﻿SIX 
  SUBFAMILIES 
  OF 
  ATHERINIDAE 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  

  

  21 
  

  

  rakers 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  ; 
  ascending 
  premaxillary 
  process 
  long, 
  slender, 
  

   spinelike, 
  reaching 
  far 
  into 
  the 
  interorbital 
  space 
  ; 
  lips 
  fused 
  at 
  rear 
  

   corner 
  of 
  mouth 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  their 
  lengths 
  ; 
  anus 
  far 
  in 
  advance 
  

   of 
  anal 
  origin; 
  maxillary 
  reaching 
  to 
  under 
  front 
  of 
  eye. 
  

  

  McCulloch 
  and 
  Waite 
  (Rec. 
  South 
  Australian 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  1, 
  No. 
  1, 
  

   p. 
  41, 
  1918) 
  redescribed 
  Taeniomembras 
  tamarensis 
  (Johnson, 
  Proc. 
  

   Eoy. 
  Soc. 
  Tasmania, 
  1882 
  [1883], 
  p. 
  122, 
  and 
  1890 
  [1891], 
  p. 
  34). 
  

   These 
  descriptions 
  and 
  12 
  specimens 
  taken 
  at 
  Schouten 
  Island, 
  and 
  

   another 
  lot 
  of 
  six 
  from 
  Oyster 
  Bay, 
  both 
  Tasmania, 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  

  

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  Figure 
  2. 
  — 
  Diagrammatic 
  sketches 
  of 
  the 
  premaxlllaries 
  Oi 
  certain 
  species 
  of 
  Atherinidae: 
  

   A, 
  Hepseiia'rissoi 
  (Cuvier 
  and 
  Valenciennes), 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  Nos. 
  10088 
  and 
  

   121859 
  from 
  Europe, 
  Bonaparte 
  collection; 
  B, 
  Stenaiherina 
  temminckii 
  (Blceker), 
  based 
  

   on 
  U.S.N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  136763 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines; 
  C, 
  Hepseiia 
  boyeri 
  (Risso), 
  based 
  on 
  

   U.S.N. 
  M. 
  Nos. 
  2942 
  and 
  48366 
  from 
  Europe, 
  Bonaparte 
  collection; 
  D, 
  Allaiietta 
  area 
  

   (Jordan 
  and 
  Gilbert), 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  89597 
  from 
  Cuba; 
  E, 
  Pranesus 
  insularum 
  

   (Jordan 
  and 
  Evermann), 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  51169 
  from 
  Hawaii; 
  F, 
  Atherina 
  

   hepsetus 
  Linnaeus, 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  Nos. 
  10157, 
  45535, 
  and 
  48365 
  from 
  Europe; 
  

   G, 
  Atherion 
  elymus 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Starks, 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  49812, 
  paratypes 
  from 
  

   Japan. 
  

  

  