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had about 29 to 36 gill rakers. Scales adherent, about 41 in a lateral series. In 

 comparison with Harengula maculosa, the eye is smaller, the ventral outline is 

 more convex, and the branches of the striae in the occipital, being about 7 in 

 number, are fewer. W. H. L. 



Since Dr. Longley wrote the foregoing accounts of the species of the genus 

 Harengula, a paper has been published by Margaret Storey, entitled "West 

 Indian clupeids of the genus Harengula with notes on H. thrissina from the 

 Pacific" (Stanford Ichthyol. Bull., vol. 1, no. 1, 1938, pp. 3-56, 17 figs.), wherein 

 the author has brought forward the name Clupea clupeola Cuvier (Regne ani- 

 mal, 2d ed., vol. 2, 1829, p. 318, n. 2), which she claims has priority over 

 C. macrophthalma Ranzani. Miss Storey recognizes H. pensacolae Goode and 

 Bean as a distinct species, whereas Dr. Longley considers it a synonym of his 

 H. macrophthalma. For the species designated H. maculosa Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes by Dr. Longley, Miss Storey again went back to the work of Cuvier cited 

 above (p. 318, n. 2) for an older name, Clupea humeralis, which according to her 

 is not H. humeralis Cuvier and Valenciennes. 



Miss Storey, furthermore, described a new species, H. majorina, to the synon- 

 ymy of which she doubtfully assigned H. humeralis Cuvier and Valenciennes. 

 This species, though occurring in the West Indies, seems to be of southern distri- 

 bution, ranging to southern Brazil. Miss Storey refers to this species as "a deep- 

 bellied, silvery fish, with a convex ventral outline, especially notable in larger 

 specimens; short, deep head, and moderately large eye." Considerable overlap- 

 ping with the other species recognized is evident, however, from the statistics 

 furnished. 



Miss Storey apparently did not recognize a difference in the depth of the body 

 between males and females of her H. clupeola, which in part at least is Dr. 

 Longley's H. macrophthalma. The comparatively great difference in depth of 

 the sexes, discovered by Dr. Longley, was verified by me from a rather large 

 number of specimens from Tortugas. According to Dr. Longley's studies, how- 

 ever, the proportion of depth to standard length does not differ in the sexes of 

 his H. maculosa. 



It is well known that in clupeid fishes having a rather high number of gill 

 rakers, the number increases with age. Thus, Dr. Longley has pointed out that 

 specimens of H. macrophthalma 31 to 44 mm. long had about 28 to 33 rakers on 

 the lower limb of the first arch, whereas larger specimens, ranging upwards of 

 125 mm. in length, had about 29 to 36, a difference which does not seem large in 

 this species. Though Miss Storey did not use very small specimens, none under 

 42.3 mm. in standard length, except of H. pensacolae, it apparently would have 

 been helpful if she had stated the differences, if any, in number of gill rakers in 

 specimens of different lengths. In the account of Sardinella anchovia Dr. Longley 

 has shown a great difference in the number of gill rakers between small and 

 large specimens. 



Ranging from the southern shores of the United States probably to Brazil. 



S.F. H. 



