﻿SIX 
  SUBFAMILIES 
  OF 
  ATHERINIDAE 
  — 
  SCHULTZ 
  47 
  

  

  margins 
  ; 
  although 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  snout 
  is 
  badly 
  damaged, 
  it 
  overlaps 
  

   the 
  lower 
  jaw. 
  The 
  belly 
  is 
  rounded, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  scales 
  

   forming 
  a 
  short 
  sheath 
  anteriorly 
  along 
  anal-fin 
  base 
  opposite 
  no 
  

   more 
  than 
  the 
  first 
  seven 
  anal 
  rays. 
  The 
  following 
  counts 
  I 
  quote; 
  

   "Anal 
  21 
  rays; 
  pectoral 
  14; 
  2d 
  dorsal 
  81^^; 
  1st 
  dorsal 
  5; 
  an 
  exact 
  

   [scale] 
  count 
  impossible, 
  many 
  scales 
  are 
  missing; 
  lateral 
  line 
  60?; 
  

   vertical 
  [row] 
  under 
  1st 
  dorsal 
  11, 
  and 
  9 
  under 
  second." 
  

  

  Since 
  I 
  find 
  no 
  outstanding 
  difference 
  between 
  Kronia 
  and 
  Odon- 
  

   testhes, 
  the 
  former 
  becomes 
  a 
  synonym. 
  

  

  Genus 
  HUBBSIELIA 
  Breder 
  

  

  Huhbsiella 
  Bredee, 
  Bull. 
  Bingham 
  Oceanogr. 
  Coll., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  art. 
  3, 
  p. 
  6, 
  figs. 
  2-4, 
  

   1936 
  (genotype: 
  Menidia 
  clara 
  Evermaun 
  and 
  Jenkins=J.f7ieri»a 
  sardina 
  

   Jenkins 
  and 
  Evermann). 
  

  

  My 
  generic 
  diagnosis 
  as 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  key 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  holotype 
  

   of 
  Menidia 
  clara 
  Evermann 
  and 
  Jenkins, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  43237, 
  from 
  

   the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Guaymas, 
  and 
  on 
  one 
  other 
  specimen, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  

   123210, 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Colorado 
  Kiver. 
  In 
  addition, 
  I 
  made 
  

   an 
  incision 
  in 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Atherina 
  sardina 
  Jenkins 
  and 
  Evermann, 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  No. 
  39633, 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  air 
  bladder 
  tapers 
  to 
  a 
  

   point 
  in 
  the 
  haemal 
  canal, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  hypophyses 
  of 
  the 
  vertebrae 
  

   are 
  broadened 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  M. 
  clara. 
  There 
  are 
  54 
  scale 
  rows 
  along 
  

   the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  instead 
  of 
  45, 
  as 
  given 
  by 
  Jenkins 
  and 
  Evermann. 
  

   I 
  conclude, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  M. 
  clara 
  is 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  A. 
  sardina^ 
  both 
  

   coming 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  

  

  This 
  genus 
  is 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Leuresthes, 
  the 
  two 
  being 
  undoubt- 
  

   edly 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  phyletic 
  line. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Huhhesia 
  

   gilherfi, 
  this 
  form 
  having 
  an 
  entirely 
  different 
  air 
  bladder, 
  thus 
  being 
  

   in 
  a 
  different 
  phyletic 
  line, 
  contrary 
  to 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  Dr. 
  C. 
  L. 
  Hubbs 
  

   as 
  expressed 
  in 
  Breder's 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Hubhsiella. 
  

  

  Genus 
  BASILICHTHYS 
  Girard 
  

  

  Basilichthys 
  Giraed, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  198, 
  1854 
  (geno- 
  

   type: 
  Atherina 
  microlepidota 
  Jenyns). 
  

  

  Protistius 
  Cope, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  vol. 
  26, 
  p. 
  66, 
  1874 
  (genotype: 
  

   Protistius 
  semotilus 
  Cope) 
  (ref. 
  copied). 
  

  

  Oastropterus 
  Cope, 
  Proc. 
  Amer. 
  Philos. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  17, 
  p. 
  700, 
  1878 
  (genotype: 
  

   Oastropterus 
  archaeus 
  Cope). 
  

  

  Pisciregm 
  Abbott, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sci. 
  Philadelphia, 
  vol. 
  51, 
  p. 
  342, 
  1899 
  (geno- 
  

   type: 
  Pisciregia 
  beardsleei 
  Abbott). 
  

  

  The 
  generic 
  diagnosis 
  in 
  the 
  key 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  specimens 
  of 
  B. 
  micro- 
  

   lepidotus 
  from 
  Chile, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  other 
  species. 
  The 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   this 
  genus 
  examined 
  are 
  U. 
  S. 
  N. 
  M. 
  Nos. 
  77355, 
  77356, 
  83646, 
  84327, 
  

   and 
  84331. 
  

  

  B. 
  australis 
  Eigenmann 
  belongs 
  in 
  this 
  genus, 
  along 
  with 
  microlepi- 
  

   dotus 
  Jenyns, 
  semotilus 
  Cope, 
  heardsleei 
  Abbott, 
  and 
  archaeus 
  Cope. 
  

  

  