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below a line from shoulder to upper base of caudal silvery; some golden on snout and behind eye; no 
lateral band. 
This species has a general resemblance to Stolepliorus produclus, but is unquestionably distinct 
from it; the anal is much shorter and inserted farther back, the body is deeper, the eye larger, and 
the snout longer. It is very close to Stolepliorus gilberti, differing chiefly in the larger eye, in the color 
of back, and in the somewhat less sharply compressed belly. One specimen, the type (No. 49360, U. S. 
N. M.), 4.5 inches long, collected at Puerto Real, January 27, 1899. 
Stolepliorus garmani Evermann & Marsh, Report U. S. F. C. 1899 (December 19, 1899), 352, Puerto Real, Porto Rico. 
40. Stolephorus gilberti Evermann & Marsh. 
Head 3.25; depth 3.4; eye 4; snout 6; maxillary 1.7; mandible 1.7; interorbital 4.9; D. 15; A. 23; 
pectoral 2.1; ventral 3.5; caudal 1.3; scales 42-9. 
Body comparatively deep and strongly compressed, belly trenchant, without serrations; snout 
thick, much projecting; maxillary reaching nearly to root of mandible, scarcely serrate; eye moderate; 
tip of lower jaw reaching vertical from front of eye; distance from lower posterior angle of cheek to 
vertical from posterior margin of opercle much less than from same point to eye; dorsal inserted far 
in advance of anal, just behind insertion of ventrals, midway between anterior edge of eye and base 
of caudal. 
Color in spirits: Back light-olivaceous with dark punctulations; rest of body below a line from 
shoulder to upper base of caudal, silvery; faint traces of golden behind eye; no lateral band. 
This species is very close to Stolephorus garmani, differing chiefly in the much smaller eye, the 
more uniform color of the back, the somewhat more sharply compressed belly, and the more nearly 
entire maxillary. One specimen, the type (No. 49359, U. S. N. M. ), 4.5 inches long, collected at Palo 
Seco, near San Juan, January 13, 1899, associated with S. producing, with which species both S. gilberti 
and S. garmani Evermann A Marsh are allied. 
Stolephorus gilberti Evermann & Marsh, Report U. S. F. C. 1899 (December 19), 352, Palo Seco, Porto Rico. 
41. Stolephorus productus (Poey) . Hecliudo; Grubber Broad-head. 
Head 3.6; depth 3.7; eye 3.9; snout 7; maxillary 1.3; mandible 1.4; interorbital 4.6; D. 13; A. 
31 to 33; pectoral 1.75; ventral 3.3; caudal 1.1; scales 43-8. 
Body elongate, not elevated, strongly compressed, belly not rounded; head small, broadest above, 
the pointed snout projecting beyond mouth; eye large, much greater than length of snout, placed high 
and well forward; mouth very wide, maxillary very long and thin, reaching to or beyond root of 
mandible nearly to gill-opening, ending in a point; dentition very weak, edge of maxillary being 
minutely serrate, no teeth in lower jaw; fins small, pectoral inserted under gill-opening, ventral very 
small, anal long and low, caudal deeply forked; dorsal and anal with a basal sheath of scales; no 
lateral line; scales large, somewhat deciduous. 
