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Dorsal 17 ; situated about midway between point of snout 

 and base of caudal. Pectorals ;■( length of head. Ventrals 

 situated just in front of vertical of origin of dorsal and very 

 small, about ^ diameter of eye in length. Anal 37 ; commences 

 below posterior margin of dorsal, length of base 2^ times in 

 total length of body excluding caudal. Caudal iforked, as 

 long as the head. Scales, 16 scutes anterior to and 8 posterior 

 to ventral fins. 



Family 



ENQRAULID/E. 



Mouth very large, upper jaw projecting beyond lower. 

 Premaxillaries small, firmly joined to maxillaries, which are 

 formed of three pieces and are long and slender, extending to 

 beyond eye. Branchiostegels 7-14. PseudobranchicT present. 

 No lateral line. No adipose eyelid. This family is closely 

 allied to the Clupeidae, from which it should perhaps not be 

 separated. 



Engiaiilis holoiiou. An East Coast Anchovy. 

 ENGRAULIS, Cuvier. 



Conical snout projecting beyond very large mouth. Maxil- 

 lary extending beyond eye, but not beyond gill opening. 

 Teeth small but equal. Dorsals posterior to ventral, about 

 middle of body. Pseudobranchise present. Branchiostegels 

 9-14. Gill-rakers long and slender. Vertebrae about 48. 



Key to Species. 



Anal begins below middle of dorsal ... ... E. holodon. 



Anal begins behind dorsal ... ... ... £. Ltipeii.sis. 



Anal begins about last ray of dorsal : 



Maxillary extends to a little bevond base ot 



pectoral ... ... ... ... ... /:, 7'ifrirosfris, 



Maxillary extends to t-nd of ventral ... K. setii-ostris. 



En^'raulis holodan, Blgr. 



Boulenger, Marine Investigations in South Africa, Vol. I, 

 p. 12, 1900. 

 [C.P. 5-13.] 



