7J Vol. 43, pp. 145-148 September 26, 1930 PROCEEDINGS OF THE y^ g^jj ' BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON ' v\^7v ° ton NOTES ON TROPICAL AMERICAN FISHES.^^-^r—i-s^ BY HENRY W. FOWLER.* The materials listed in this paper were collected by my friend Mr. R. Dale Benson Jr., while on two trips into the West Indian region. The first lot of specimens was secured in 1929 during the month of March, at Havana, Cuba, Colon in the Panama Canal Zone, Curasao, Barbados and at Kingston, Jamaica. The second lot of specimens was secured at the Bermudas in April of 1930. Though small the collections contain several interesting species of infrequent occurrence or of importance in distribution. No new species are represented. ALBULIDAE. Albula vulpes (Linnaeus). Two from Jamaica, 174 to 230 mm. DUSSUMIERIIDAE. Jenkinsia stolifera (Jordan and Gilbert). Three from Bermuda, 44 to 48 mm. CLUPEIDAE. Harengula anchovia (Valenciennes). Seventeen from Bermuda, 85 to 110 mm. Harengula maculosa (Valenciennes). Ten from Bermuda, 36 to 200 mm. Opisthonema oglimim (Le Sueur). Forty-one from Bermuda, 60 to 120 mm. iBy permission of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. . 21— Pboc. Biol. Soo. Wash., Vol. 43, 1930. (146)
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