Little Anchovy 



It is locally very abundant and is, as its name indicates, a most 

 delicate little food-fish. 



Head 4^; depth 4f; D. 13; A. 23; scales 40. Head short, 

 nearly as deep as long; eye large, much longer than the blunt snout 

 which projects considerably beyond the lower jaw; gillrakers 

 numerous, slender, nearly as long as eye; maxillary reaching past 

 root of mandible; lower lobe of caudal the longer; dorsal inserted 

 midway between base of caudal and front of eye. Colour, very 

 pale olivaceous, translucent, with some dark points, and a silvery 

 lateral band not as wide as eye. 



Little Anchovy 



Anchovia mitchilli (Cuvier & Valenciennes) 



This small fish reaches a length of but 2 to 2\ inches and is 

 the smallest species of anchovy on our coast. It is found from 

 Cape Cod to Texas and is generally abundant on sandy shores 

 and in river-mouths. It is one of the species entering into the 

 composition of "whitebait." 



Head 3^; depth 4; eye 3; D. 14; A. 25 or 26; scales 37. 

 Body rather short and deep, strongly compressed, the belly com- 

 pressed and slightly serrated; head short, compressed and bluntish; 

 snout very short, not longer than pupil; eye very large; maxil- 

 lary about reaching edge of opercle; teeth in each jaw; cheek 

 broadly triangular, almost equilateral, smaller than eye; opercle short, 

 oblique; gillrakers rather long; dorsal inserted midway between 

 caudal and middle of eye; anal very long; scales thin, caducous. 

 Colour, translucent whitish, the sides silvery with an ill-defined 

 narrow silvery band scarcely wider than pupil; fins rather yellowish ; 

 many dark dots on fins "and body. 



Sardina Bocona 



Anchovia mactolepidota (Kner & Steindachner) 



This anchovy occurs from the Gulf of California to Panama and 

 is very abundant about Guaymas where it is often cast up dead 

 on the beach in great numbers. It is one of the largest anchovies, 

 reaching a length of 7 or 8 inches. 



Head 3!; depth 3; D. 15; A, 28 to 30; scales 35, -9. Body very 

 short and deep, both dorsal and ventral outlines strongly arched; head 

 \ longer than deep; snout very short, not longer than pupil and not 



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