Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 



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

 based on study specimens, 84 and 63 mm SL, respectively. 



Body: depth 25, 22.2. 

 Head: length 22.7, 23.8. 

 Snout: length 3.2, 3.7. 

 Eye: diameter 6.9, 7.1. 

 Postorbital: distance 10.7, 11. 

 Maxillary: length 16.4, 15. 

 Mandible: length 16.4, 15.8. 



Anal fin: length of base 23.8, 23.8. 

 Pectoral fin: length 16.3, 15.8. 



Scales: ca. 38. 



Gill rakers: 17 + 19 right side, 18+20 



left side; 17 + 19 both sides. 

 Fin rays: dorsal 14, 15; anal 25, 23; 



pectoral 12 (?), 14. 



Body rather robust, its depth 4.0, 4.5 in SL. Head 4.4, 4.2 in SL, its 

 depth nearly equal to its length without snout. Snout extending about half of its 



Figure 50. Anchoviella lepidentostole, type specimen, 96 mm TL, from "Surinam," ANSP 1346, modified 

 after Fowler (191 1 : 214, fig. 3). Drawn by Alice C. Mullen. 



length beyond mandible, 7.0, c^.c^ in head. Eye '^.'}^., 3.3. Postorbital part of head 

 2.1, 2.15 in head. Maxillary not quite square distally, scarcely reaching joint of 

 mandible, 1.4, 1.6 in head. Mandible 1.35, 1.5. Cheek as long as eye, the posterior 

 angle about 50°. 



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

 a little nearer to caudal base than to tip of snout. Anal originating under middle of 

 dorsal base, its base 4.2, 4.2 in SL. Pelvic reaching scarcely halfway to anal, inserted 

 a little nearer to anal origin than to pectoral base. Pectoral failing to reach pelvic by 

 diameter of pupil, 1.45, 1.5 in head. Axillary scale of pectoral failing to reach tip 

 of fin by half of diameter of pupil, 2.0, 2.15 in head. 



Color. In alcohol, brown. Lower parts silvery. Silvery lateral band strikingly 

 prominent, much wider than eye. 



Range. Known only from "Surinam." 



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