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120 Stolephorus argyrophanus (Cuv. & Val.) 

 Silvery Anchovy 



Engraulis argyrophanus OUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss. XXI r 



49, 1848. 

 Stolephorus perfasciatus JO&DAN & GILBERT, Bull. 16, U.S. Nat. Mus. 273, 1883, 



not Engraulis perfasciatus Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 312, 1858. 

 Stolephorus eury stole SWAIN & MEEK, Proc. Ac. Nat Sci. Phila. 34, 1884 ; 



BEAN, Bull. U. S. F. C. VII, 150, pi. Ill, fig. 19, 1888. 

 Stoleplicxrus argyrophanus JORDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



444, 1806; BEAN, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 337, 1897; SMITH, BulL 



U. S. F. C. XVII, 92, 1898. 



Body elongate, much more slender than in S. b r o w n i i , 

 and not so much compressed; head not so deep as in S. 

 brownii, more pointed, the snout rather sharp; eye rather 

 small, four and one half in head, not larger than snout; maxil- 

 lary teeth well developed, mandibulary teeth very slender; gill 

 rakers very long, as long as the eye; maxillary shorter than in 



5. b r o w n i, not reaching quite to the base of the mandible ; 

 belly slightly compressed, not serrated. Scales very deciduous. 

 Ventrals short, very slightly in front of dorsal; caudal peduncle 

 long and slender; dorsal inserted scarcely nearer caudal than 

 snout. Silvery stripe broad, naif wider than the eye, bordered 

 above by a dusky streak. Head three and four fifths; depth 



6. D. 12; A. 20. Length 4 inches. West 'indies; occasional 

 northward. A specimen in our collection from Woods Hole 

 Mass. (After Jordan and Gilbert) 



The types of this species were obtained by Kuhl and Van 

 Hasselt in the equatorial Atlantic. Cuvier and Valenciennes,, 

 in their original description 1 of the fish, contrast it with S. 

 b r o w n i and others, from which it is distinguished by its form 

 and by other characters. 



It has the body longer and slenderer; the cleft of the mouth 

 more oblique; the pectoral and anal much shorter; the teeth 

 excessively small. B. 11; D. 15; A. 17. The color is blue, more 

 pronounced on the back than on the belly. A silvery band run- 

 ning along the sides. Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Young individuals were seined at Ocean City N. J. Aug. 1, 

 1887; again at Longport N, J. numerous young were taken Aug. 



1 Hist. Nat. Poiss. 1848. 21:49. 



