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3. Stolephorus panamensis (Steindachner) 
Engraulis panamemis Steindachner (Sitzb. k. Ak. Wiss. Wien., LXXII) Ichth. Beitr., IV, 1876, 39 (Panama). 
Stolephorus pammensis Jordan and Evermann, Bull., TJ. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1896, 448. 
Anchovia panamensis Meek and Hildebrand, Pub., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zo61. Ser., XV, 1923, 207, PI. XV, fig. 1. 
A few small specimens were seined at Triunfo. 
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4. Stolephorus rastralis (Gilbert and Pierson) 
stolephorus rastralis Gilbert and Pierson, in Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. 8. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1898, 2811 (Panama). 
Anchovia rastralis Meek and Hildebrand, Pub., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., XV, 1923, 209. 
Many specimens, which appear to belong to this species, were seined at Triunfo. 
This fish previously was recorded only from Panama. 
5. Stolephorus brevirostris (Meek and Hildebrand) 
Anchovia brevirostra Meek and Hildebrand, Pub., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., XV, 1923, 198, PI. XII, fig. 1 (Balboa, 
Panama). 
Two small specimens, which appear to belong to this species, recently described 
from the Pacific coast of Panama, were seined at Cutuco. 
Family ATHERINID^E 
6. Thyrinops pachylepis (Giinther) 
Atherinichthys pachylepis Giinther, Proc, Zool. Soe., London, 1864, 25, and Trans., Zool. Soc, London, VI, 1868, 443 (Panama). 
Menidia pachylepis Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1896, 801. 
Thyrina pachylepis Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1898, 2840; Regan, Biol. Cent. Amer., Pisces, 1907, 64. 
Kirtlandia pachylepis Gilbert and Starks, Memoir., Calif Ac. Sci., IV, 1904, 57. 
Thyrinops pachylepis Hubbs, Proc, Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila., LXIX, 1917 (1918), 307; Jordan and Hubbs, Leland Stanford, Jr., 
Univ. Pub., Univ. Ser., 1919, 62. 
Several specimens of this species were taken in Fonseca Bay at Cutuco. The 
species has previously not been recorded north of the coast of Costa Rica. The 
known range now extends from El Salvador to Ecuador. 
Family MUGILIDi?: 
7. Mugil curema (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 
Liza; Liebra ancha 
Mugil curema Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XI, 1836, 87 (Brazil; Martinique -Cuba); Jordan anJ Evermann. 
Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1896, 813, PI. CXXVI, fig. 344; Meek and Hildebrand, Pub., Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zo81. 
Ser., XV, 1923, 279. (For a more complete synonoymy and other references see the two last-mentioned works.) 
A few small specimens of this species were taken in salt water at Triunfo. 
Family POLYNEMID.^: 
8. Polynemus approximans (Lay and Bennett) 
Polynemus approximans Lay and Bennett, Zool. Beechey's Voyage, Fishes, 1849, 57 (Mazatlan); Meek and Hildebrand, Pub., 
Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Serv., XV, 1923, 290. 
Polydaciylus approximans Jordan and Evermann, Bull., U. S. Nat. Mus., XLVII, 1896, 829. 
Two small specimens were seined at Cutuco. In some localities this fish is of 
considerable commercial importance. Its range extends from California to Peru. 
