204 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [March, 



NOTES ON CLUPEOID FISHES. 

 BY HENRY W. FOWLER. 



The clupeoid Isospondyli contained in the collection of the Academy 

 of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, unless stated otherwise, are listed 

 in the present paper. As many of the localities are interesting records 

 of distribution, all are given with the number of specimens examined. 

 Several apparently new species are also described. 



ELOPID^E. 

 Tarpon atlanticus (Valenciennes). 



Florida 3. I examined 2 adults in the care of Mr. D. McCadden, 

 not the property of the Academy, from Fort Meyer, Fla. 



Megalops cyprinoides (Broussonet). 



Apia, Samoa 3. 



Elops saurus Linnaeus. 



Nantucket, Mass. 1 ; S. Carolina 1 ; W. Palm Beach, Fla. 1 ; E. coast 

 U. S. 1; no data 1; Santo Domingo 1; Surinam 1; Jamaica ? 2; 

 Rio Janeiro 1. 



Elops hawaiensis Regan. 



Honolulu, H. Is. 1. Formerly I confused this with E. saurus. 



ALBULLDiE. 

 Albula vulpes (Linnaeu^. 



Santo Domingo 2; St. Martin's 2; Port Antonio, Jamaica 1. 



Dixonina nemoptera Fowler. 



(Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1910, p. 651, fig. Santo Domingo.) 



Type No. 1,597, A. N. S. P. 



HIODONTIDiE. 

 Hiodon alveoides (Rafinesque). 



Beaver R. 1, Youghiogheny R. 2, Pa.; Battle Cr., upper Mo. R. 2; 

 Creek Country, Ind. Ty. 2; St. Joseph, Mo. 1; Yellowstone R, 1; 

 "N. Am." Bonaparte Coll. S; L. Minnetonka (also skull of Amiatus 

 calvus), Minn. 2. 

 Hiodon tergisus Le Sueur. 



L. Erie 1 ; Erie, Pa. 1 ; Venice, 0. 1. 



