HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MENHADEN. 



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Table of vieasurenients — Coutinued. 



Carreut number of specimen 

 Locality 



Extreme length 



Body : 



Greatest height 



Head : 



Greatest loDgth 



Distance from snout to nape 



Lonjith of snout from porp. from center of orbit. 



Length of operculum 



Length of niayillary 



Length of mandible 



Distance iKom snout to center of orbit 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of baao 



Origin of pectoral to origin of dorsal 



End of dorsal to end of anal 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Origin of anal to origin of dorsal 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays, superior 



inferior 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Distance of tip from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Origin of ventral to end of dorsal 



Dorsal 



Anal 



l'l,84C a. 

 Noank. 



Millim. lOOths, 



2!» 

 20 

 10 



yi 



13 



10 



49 

 19 

 35 

 25 

 10 

 6 



74 

 15 



4 



4i 

 17 

 18 



28 

 41 

 12 



52 



7 



34 



14,84(J6. 

 Koank. 



MilUm. inoths. 



34 i 



28 



"<y 



47 

 20 

 34 

 25 



9 



G 



■?2J 



IC 



37 



5 



4i 



5i 

 Itj 



20i 



28 

 43 

 15 



50 



7 

 36 



Brevoortia 

 anrea. SL C. Z. 



llio Janeiro. 



Millim. lOOtha. 



236 



n 17 

 19 



27i 

 21 



la 



ifr 



4 



Current number of specimen. 



Locality 



Extreme length 



Body: 



Greatest height 



Head : 



Greatest length 



Distance from snout to nape 



Length of snout from perp. from center of orbit 



Length of maxillary 



Length of mandible 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Anal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays, superior ? 



inferior 5 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Distance of tip from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snoiit 



Length 



Dorsal 



Anal 



B. aurea, A. 



M. C. Z. 



Sambaia. 



Thayer 

 Exp. 



Millim. lOOths 



IL17 

 20 



B. aurea, B. 



M. C. Z. 



Sambaia. 



Thayer 

 Exp. 



Millim. lOOths- 



n.l7 



Aver- 

 age. 



lOOths. 



28 



21 



09| 



13 



151 



49i 

 lOJ 

 04f 



73§ 

 05i 

 03§ 



05| 

 23§ 



29 



Hi 



15§ 



51J 



074 



