﻿SIX 
  SUBFAMILIES 
  OF 
  ATHERINIDAE 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  Thyrina 
  meeki 
  Miller, 
  paratypes, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  Nos. 
  73935, 
  73954-73956, 
  73965. 
  

  

  Kirtlandia 
  leant 
  Meek 
  and 
  Hildebrand, 
  holotype, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  79741, 
  and 
  

   paratypes, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  79740. 
  

  

  Thyrina 
  evermanni 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Culver, 
  a 
  paratype, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  47494. 
  

  

  Thyrina 
  crystallina 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Culver, 
  3 
  paratypes, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  47440. 
  

  

  Melaniris 
  Sardinia 
  Meek, 
  15 
  paratypes, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  133087, 
  were 
  sent 
  on 
  ex- 
  

   change, 
  by 
  the 
  Chicago 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum, 
  

  

  Seven 
  specimens 
  of 
  Thyrlnops 
  colombiensis 
  (Hubbs), 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  

   Nos. 
  79240, 
  120135, 
  and 
  120223, 
  from 
  Colombia, 
  Pacific 
  side, 
  are 
  re- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  this 
  genus. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  examined 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  A 
  therinichthys 
  guate- 
  

   malensis 
  Giinther 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  type 
  locality 
  in 
  Guatemala 
  collected 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Miller, 
  and 
  that 
  species 
  belongs 
  in 
  this 
  genus. 
  One 
  speci- 
  

   men 
  had 
  18 
  + 
  19 
  vertebrae. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  before 
  me 
  the 
  specimen, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  116395, 
  from 
  Old 
  

   Harbor, 
  Jamaica, 
  taken 
  along 
  with 
  Agonostomus 
  monticola^ 
  and 
  pos- 
  

   sibly 
  from 
  fresh 
  water 
  that 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  chagresi 
  but 
  is 
  less 
  

   slender. 
  I 
  hesitate 
  to 
  describe 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  subspecies 
  since 
  the 
  specimen 
  

   is 
  not 
  in 
  a 
  good 
  state 
  of 
  preservation 
  and 
  relationsliips 
  are 
  too 
  close 
  for 
  

   description 
  and 
  naming 
  without 
  a 
  larger 
  series. 
  

  

  Figure 
  4. 
  — 
  Diagrammatic 
  sketches 
  of 
  the 
  premaxillaries 
  of 
  certain 
  species 
  of 
  Atherinidae, 
  

   dentition 
  omitted: 
  A, 
  Austromenidia 
  regia 
  (Humboldt), 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  77293 
  

   from 
  Lota. 
  Chile; 
  B, 
  Lahidesthes 
  sicculus 
  (Cope), 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  108574 
  from 
  

   Alabama; 
  C, 
  Xenovielaniris 
  hrasiliensis 
  (Quoy 
  and 
  Gaimard), 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  

   100901 
  from 
  Brazil; 
  D, 
  Leuresthes 
  tenuis 
  (Avers), 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  59473 
  from 
  

   California; 
  E, 
  Adenops 
  analis, 
  new 
  species, 
  based 
  on 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  121823, 
  paratypes 
  

   from 
  Venezuela. 
  

  

  