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black, most distinct above lateral line; a series of 12 narrow dark vertical bands about as wide as pupil 
and as high as eye; an irregular black streak along middle of side; dorsal tipped with dusky, the first 
membrane black; a black line and a few chromatophores along each anal ray; a black line from anal 
to caudal; chin dusky; pectoral, ventral, and belly colorless. 
SYNGNAT1IID/E. 
Doryrliamplius lineatus (Valenciennes). M. 
Two specimens from the Rio San .Tuan below the ford. 
ATHERINI1DE. 
Atherina evermanni Eigenmann, new species. * 
Type No. 9657, Inch Univ. Mus., 45 mm., from San Cristobal. Cotypes, 35 specimens, 36 to 
50 mm., from San Cristobal, and 5 specimens, 28 to 38 mm. long, from Pinar del Rio. 
D. v— i, 9-11; A. i, 12 to 15; head 3.5 to 4; depth 4.5 to 5; scales 32; head rather pointed; mouth 
oblique, the lower jaw projecting; maxillary reaching a little beyond front of eye; eye 2.75 in head, 
equal to distance from tip of snout to anterior margin of pupil; little wider than interorbital; teeth 
minute; spinous dorsal inserted behind tijas of ventrals, its origin equidistant from tip of snout and 
middle caudal rays, or a little nearer caudal; caudal peduncle very slender, its least depth less than- 
Fig. 9. Atherina evermanni Eigenmann, new species. 
length of eye; caudal little less than length of head; anal inserted in advance of origin of dorsal; ven- 
trals small, not reaching anal ; pectoral reaching tips of ventrals; a conspicuous lateral band most 
intense on caudal peduncle, gradually fading out under pectoral; region above this in all cases thickly 
peppered with black cells, most thickly so along median line; region below this in many cases 
similarly but less intensely spotted; lower side of head and breast white; ventrals nearly free from 
pigment; ail the other fins with pigment, cells of greater or less intensity along the rays. This species 
is readily distinguishable from the other species of Atherina by the smaller number of scales. 
I take pleasure in naming this species for Dr. Barton Warren Evermann, in recognition of his 
valuable work on the fishes of the West Indies, especially his work on the fishes of Porto Rico. 
