112 bulletin: museum of comparative zoology. 



OPHICHTHYIDAE. 

 Sphagebranchus anguiformis (Peters). 



Distribution. — West Indian region. 



A single example of this rare species was dredged in shallow water by Professor 

 Mark on Aug. (1, 1904, at Station No. 468. It is without spots and is 5| inches 

 long. The head is contained 18 times in the length of the body, A second 

 specimen of this species, which I may mention in this connection, was dredged 

 by Messrs. G. M. Allen, Owen Bryant and myself while on our Northern 

 Bahama Expedition in Julj^, 1904. It is far larger, being of the same propor- 

 tions and 12^ inches long. It was dredged in 14 fms. in Whale Cay Channel 

 off the Island of Abaco, Bahamas. 



ALBULIDAE. 



Albula vulpes (Linne). Bone fish. 



Distribution . — Tropical seas, almost universally distributed. 

 D. 15; A. 8. 



The species is rare at Bermuda; I have examined only a single specimen 

 taken there. (M. C. Z. No. 18,088.) 



CLUPEIDAE. 

 Sardinella anchovia Cuv. & Val. Anchovy. 

 Goode, '76% p. 69. 



Distribution. — West Indies, N. Coast of South America. 



D. 16; A. 16. 



Large schools of this clupeoid Avere seined regularly in Hamilton Harbor and 

 riatts Inlet for bait. They appeared to run up into shoal water at about sun- 

 rise or sundown. 



S. macrophthalma (Ranzani). Pilchard. 

 Harencjula macrophthalma (Ranzani). Goode, '1&^, p. 69. 



Distribution. — West Indies, coast of Brazil. 



D. 17; A. 18. Sc. 40; 12. 



We took only two specimens of this species. Mr. H. B. Bigelow and mj^self 

 each took one about 11 o'clock one very warm evening in August in Flatts 

 Inlet on a hook baited with strips of Bathystoma. A dark lantern turned to- 

 ward the water showed a considerable number of what appeared to be the same 

 species swimming about ; no Tuore were seen afterward. They are said to be 

 rather common in winter. 



Opisthonema oglinum (Le Sueur). Herring. 

 0. thrissa (L.) Goode, '76% p. 69. 

 Distribution, — West Indies, common on coasts of Florida, Georgia, and the 

 Carolinas, occasionally much farther northward. 



