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cc. Depth 4^; eye 3>4. brownii 



bh. Developed or branched anal rays 25; lateral silvery band narrow. 



MITCHILLI 



aa. Base of dorsal entirely in front of anal. duodecim 



Anchovia eurystole (Swain and Meek). 



Head 3^/^ ; depth 6; D. 11, 10; A. 11, 18; scales 36 from 

 gill-opening to base of caudal; about 8 scales obliquely back 

 from origin of dorsal; snout 4^/9 in head; eye 4V9 5 maxillary 

 lYs', pectoral 2^; ventral 2^; height of dorsal at first 

 branched ray i % ; of anal 2 ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 3^/10. Body elongate, slender. Belly not serrated. Least depth 

 of caudal peduncle but little more than half its length. Head 

 pointed. Snout rather sharp. Eye small, not larger than snout. 

 Dorsal inserted about midway between front of eye and base of 

 caudal. Ainal begins below last dorsal rays. Caudal forked. 

 Pectoral a little more than half way to ventral, and latter same 

 to anal. Color apparently uniform. Length about i^ inches. 

 Ocean City and Longport. (Bean's figure.) 



Known from our coast by the young examples reported by 

 Dr. Bean. Provisionally the identity of this species with Bngrau- 

 lis argyrophanes Valenciennes may be questioned. 



Stolephorus eurystole Bean, Bull. U. S. F. Com., VHL 1887, 

 p. 150, PI. I, fig. I.— Smith, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XH, 1892, 

 p. 369. 



Anchovia brownii (Gmelin). 



Anchovy. 



Head ^% ; depth 4^ ; D. 11, 13 ; A. iv, 17; scales about 40 to 

 base of caudal; about 8 scales between dorsal and anal; snout 

 4J^ in head; eye 3^^ ; maxillary 1%- ; interorbital space 4; base 

 of anal 1% ; lower caudal lobe i ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2%; pectoral 17^; ventral 2%. Body elongated, compressed, 

 and not elevated. Head short. Snout long, well protruding. 

 Eye large. Teeth rather strong. Maxillary reaching beyond 

 base of mandible but not quite to gill-opening. Cheek triangular. 

 Interorbital space a little convex. Gill-rakers long, 20 + 22, 



