LTCENGEAULIS.— CHANOS. 179 



3. LYCENGRAULIS, Gunth., 1868. 



Lycengraidis, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 399 (1868); Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 

 1896, p. 451. 



Two species from the coasts of Panama and South America. 



1. Lycengraulis poeyi. 



Enyraulis poeyi, Kner & Steind. Abliandl. Bayern. Ak. x. 1864, p. 23, t. 3. fig. 3\ 

 Stolephorus poeyi, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 445'. 

 Lycengraulis poeyi, Gilb. & Starks, Mem. Calif. Ac. iv. 1904, p. 49'. 

 Hub. Panama ^, Eio Bayano ^. 



Total length 208 ram. 



4. ANCHOVIA, Jord. & Everm., 189G. 

 Jnchovia, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 449. 

 A single species. 



1. Anchovia macrolepidota. 



Engrmdis macrolepidotus, Kner & Steind. Abhandl. Bayern. Ak. x. 1864, p. 21, t. 3. fig. 2'. 

 Anchovia macrolepidota, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 449". 



Hah. Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America, entering rivers : 

 Mexico, Guaymas ^ ; Panama, E,i() Bayano i. 



Total length 200 mm. 



Fam. 3. CHANID^. 



This family includes a single genus with 3 or 4 species, marine fishes of the Indo- 

 Pacific. 



1. CHANGS, Lacep., 1803. 



Clmios, Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 473 (1868); Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, 



p. 414. 



Body elongate or ovate, compressed, covered with small cycloid scales. Lateral line complete, straight. Head 

 naked ■ mouth small, terminal, toothless ; gill-membranes broadly united ; an adipose eyelid. Dorsal fin 

 short, in the middle of the length of the fish, above the ventrals ; anal fin short ; caudal deeply forked. 



1. Chanos salmoneus, Bl. Schn., 1801. 



Chanos salmoneus, GiAnth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 473 (1868). 



Chanos chanos (Forsk.), Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 414, and 1900, 



fig. 182. 

 Hah. Indian and Pacific Gceans, entering rivers. 



Specimens of this large silvery fish in the British Museum are from brackish lakes 

 at Chiapam in Guatemala. 



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