THE FISHES OF NEW JERSEY. 109 
cc. Depth 434; eye 3%. BROWNILI 
bb. Developed or branched anal rays 25; lateral silvery band narrow. 
MITCHILLI 
aa. Base of dorsal entirely in front of anal. DUODECIM 
Anchovia eurystole (Swain and Meek). 
Feadi3025) depth 637 Dr m0; “Ay m, wes \vscales: 367\from 
gill-opening to base of caudal; about 8 scales obliquely back 
from origin of dorsal; snout 41/, in head; eye 4'/); maxillary 
1%; pectoral 2%; ventral 234; height of dorsal at first 
branched ray 154; of anal 2; least depth of caudal peduncle 
31/19. Body elongate, slender. Belly not serrated. Least depth 
of caudal peduncle but little more than half its length. Head 
pointed. Snout rather sharp. Eye small, not larger than snout. 
Dorsal inserted about midway between front of eye and base of 
caudal. Anal: begins below last dorsal rays. Caudal forked. 
Pectoral a little more than half way to ventral, and latter same 
to anal. Color apparently uniform. Length about 13¢ inches. 
Ocean City and Longport. (Bean’s figure.) 
Known from our coast by the young examples reported by 
Dr. Bean. Provisionally the identity of this species with Engrau- 
lis argyrophanes Valenciennes may be questioned. 
Stolephorus eurystole Bean, Bull. U. S$. F. Com., VIII, 1887, 
eetso. fib he t—suntn, Ball. Uso Com: cll  Ts92; 
p. 369. 
Anchovia brownii (Gmelin). 
Anchovy. 
Head 356; depth 434; D. 11, 13; A. Iv, 17; scales about 40. to 
base of caudal; about 8 scales between dorsal and anal; snout 
4% in head; eye 3%; maxillary 114; interorbital space 4; base 
of anal 1%; lower caudal lobe 1; least depth of caudal peduncle 
2%%; pectoral 134; ventral 224. Body elongated, compressed, 
and not elevated. Head short. Snout long, well protruding. 
Eye large. Teeth rather strong. Maxillary reaching beyond 
base of mandible but not quite to gill-opening. Cheek triangular. 
Interorbital space a little convex. Gill-rakers long, 20 + 22, 
