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and Kendall, 1892, p. 105, pi. 21, Galveston, Tex. (differences between 

 Atlantic and Gulf menhaden regarded as slight). 

 Brcvoortia tyrannus Gunter (not of Latrobe), 1945, p. 29 (occurrence on coast 

 of Texas; habitat). 



Type material. — This species was described in Goode's revision o£ 

 this genus (1878b). The account was based on specimens from Brazos 

 Santiago, Tex., and on specimens from the "Mouth of the Rio 

 Grande." That Goode confused two species is evident from a critical 

 reading of his published data and the examination of his type material. 

 The latter now consists of four lots of specimens. The lot (U.S.N.M. 

 No. 892), containing two specimens, each 98 mm. in standard length 

 (caudal fins broken), from Brazos Santiago, Tex., was designated 





WiMm:-- 



Fig. 3.- 

 164 mm. 

 Tex. 



—Brcvoortia pair onus, based on a specimen 215 mm. in total length, 

 in standard length (U.S.N.M. No. 129810), taken off Galveston, 



"types" either by Goode or someone else. This designation seems 

 entirely proper, as Goode stated that his description was based on 

 specimens from Brazos Santiago, and in it he used only propor- 

 tions and enumerations based on these specimens as given in his 

 "Table of Measurements." Therefore, these types definitely represent 

 B. pair onus, as herein understood. There is at hand a second lot of 

 five small specimens (U.S.N.M. No. 893) also from Brazos Santiago, 

 which Goode must have seen, even though he did not specifically men- 

 tion them. These specimens, nevertheless, were recorded as "Brc- 

 voortia patromis" in the register of the Museum along with the 

 types. This lot now consists of one specimen of B. pair onus, and four 

 of B. gunteri n. sp., as herein understood. 



Another lot of nine small specimens (U.S.N.M. No. 891) collected 

 in the mouth of the Rio Grande, designated as paratypes of B. patro- 

 nus, also was examined by Goode, as he gave proportions and enu- 

 merations for three of these specimens in his tables. These specimens 



