Jordan and Evcrmann. Fishes of North America. 445 



very long, as long as snout. Maxillary shorter than in S. broivnii, not reach- 

 ing quite to the base of the mandible. 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, 

 half wider than the eye, bordered above by a dusky streak. Length 4 

 inches. Gulf Stream ; occasional northward ; here described from a speci- 

 men from Woods Holl, Mass., the type of S. eury stole, which seems to be 

 identical with the type of Stolepkonu aryyrophanus, examined by us in 

 Paris, (upyupof, silver; <j>aivu, to show.) 



Einjntidis itnjyrophaitus, CuviER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xxi, 49, 1848, Equatorial 



Atlantic. 



Stolepho-nis eury&tole, SWAIN & MEKK, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1884, 34, Woods Holl, Mass. 

 Stolephorus perfascialus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 273, 1883; not of POET. 



728. STOLEPHORUS CURTUS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 4i; depth 4; eye 2| to 3J. D. 11; A. 22 or 23; scales 35-5. 

 Body compressed and deep, the upper and lower outlines little arched ; 

 belly before ventrals sharply compressed, serrulate. Head short and 

 deep, the snout blunt, not produced ; maxillary not quite reaching gill 

 opening, ending in a sharp point ; each jaw with minute teeth. Oper- 

 cle shortish; cheeks broadly triangular. Gill rakers about eye, which 

 is large. Dorsal inserted midway between middle of pupil and base of 

 caudal ; caudal short, the lower lobe longer ; pectorals very short, barely 

 reaching ventrals; scales thin, caducous. Translucent, with yellow 

 shades and dark dots; sides with a faint diffuse silvery streak. Length 

 2 inches. Mazatlan; abundant in the muddy estuary, (curtus, short.) 



Stolephorus curtus, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. MUB., 1881, 343, Mazatlan. (Type, No. 

 29242. Coll. Gilbert.) 



729. STOLEPHORUS POEYI (Kner & Steindachner). 



Head 4|; depth 4; eye 3 to 4. D. 16; A. 23 or 24; scales 42. Body 

 deep and compressed, the outlines not arched; snout short, bluntish, 

 little projecting ; eye moderate ; both jaws with small teeth ; maxillary 

 moderate, extending little beyond joint of mandible; operclee short. 

 Front of dorsal nearer base of caudal than tip of snout ; pectorals rather 

 long, not reaching ventrals; ventrals small. Scales deciduous. Green- 

 ish, sides silvery, with no distinct lateral, band. Rio Bayano, near 

 Panama. (Kner & Steindachner.) (Named for Felipe Poey, the ichthy- 

 ologist of Cuba, for nearly a half century professor of zoology in the 

 University of Havana.) 



Engraulis poeyi, KNER & STEINDACHNER, Abh. Bayer, Ak. Wiss., x, 1864, 23, with plate, Rio 

 Bayano; GUNTHER, Cat., VH, 392, 1868. 



730. STOLEPHORUS OPERCULARIS, Jordan & Gilbert. 



Head 3; depth 3 to 4 ; eye 4 ; D. (injured in specimen examined) ; A. 20 

 to 24; scales 39. Body elliptical, short, and moderately compressed ; dor- 

 sal outline evenly curved ; belly compressed, not trenchant. Head large, 

 compressed, the snout bluntish, projecting beyond lower jaw ; maxillary 



