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that the alleged type belongs to a species of Sardina is correct, and Jordan 

 (Copeia, No. 56, 1918, p. 46), basing his conclusions on Seale's supposed dis- 

 covery, would have been entirely justified in referring that name to synonymy 

 of Sardinia Poey, were it not for a fact to which Hubbs (Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 

 ser. 4, vol. 18, 1929, pp. 261-268) has since called attention, namely, that the fish 

 in question cannot possibly be the type of Sardinia pseudohispanica, as it is only 

 85 mm. long, instead of no mm., the length originally given. Hubbs pointed out 

 also that its 51 vertebrae exceed by so many the 46 recorded by Poey that it can- 

 not be considered conspecific with the type of S. pseudohispanica. He is probably 

 quite correct in assuming that it is not even a West Indian fish. Unfortunately 

 Hubbs' note escaped the attention of the authors of the Cheeky list (1930), or 

 failed to meet their approval, and Jordan's earlier error was repeated. 



W. H. L. 



Sardinella anchovia Cuvier and Valenciennes 



Sardinella anchovia Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. nat. poiss., vol. 20, 1847, p. 269 — Rio 

 de Janeiro; Martinique. Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 47, pt. 1, 1896, 



p. 429- 

 Sardinia pseudohispanica Poey, Memorias, vol. 2, i860, p. 311 — Cuba. 

 Chtpca pseudohispanica Kendall and Smith (part), Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 14, 1894, 



p. 17 — Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 

 Clupanodon pseudohispanicus Jordan and Evermann (part), Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 



47, pt. 1, 1896, p. 423. Meek and Hildebrand (part), Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. Ser., 



vol. 15, pt. 1, 1923, p. 180. Beebe and Tee- Van (part), Zoologica, vol. 10, 1928, p. 39. 

 Sardinella aurita Regan (part not of Cuvier and Valenciennes), Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19, 1917, p. 378. Jordan, Evermann, and Clark (part not of Cuvier and 



Valenciennes), Check list, 1930, p. 43. 

 Sardinia anchovia Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Check list, 1930, p. 43. 



Fishes registered as U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 70086, collected at Woods Hole, Massa- 

 chusetts, include two species, Sardinella pseudohispanica (Poey), = S. anchovia 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes, represented by 10 specimens, and Clupea harengula 

 by 2. The former at 100 mm. standard length has 79 gill rakers, the latter at the 

 same length has 44. This is apparently the collection, or part of the collection, 

 mentioned by Kendall and Smith in the publication cited above. The identifica- 

 tion of all these specimens with Sardinia pseudohispanica Poey, together with 

 the facts observed, perhaps explains Kendall and Smith's assignment of Poey's 

 species to the genus Clupea as well as their statement that at a specified size it 

 has a number of gill rakers very much smaller than has been noted by other 

 students. 



What the relation may be between the Brazilian Sardinella anchovia and 

 European S. aurita (both of Cuvier and Valenciennes), and between the first 

 and Sardinia pseudohispanica Poey, are questions which have been considered 

 repeatedly but are still open. Something may be gained, however, by pointing 

 out that the "types" of anchovia, still in Paris in very good condition, are not all 

 of one species. 



In table 1 are entered proportional measurements in millimeters and counts of 

 gill rakers for Delalande's, d'Orbigny's, and Gay's specimens mentioned in the 



