THE FISHES OF NEVv^ JERSEY. iii 



Teeth in both jaws fine. Maxillary nearly reaching gill-opening. 

 Cheek rather broadly triangular. Interorbital space convex. 

 Gill-rakers long, 20 + 23, longest about % of orbit. Belly com- 

 pressed and slightly serrulate. Dorsal inserted nearer ba^e of 

 caudal than tip of snout. Anal begins close after dorsal and 

 its base greater than head. Caudal forked. Pectoral reaching 

 ventral, and latter half way to anal, though not to origin of 

 dorsal. Translucent, with an ill-defined narrow silvery band 

 hardly greater in width than pupil. Length 2 5^ inches. In the 

 Delaware River off Fort Delaware. 



I have many examples from the above locality and Beesley's 

 Point, where it seems to be abundant. It is also very abundant 

 in the surf at Ocean City in company with Anchovia hrozunii, 

 though never attaining to such a large size. It is also somewhat 

 brassy in color in life. 



Stolephorus mitchilU 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. 



Anchovia duodecim (Cope). 



Head 31^; depth 4; D. in, 9; A. iv, 25; scales about 35 to 

 base of caudal, and 3 more on latter ; 8 scales between dorsal and 

 anal; snout 5 J4 in head; eye 4^^ ; maxillary iVt^ interorbital 

 space 3^ ; base of dorsal 2^ ; length of depressed dorsal i J4 5 

 base of anal 1^/10 ; upper caudal lobe iVio \ l^^st depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2^ ; pectoral i^ ; ventral 2. Body rather short, deep, 

 well compressed and back a little elevated with convex profile 

 anteriorly. Head short, deep. Snout rather short, blunt and 

 little projecting. Diameter of pupil about J^ of snout. Teeth 

 fine in both jaws. Maxillary not quite reaching gill-opening. 

 Cheek rather narrowly triangular. Interorbital space convex. 

 Gill-rakers long, 17 + 19, longest equal to orbit. Belly with com- 

 pressed serrulate edge. Origin of dorsal midway between tip of 

 snout and base of caudal, base of fin entirely before beginning 

 of anal. Anal in a scaly sheath and its insertion falling a little 

 nearer base of caudal than origin of pectoral. Caudal deeply 

 forked, lobes pointed. Pectoral reaching a little beyond base of 



