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34. Stolephorus perfasciatus (Poey). 
Head 4; depth 6; eye 3.7; snout 4.4; maxillary 1.5; mandible 1.5; interorbital 4.2; D. 12 to 15; 
A. 14 to 16; scales about 40,-7. Body very slender, the back wide, t he belly compressed to a rather 
trenchant keel with weak serrulations; snout shorter than eye, pointed, and considerably projecting; 
top of head with a slight median ridge; maxillary rounded at end, shorter than in the other species, 
reaching not quite to edge of preopercle; front of anal under last rays of dorsal. 
Color much as in S. broumii, the lateral band nearly as wide as eye, in spirits its upper edge bor- 
dered with dark. 
Florida Keys to Cuba, Porto Rico, and Jamaica; common; 15 specimens, 2.75 to 4 inches long, 
from Aguadilla. 
Engraulis perfasciatus Poey, Memorias, II, 313, 1861, Cuba. 
Stolephorus perfasciatus, Jordan & Evermann, 1. c., 141, 1896. 
35. Stolephorus cubanus (Poey). 
Head 5 in length, with caudal; depth 6.66; eye 4; D. 14; A. 17. Allied to S. broumii, but with 
anal shorter. Body slender, compressed. Eye as long as snout. Maxillary with teeth, its tip extend- 
ing beyond opercular border. Dorsal beginning midway between front of caudal and posterior edge of 
eye; pectoral not quite reaching ventral. Scales caducous. A silvery band one-fourth depth of body. 
Length 2.75 inches. Cuba and Porto Rico. Not seen by us; included on authority of Poey and Stahl. 
Engraulis cubanus Poey, Synopsis, 420, 1868, Cuba; Poey, Fauna Puerto-Riquena, 344, 1881; Stahl, 1. c., 80 and 166, 1883. 
Stolephorus cubanus, Jordan & Evermann, 1. c., 442, 1896. 
36. Stolephorus brownii (Gmelin) . Striped Anchovy; Manjua. 
Head 3.7; depth 4.9; eye 3.5; snout 4.6; maxillary 1.1; mandible 1.4; interorbital 4.3; D. 13 to 
15; A. 20 to 23; pectoral 2; ventral 2.8; caudal 1.6; scales 38,-7. Body slender but little compressed, 
not elevated, the dorsal outline nearly straight, the belly compressed to a not very trenchant edge; 
scales deciduous; snout much projecting, shorter than eye, maxillary reaching nearly to gill-opening; 
teeth long and slender, on both maxillary and lower jaw; dorsal and anal with a low basal sheath; 
front of dorsal nearer base of caudal than snout. 
Translucent in life, with a very distinct and well-defined silvery lateral band, usually narrower 
than eye; on the caudal peduncle just before the end of the band it is slightly narrower than in the 
rest of its course. 
Cape Cod to Brazil. The most abundant of the American anchovies; abundant in Porto Rico; 
33 examples, from Palo Seco, Mayaguez, Puerto Real, Hucares, Isabel Segunda, and Fajardo. 
Piquitinga, Marcgrave, Hist. Bras., 159, 1648, Brazil. 
Menidia, Browne, Hist. Jamaica, 441, 1756, Jamaica. 
Atherina brownii Gmelin, Syst. Nat., 1397, 1788, Jamaica; after Browne. 
Esox epsetus Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 175, 1788, Jamaica; after Browne. 
Engraulis lemniscatus Cuvier, Rogue Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, 323, 1829, Brazil; after Piquitinga of Maregrave. 
Engraulis tricolor Agassiz, Pise. Brasil., 51, 1829, Bahia; Parti. 
Engraulis piquitinga Agassiz, Pise. Brasil., pi. 23, fig. 1, 1829, Bahia; Pari; same type as tricolor. 
Argentina menidia Gronow, Cat., 141, 1854, Jamaica; after Browne. 
Stolephorus liiulcus Goode & Bean, Proe. U. S. N. M. 1879 (March 25, 1880), 343, Clearwater Harbor, Fla. 
Stolephorus brownii, Jordan & Evermann, 1. e., 443, 1896. 
37. Stolephorus chcerostomus (Goode). Hog-moutli Fry. 
Head 3.5; depth 5.3; eye 4.6; snout 4.6; D. 13; A. 23; scales 38. Snout projecting much beyond 
lower jaw, which just passes vertical from front of eye; eye as long as snout. Maxillary tapering, 
reaching gill-opening. Gillrakers 10 -f- 25, as long as eye. Dorsal inserted before middle of body; anal 
under middle of body; pectoral reaching front of ventrals; scales large. 
Brownish, with a lateral silvery band, as broad as eye. 
This species reaches a length of 2.75 inches. Heretofore known only from Hamilton Harbor, 
Bermuda Islands. Apparently common about Porto Rico, specimens having been obtained by us at 
Hucares, Puerto Real, and Fajardo. 
Engraulis chcerostomus Goode, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, August, 1874, 125, Bermudas. 
Stolephorus chcerostomus, Jordan & Evermann, l.c., 444, 1896. 
