54 



Echeneis naucrates, EiSSO., Eur. Merid., iii, 1827, 270. 



Echends Jacoioea, Lowe, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1839, p. 89; Trans. Zool. Soc. Lon- 

 don, iii, 17. 

 Echeneis pallida, Lowe, op. cit., 1839, 89 ; op. cit., iii, 16, (nee Schleg.). 

 Echeneis romoroides, Bleek., Nat. Tyds. Ned. lud., ii, 1855, Bates, 70. 

 Echeneis parva, Gronov., (1780), Syst. ed., Gray, 1854, p. 92. 

 Bemora Jacohoea, Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1862, 240; 1863, 88- 



Locality : Bay of La Paz, Lower California. 



This, along with the following species, was found on the body of a 

 large sea-devil (Ceratoptera), caught in the Gulf of California. 



ECHENEIS ALBESCENS, Schleg. [No. 17544.] 



Echeneis albescens, Schleg. Faun. Japon., Poiss., 1850, 272, 120, f. 3.— Gunther, Cat. 

 Pishes, ii, 1860, 377 ; Jour. Mus. Godefif. Heft., xi, 1876, Fische der Sudsce, Heft., 

 V, 155. — Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Nederl., vi ; New Guinea, 20. 



Number of laminsB in the disk 13-14. D. 21. A. 21. The length of 

 the disk is contained 3J to 31 times in the total length j the width be- 

 tween the pectorals is contained 5^ to 5jL times in the same. The angle 

 of the mouth is situated in the vertical from the third lamina of the disk. 

 The length of ventral fin equals the distance between the root of the 

 pectoral and the j)osterior margin of the eye. 



Lengths 7.40 ; 5.10 inches. 



Locality: Bay of La Paz, Lower California. 



ENGRAULIDID^. 



ENGRAULIS RINGENS, Jenyns [No. 12965]. 



Engraulis ringens, Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fish., 1842, 136.— Cuv. & Val., Hisfc. Nat. des 



Poiss., xxi, 1848, 27.— Gunther, Cat. Fishes, vii, 1868, 386. 

 Engraulis mordax, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 138, 154 ; P. E. E. Eep. x, 



Fishes, 1858, 334 

 Engraulis pulchellus, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 199 ; U. S. Naval 



Astroii. Exped., Zool., Fishes, 247, pi. 31, f. 5-9. 

 Engraulis nasus, Kner & SteindaChner, Sitzb. d. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien, liv,' 1866, 388, 



f. 17. 



Locality : Mare Island, California. 



