and Rutter, MCZ 31392; many more for the gill raker counts; from Melbourne Beach 



