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29, 1887; no adults were seen. A figure of the young is pub- 

 lished by Dr Bean in bulletin for 1889 of the U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, Yol. 7, pi. 3, fig. 19. The example figured was nearly 1^ 

 inches long. It has the following characters: The hight of the 

 body is one sixth of the total length without caudal ; least hight 

 of caudal peduncle one third of length of head. Head rather 

 large, two sevenths of total length without caudal, with ob- 

 tusely pointed snout which is about equal to the eye and one 

 fourth as long as the head. The maxilla does not reach to the 

 hind edge of the preopercle. Dorsal origin nearer to caudal 

 base than to tip of snout; the base of the fin as long as the long- 

 est ray and one half as long as the head. Pectoral short, three 

 sevenths as long as the head; ventrals in advance of dorsal, 

 under the 16th row of scales, the length two fifths of length of 

 head; anal origin under the end of the dorsal, anal base about 

 two thirds as long as the head and one fifth of total length with- 

 out caudal; longest anal ray one half as long as the head; cau- 

 dal fin large and deeply forked. D. ii, 10; A. ii, 18. Scales 8-38. 

 Many individuals were collected at Fire island near the end 

 of September. None were seen in other parts of the bay. 

 The species is known there as whitebait, like the other 

 anchovies. In Gravesend bay the species is not common, but 

 it occurs more frequently in bays communicating directly with 



the Atlantic. 



121 Stolephorus perfasciatus (Poey) 



Banded Anohovy 



EngrauUs perfasciatus Poey, Mem. Cuba, II, 312, 1858; Gunther, Cat. 



Fish. Brit Mus. VII, 391, 1868. 

 Stolephorus perfasciatus Swain & Meek, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 34, 1884; 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 441, 1896. 



Body elongate and not much compressed, its greatest hight 

 about one sixth of total length without caudal and two thirds 

 of length of head, its greatest thickness more than one third of 

 length of head; least hight of caudal peduncle equal to thick- 

 ness of body behind the head; head long, with pointed snout, 

 one fourth of total without caudal, snout equal to eye and two 

 ninths of length of head. The maxilla extends backward to 



