GILBERT AND STARKS — FISHES OF PANAMA BAY 



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Measurements in Hundredths of Length -icithout Caudal. 



Lcntjih in mm., from tip of snout to base of 

 caudal 



Head from tip of snout 



Depth 



Orbit 



Insertion ventral spine from tip of snout 



Spinous dorsal from snout 



Soft dorsal from snout 



Length of pectoral 



Longest dorsal ray 



Longest anal ray 



Number of dorsal rays and spines 



Number of anal rays and spines 



Number of scales 



290 



31 



i3i 

 51 

 41 



44 

 70,\ 



13 

 \\\ 

 xo\ 

 v-1,9 

 11,8 



HO 



Family POLYNEMID^. 

 121. Polydactylus approximans {Tjay I: Bennett). 



Common but much less abundant than P. operculnrix, and much less valuable 

 than the latter as a food-fish. 



Measurements in Hundredths of Length without Caudal. 



Length in mm 



Head 



Depth 



Maxillary 



Spinous dorsal from snout 



Distance from front of spinous dorsal to soft dorsal.. 



Length of pectoral 



Longest detached ray 



Longest dorsal spine 



Longest dorsal ray — 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Scales 



205 

 32 

 29 



14 



39 

 27 

 28 



39 

 22 

 20 

 viii-1,12 

 III, 14 

 62 



