442 Bulletin 47, United States National Museum. 



Engraulis perfasciatus, POEY, Meraorias, n, 313, 1860, Cuba; GUNTHER, Cat., vu, 391, 1868; not 

 of SWAIN, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., n, 1882, 55; not of JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 273, 

 1883. 



Stolephorus perfasciatus, SWAIN & MEEK, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 34. 



719. STOLEPHORUS EXIGCUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3f ; depth 5 ; eye 3J. D. 12 ; A. 17 ; scales 38-5. Body slender, 

 not greatly compressed and not elevated; belly compressed, serrulate; 

 head short ; opercular margin not very oblique ; cheek narrowly trian- 

 gular ; snout f eye, which is large ; maxillary about reaching opercular 

 margin, tapering to an acute point ; teeth in both jaws. Gill rakers 

 short, the longest -J- eye. Dorsal inserted midway between middle of 

 pupil and base of caudal ; pectorals not reaching ventrals. Scales cadu- 

 cous. Translucent, with dark dots ; sides with a faint silvery streak. 

 Length 2| inches. Mazatlan; not common, (exiguus, thin.) 



Slolephorus exiguus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1881, 342, Mazatlan. (Type, No. 

 28120. Coll. Gilbert.) 



720. STOLEPHORUS CUBANUS (Poey). 



(BOCON.) 



Head 5 in length with caudal; depth 6f ; eye 4. D. 14 ; A. 17. Allied to 

 S. brownii, but with the anal shorter. Body slender, compressed. Eye as 

 long as snout. Maxillary with teeth, its tip extending beyond the oper- 

 cular border. Dorsal beginning midway between front of caudal and 

 posterior edge of eye ; pectoral not quite reaching ventral. Scales cadu- 

 cous. A silvery band i depth of body. Length 2f- inches. Cuba and 

 Porto Rico. (Poey.) 



Engraulis cubanus, POEY, Synopsis, 420, 1868, Cuba. (Coll. Poey.) 



721. STOLEPHORUS PERTHECATUS, Goode & Bean. 



Head3f; depth 5; eye 3. D. 11; A. 16; scales 38. Body somewhat 

 compressed, the belly not carinated nor serrated. Eye longer than snout; 

 snout conical ; teeth minute, in both jaws ; maxillary with acute tip 

 almost reaching gill opening; gill rakers numerous, $- eye. Dorsal 

 inserted midway between center of eye and base of caudal ; pectorals 

 not quite reaching ventrals ; axillary sheaths very large, almost as long 

 as pectoral or ventral. Olivaceous, with a narrow silvery stripe, $ depth 

 of body, not half as wide as eye. Length 3f inches. Pensacola, Florida. 

 (Goode & Bean.) Apparently allied to S. perfasciatus, but the maxillary 

 longer, (perthecatus, well sheathed.) 



Slolepliorus perthecatus, GOODE & BEAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 434, Pensacola. (Type, 

 No. 30483. Coll. Stearns.) 



722. STOLEPHORUS ISCHANUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 31; depth 5. D. 13; A. 16; scales 40-7. Close to Stolepkorus 

 Iroumii, but slenderer and with fewer anal rays. Body elongate, not 

 strongly compressed or elevated ; belly compressed, its edge rounded. 

 Head long and slender ; opercular margin very oblique ; cheeks triangu- 

 lar, rather broad; teeth evident in both jaws; maxillary not quite 



