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1902: 88 (descr., range, distr. in Puerto Rico; synon.; specimens from Fajardo [USNM 73755], at 

 least, are A. lamprotaenia). 



Anchovia brownii Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Publ., ZooL, JJ (i), 1923: 204, pi. 14, fig. i (synon., 

 descr., range, specimens from Colon [CNHM 8217] and Porto Bello [CNHM 8216], Panama, in part 

 are A. lamprotaenia). 



Anchoviella epselus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 6y, 1926: 396 (synon., descr., range; 

 specimens from Tortugas [MCZ 17944] and Key West [MCZ 18035], Florida, are A. lamprotaenia); 

 Pierce, Copeia, 1936: 123 (sample of specimens used in feed, experiments ajc A. lamprotaenia); Long- 

 ley and Hildebrand, Publ. Carneg. Instn. Wash., 535, 1941: 12 (notes on structure; distr. at Tortugas, 

 Florida; specimens preserved are A. lamprotaenia). 



Anchoa lamprotaenia Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 8 (2), 1943 : 62, fig. 23 (orig. descr.; type local. 

 Key West, Florida; type USNM 117661; range cf. A.hepsetus). 



Doubtful References: 



Anchovia irozcnii Jordan and Thompson, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. (1904), 24, 1905 : 233 (Garden Key [Tortugas], 

 Florida; probably part, if not all, are lamprotaenia); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 58, 1906: 

 84; and 63, 191 1 : 216 (from several Florida Keys; probably part, if not all, are lamprotaenia). 



Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus) 1758 



Striped Anchovy (U.S.), Manjiia (Cuba) 



Figures 40, 41 



Study Material. At least 83 specimens, 55-140 mm TL, and many more, talcen 

 at various places from New Jersey southward to Uruguay. 



Distinctive Characters. A. hepsetus is related closely enough to A. lamprotaenia so 

 that they are not always separable by any one character, a combination of characters 

 sometimes being necessary. In general, hepsetus has a shorter and less falcate pectoral 

 fin, a lower dorsal fin, a longer and narrower axillary scale on the pectoral, and a rather 

 longer and more sharply pointed maxillary. Also, its average number of anal rays is 

 lower, and its average number of pectoral rays, gill rakers, and vertebrae is higher. 

 It is related also to A. ginsburgi, from which it differs especially in the longer and more 

 sharply pointed maxillary, and generally in having fewer vertebrae. 



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

 based on at least 83 specimens, 55-140 mm TL. 



Body: depth 18.5-22. 

 Head: length 25-30. 

 Snout: length 4.4—6.3. 

 Eye: diameter 7.15—8.7. 

 Postorbital: distance 13-5— 15-5- 

 Maxillary: length 19-24.5. 

 Mandible: length 16.5-20. 

 Anal fin: length of base 19—22.5. 

 Pectoral fin: length 14. 5-1 7.5. 



Scales: ca. 37—43. 



Gill rakers: 15-20+18-24 (usually 16- 

 19+ 19-22). 



Fin rays: dorsal 13—16; anal 18—23; 

 pectoral 13—15 (most frequently 

 14 or 15). 



Vertebrae: 40-44 (399 specimens), de- 

 creasing somewhat in number 

 southward at least to Panama. 



