XVI. ATHERINA 



39 



numerous, the fin rays more numerous, and the head shorter. The varia- 

 tions of these characters are indicated in the following tables : 



Table of Counts and Measurements. 



Locality 



Bermudas 



iK 



U 



CO 



Nonesuch 

 Bay 



Soldier 

 Bay 



Fin rays : first dorsal 



" " second dorsal .. 



" anal 



Scales : transverse rows ... 

 " longitudinal rows 



Depth of body 



Depth of caudal peduncle... 



Length of head 



Diameter of eye 



Width of interorbital 



Length of snout 



Length to caudal, mm 



rni 



-r^ 



VI 



1,11 



1,12 



47 

 7 



6.6 

 3.4 

 4.5 

 2.7 

 2.9 

 4.0 



60 



VI 



1,10 



1,12 



44 

 7 



6.6 

 3.4 

 4.2 

 2.6 

 2.7 

 4.0 



46 



VT 



1,10 



L12 



46 



7 



6.2 

 3.5 

 4.0 

 2.6 

 2.8 

 4.0 

 43 



46b. Atherina harringtonensis araea (Jordan and Gilbert), 1884.-^*- 



(Plate III, Fig. 9) 

 Atherina ar.^a Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 7, 27, 1884; Jordan and 

 Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 47, pt. 1, 790, 186; 4, pi. 123, fig. 333, 1900; 

 Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., Ill, fig. 23. 1900; Cockerell, 

 Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 28, 151, 157, 1915. 

 Type-locality. — Key West, Florida. 

 Range. — From the Florida Keys to the Atlantic coast of Panama ; Porto Rico. 



Table of Counts and Measurements 



Locality 



Fin rays : first dorsal 



" second dorsal.... 



" anal 



Scales : transverse rows.... 

 " longitudinal rows 



Depth of body 



Depth of caudal peduncle.. 



Length of head 



Diameter of eye 



Width of interorbital 



Length of snout 



Length to caudal, mm 



Key West 



VI — 



43 

 7 



4.2 — 



2.6 — 



3.2 2.1 



3.7 — 

 38 36 



Culebra, 

 Porto 

 Rico 



VI 



1,10 



1,11 



43 

 7 



6.4 

 3.8 

 3.9 

 2.7 

 3.3 

 3.7 



50 



V 



I, 10 



L 12 

 43 



7 



6.2 



4.0 



3.7 



2.65 



3.0 



40 

 46 



Isthmus of Panama 



V 



L9 



1,11 



43 

 7 



5.65 

 3.5 

 3.9 

 2.7 

 3.1 

 4.0 



52 



V VI V 



1.10 1,10 1,10 



1.11 1,12 1,11 

 44 42 



6 



5.6 

 3.5 

 3.9 

 2.8 

 3.0 

 3.8 

 45 



43 



7 



5.6 

 3.7 

 3.8 

 2.6 

 3,0 

 4.0 

 52 



6 



5.7 

 3.6 

 4.3 

 2.65 

 3.2 

 4.0 

 46 



Locality 



doubt- 

 ful i* 



44 43' 



3.7 3.65 

 2.6 2.6 

 3.3 3.4 



3.8 3.9 

 45 41 



1* Probably Key West or Porto Rico. 



