no REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



longest Yz of orbit. Belly compressed, serrulate. Dorsal in- 

 serted nearer base of caudal than tip of snout. Anal in a scaly 

 sheath, beginning about midway under dorsal. Caudal forked, 

 lobes sharp. Pectoral and ventral falling well short of succeed- 

 ing fins. Color translucent grayish with a broad silvery band 

 becoming nearly equal to orbit in width posteriorly. Orbit bright 

 silvery. Dorsal and caudal shaded marginally with a little pale 

 dusky. Length 3% inches. Ocean City. 



In life general color of the above translucent sandy-brown, and 

 back when viewed from above with a brilliant emerald streak in 

 form of reflection longitudinally. Lateral band from shoulder 

 to caudal, and head, brilliant mercury or silvery. Iris silvered 

 white. Fins pale translucent brown, caudal and base of anal 

 dusted with pale dusky. 



Found in the surf at the above locality, though less abundant 

 than the following. 



Stolephorus hrowni Bean, Bull U. S. F. Com., VII, 1887, p. 

 149. — Moore, Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 359. — Smith, 

 Bull. U. S. F. Com., XII, 1892, p. 369. 



Bngraulis vittata Baird, 9th An. Rep. Smiths Inst., 1854, p. 

 347.— Abbott, Geol. N. J., 1868, p. 822.— Verrill, Am. Nat., V, 

 1871,?. 398. 



Anchovia mitchilli (Valenciennes). 

 Sperlin. 



Sperlin. Anchovia mitchilli (Valenciennes). 



Head 4.]/%', depth 4^; D. 11, 12; A. iii, 25; scales about 

 40 to base of caudal ; 7 scales between dorsal and anal ; snour 

 4^ in 'head; eye 3; maxillary 1%; interorbital space 4j^ ; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2V10 5 pectoral i^ ; ventral 2^. 

 Body a little short, compressed. Head short, blunt, compressed. 

 Snout short, its length about equal to pupil. Eye very large. 



