Ventral, which 22. In alcohol; faded dull brownish gener- 
ally. Head dull brown above, sides and iris silvery-white, 
also flanks, with boundary above from back not sharply de- 
fined and no distinct silvery latergi' band. Fins pale. 
Length 115 mm. (caudal damaged). 
It agrees in most every respect with the original ac- 
count by Kner and Steindechner and surely should in no wey 
be confused with E. ringens Jenyns or E. mordax Gunther, 
as Gunther attempted. Aside from the great disparity of 
gill-rakers in E. ringens and Anchoviella nasus the latter 
is more compressed, has a more prominent and longer snout, 
longer and more sharply pointed maxillary, shorter mandible, 
much longer pectoral, more anteriorly inserted anal and 
the ventral inserted much more anterior to the dorsal origin. 
by oy 
Engraulis mordax Girard. Pag. Me EF 
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Drawing of example from San Francisco, 
