I0 PAPERS FROM TORTUGAS LABORATORY vol. xxxiv 



Harengula macrophthalma (Ranzani) 



Clupea macrophthalma Ranzani, Nov. com. Acad. sci. inst. Bonon., vol. 5, 1842, p. 320 — 

 Brazil. Gunther, Cat. fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, 1868, p. 421. 



Harengula clupeola Cuvier and Valenciennes. Hist. nat. poiss., vol. 20, 1847, p. 289 — 

 Guadeloupe. Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Check list, 1930, p. 43. 



Harengula humeralis Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. nat. poiss., vol. 20, 1847, P- 2 93 — R'° 

 de Janeiro; Bahia; Guadeloupe; Santo Domingo. Longley, Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year 

 Book No. 31, 1932, p. 299. 



Alaitsa striata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. nat. poiss., vol. 20, 1847, p. 429 — Guade- 

 loupe; Bahia. 



Alosa hishopi Miiller and Troschel, in Schomburgk, Hist. Barbados, 1848, p. 675 — Bar- 

 bados. 



Harengula dubia and H. clupcola Poey, Repertorio, vol. 2, 1868, p. 418 — Havana. 



Clupea humeralis Gunther, Cat. fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, 1868, p. 422. 



Harengula pensacolae Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 2, 1879, p. 152 — Pensa- 

 cola, Florida. Regan, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19, 1917, p. 389. Jordan, 

 Evermann, and Clark, Check list, 1930, p. 44. 



Sardinella clupeola Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, pt. 1, 1896, p. 429. 

 Metzelaar, Trop. atl. Vissch., 1919, p. n. 



Sardinella bishopi Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, pt. 1, 1896, p. 430. 



Sardinella macrophthalmus Jordan and Evermann (part), Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, 

 pt. 1, 1896, p. 430. Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., vol. 15, pt. i, 

 1923, p. 184. Breder, Bull. Bingham Oceanog. Coll., vol. 1, art. 1, 1927, p. 12. Parr, Bull. 

 Bingham Oceanog. Coll., vol. 3, art. 4, 1930, p. 3. Beebe and Tee- Van, Zoologica, vol. 10, 

 1928, p. 41 (figure apparently based on Harengula maculosa). 



Sardinella humeralis Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, pt. 1, 1896, 

 p. 431. Metzelaar, Trop. atl. Vissch., 1919, p. 11. 



Sardinella anchovia Metzelaar (part), Trop. atl. Vissch., 1919, p. 10, fig. 2. 



Harengula macrophthalma Regan, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19, 1917, p. 388. 

 Longley (part), Carnegie Inst. Wash. Year Book No. 31, 1932, p. 299. Jordan, Ever- 

 mann, and Clark, Check list, 1930, p. 43. 



Fish taken near the Laboratory in late June had not quite attained sexual 

 maturity. In a sample of 50, taken at random, were 21 males and 29 females, the 

 former 155 to 175 mm. long, the latter 155 to 193 mm. The sexes differ in the 

 ratio of depth to length : the females are deeper than the males, the depth of the 

 adult females being contained about 2.8 times in the standard length, and that 

 of the males about 3.0 times. After little practice it was possible to separate them 

 with an error not over 10 per cent, the smaller fish creating the difficulty. 



Common along shore and about the wharves of Garden Key during summer, 

 the larger ones schooling chiefly with their own kind, the young frequently with 

 Jenl{insia and Anchoviella. Specimens have been identified also in the catch of 

 terns breeding on Bird Key. 



In 20 specimens, 88 to 113 mm. long, the dorsal rays vary from 17 to 19; anal 

 rays 16 to 19, the last ray in each fin being double; the commonest combination 

 being D. 18, A. 18, which occurred in 11 of 20 specimens. Four specimens, 31 to 

 38 mm. long, had 17 + 14 scutes; 8 specimens, 88 to 11^ mm. long, had 17 + 

 13; of the larger specimens, 125 to 143 mm. long to base of caudal, 5 had 18 + 13 

 scutes and 1 had 17 + 12. Specimens 31 to 44 mm. long had about 28 to ^ gill 

 rakers; and larger specimens, ranging upwards of 125 mm. in standard length, 



