niSTOEY OF THE AMERICAN MENHADEN. 



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Table of measurements — Coutinned. 



Current number of specimen 

 Locality 



14,846 a. 

 Noank. 



14,e4i;&. 

 Noauk. 



Brovoortia 

 aurea. M. C. Z. 



Eio Janeiro. 



Millini. lOOtbs. 



Millim. lOOths, 



Millim. lOOtlis. 



Extreme length 



Body : 



Greatest hoiglit 



Head : 



Greatest length 



Distance from snout to nape 



Length of suout from porp. from center of orbit 



Length of operculum 



Length of marihary , 



Length of mandible 



Distance from snout to center of orbit , 



Dorsal : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Origin of pectoral to origin of dorsal 



End of dorsal to end of "anal 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last; ray 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Origin of anal to origin of dorsal 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external fays, superior : 



interior 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Distance of tip from snou.t 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length '. 



Origin of ventral to end of dorsal 



Dorsal 



Anal 



156 



29 

 20 

 10 



13' 

 14i 

 10" 



49 

 19 



;i5 



25 

 10 

 6 



74 

 15 

 3C,V 



4 



4\ 

 17" 



18 



28 

 41 

 12 



52 



7 



34 



341 



28 



47 

 20 

 34 

 25 



9 



6 



72* 



16" 



37 



5 



41 



51 

 16" 

 20i 



28 

 43 

 15 



50 



7 



36 



II 17 



19 



35 



27i 



21 



10 



28 

 42 

 15 



49 



8 



