2 02 Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 



Variation. Specimens from the Gulf of Mexico have more numerous gill rakers 

 than those from farther south, but they seem to agree in other respects. 



Commercial Importance. So far as known, this Anchovy is not used directly as food 

 by man. However, where it is common, as in Puerto Rico, it no doubt furnishes con- 

 siderable forage for larger predatory fishes that are used as food by man. 



Range and Habitat. The range extends from the Gulf coast of the United States 

 through the West Indies to the Gulf of Venezuela. Although some of the specimens 

 examined were taken with trawls hauled at depths down to 30 fms., most of them 

 were seined along the shore. 



Synonyms and References: 



Stolefhorus lyo/epis Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. (1900), 20(1), 1902: 89, fig. 13 (orig. 



descr. based on juveniles, 30-37 mm long; type local. Culebra, Puerto Rico; type USNM 49528). 

 Stolefhorus choerostoma Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. (1900), 20 (l), 1902: 88 (descr., synon., 



specimens in part re-exam., not E. choerostoma Goode). 

 Anchovia platyargyrea Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 6j, 191 1: 216, fig. 4 (orig. descr.; type local. St. 



Martin, West Indies; type ANSP 1416; cf. E. choerostoma Goode; type material, exam, by me, is 



S. lyolepis E. and M.). 

 Anchoviella choerostoma Jordan and Seale, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., by, 1926: 404 (specimens from e. 



coast of Panama and Puerto Rico probably this species); Beebe and Tee- Van, Zoologica, N. Y., 10 (i), 



1928: 47, fig. (refs., descr., distr., abund. Port-au-Price, Haiti; descr. and fig. show it to be S. lyolepis 



E. and M., not E. choerostoma Goode). 

 Anchoviella lyolepis Beebe and Tee- Van, Zoologica, N. Y., 10 (i), 1928: 47, fig. (refs., descr., Port-au-Prince, 



Haiti; descr. based on juveniles); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 



1930: 49 (synon., Puerto Rico only). 

 Engraulis platyargyreus Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 80, 1928: 468 (St. Lucia, B.W.I.). 

 Anchovia choerostoma Nichols, N. Y. Acad. Sci., 10 (2), 1929: 205, fig. 39 (refs., diagn., Puerto Rico; S . lyolepis 



E. and M., not E. choerostoma Goode). 

 Anchoviella platyargyrea Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 49 (ref. to 



orig. descr.) ; Beebe and HoUister, Zoologica, N. Y., J9 (6), 1935: 211 (Union I., Grenadines, West 



Indies). 

 Anchoa lyolepis Hildebrand, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., 5 (2), 1943: 65, fig. 25 (synon., descr., relation., 



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



Doubtful Reference: 



Engraulis {Stolephorus) argentivittatus Regan, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (7) Jj, 1904: 257 (orig. descr.; type local. 

 Pas Penas, Jalisco, Mexico; type in BMNH). 



Anchoa filifera (Fowler) 19 15 

 Figure 43 



Study Material. At least 11 specimens, ranging between 55—75 mm TL. In addi- 

 tion to the three types from Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, 16 additional specimens from 

 Kingston, Jamaica, were examined. 



Distinctive Characters. This species in general resembles A. lyolepis, from which it 

 differs: in the produced ray of the pectoral, the fin itself being longer; the more anterior 

 position of the dorsal and anal fins; and the slightly fewer vertebrae. It differs from 



