40 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



TELEOSTOMI. ISOSPONDYLI. 



CLUPEIDAE. 



mouth (Lvraau ISGl); Waquoit (Lyman 1872); Salem Harbor 

 (Goode & Bean 1879); New Bedford (Bean 1880); Menemsha 

 Bight (Kendall coll. 1896); ^Yood.s Hole (Baird 1873 and Smith 

 1898); Nantucket (Sharp & Fowler 1904). 



R. I. — Narragansett Bay (R. I. Fish comm. 1899); Riniistick 

 Point; Dutch Island Harbor; Taunton River (Tracy 1906). 



Conn.— "Common" (Linsley 1844); Noank (Bean '1880). 



83. Opisthonema oglinum (Le Sueur). 

 Thread herring. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 

 432. 



Megalops orjlina LeSueur, Journ. acad. nat. sci. Phil., 1817, 

 vol. 1, p. 359. "Neavport, R. I." 



Chatoesus signijer DeKay, N. Y. fauna, 1842, pt. 4, p. 264, pi. 41. 



Mass. — Buzzards Bay; Vineyard Sound (Smith 1898). 



R. I.— Newport (LeSueur 1817); Narragansett Bay (R. I. 

 Fish comm. 1899). 



84 Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe) . 

 Menhaden; Pogy. 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. nat. mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 

 433; 1900, pt. 4, pi. 73, fig. 195. 



Clupea tyrannus Latrobe, Trans. Amer. philos. soc, 1802, vol. 

 5, p. 77, pi. 1. "Chesapeake Bay." 



Alosa menhaden Storer. Storer, IVIem. Amer. acad., 1858, vol. 6, 

 p. 336, pi. 26, fig. 4. 



Me. — "On our coast and up rivers as far as fresh and saltwater 

 mix" (AYilliamson 1832); Mouth Penobscot River (B. S. N. H., 

 Storer coll.); Passamaquoddy Bay; Castine; Belfast; Brookline; 

 Cranberry Isles ; Sargentville; Matinicus; New Haven; Monhegan; 

 Damariscotta ; Pemaquid; Wescongus; Booth Bay; Bristol; Round 



