272 Memoir Sears Foundation for Marine Research 



(descr., locals., pp.434, 456); Martin, Mem. Soc. Cient. La Salle, J5, 195;: 184-188 (descr., IDs., 

 Venezuela). 



Jenkinsia stolifera Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. nat. Mas., 47 (i), 1896: 419 (descr., ref. to orig. descr.); 

 Evermann and Kendall, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1899), 1900: 55 (refs., Florida); Evermann and 

 Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. (1900), 20(1), 1902: 84 (descr., refs., Puerto Rico); Bean, B. A. in 

 Bahama Islands, Fishes, 1905: 297 (rec. from Spanish Wells); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 

 58, 1906: 81, fig. I (descr.; assoc. with anchovies; Florida Keys); Wilson, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 5J, 

 1917:79 (host of copepod, Colliparvus parvus Wilson ; Nassau, Bahamas) ; Breder, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. 

 CoU., I (l), 1927: 13 (Isle of Pines, Swan I., and Glover Reef off British Honduras); Breder, Amer. 

 Mus. Novit., 382, 1929: 1-5 (school, behav., Tortugas, Florida); Gudger, Publ. Carneg. Instn. Wash., 

 391, 1929: 156, pi. I, fig. 6 (local abund., habits, Tortugas, Florida); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, 

 Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 46 (range, ref.); Breder, Publ. Carneg. Instn. Wash., 435, 

 1932: 8 (fed on by needlefish, Strongylura; Tortugas, Florida); Gowanloch, BuU. La. Conserv. Dep., 

 23> 1933- 214 (in great schools, Gulf of Mexico; but no records for Gulf coast north of extremes 

 Florida, therefore, apparently not of Louisiana fauna). 



Spratelloides lamprotaenia Bertin, BuU. Inst, oceanogr. Monaco, 853, 1943 : 17 (diagn., revision). 



False References: 



Jenkinsia stolifera Nichols (not of Jordan and Gilbert), Proc. biol. Soc. Wash., JJ, 1920: 63 (Stolephorus 



viridis in synon., Bermuda). 

 Jenkinsia lamprotaenia Beebe and Tee-Van (not of Gosse), Field Bk. Shore Fish. Bermuda, 1933: 37, fig. 



(field char., diagn., distr.) ; Beebe and Tee- Van, Zoologica, N. Y., JJ (7), 1933: 136 (refs., Stolephorus 



viridis and J . stolifera in synon., Bermuda); Hollister (not of Gosse), Zoologica, N. Y., 21 (4), 1936: 



276, figs. 40-44 (caudal skel.). 



Jenkinsia viridis (T. H. Bean) 19 12 



Bermuda Herring, Dwarf Herring, Green Fry 



Figure di. 



Study Material. A total of 19 specimens, 42-58 mm TL, 32-48 mm SL, as fol- 

 lows: 4 "types," from Bermuda, presumably from Hamilton, USNM 74084; the holo- 

 type, USNM 100546; and 14 paratypes of Jenkinsia bermudana Rivas, Grampus St. 

 10178, off Bermuda, 32°2o'N, 64°2i'W. 



Distinctive Characters. See Relationships (p. 273) and Key to Species (p. 268). 



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

 based on study specimens, 32—48 mm SL. 



Body: depth 1 5-1 7.5. Pectoral jin: length 14-16. 



Caudal peduncle: depth 6.7-8.2. Distance from snout to origin of: dorsal 



Head: length 25-27. 44.5-50. 



Snout: length 6.7-8.5. 



Eye: diameter 7.0-9.0. Scales: about 39-42, generally lost in 



Interorbital: width 3.6-4.75. preserved specimens. 



Maxillary: length 9.4-10.8. Gill rakers: i1-2,o on lower limb. 



Mandible: length 11. 6-13. 5. Fin rays: dorsal 9-14; anal 14-16; pec- 



Anal fin: length of base 12—14. toral 12—14. 



Pelvic fin: length 12-15. Vertebrae: 40 (i specimen). 



