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variation iu the number of ventral scutes, which run from 19 to 

 21 before the ventrals and from 16 to 18 behind them. Dorsal 

 scutes 24 — 27 in one specimen (misprinted 7 in Steindachner' s 

 description). Opercular veinules prominent. Color, above dark 

 greenish brown, below silvery yellow. Dorsal dark, caudal with 

 broad dark margin; other fins pale, six or eight round or elongate 

 dark blotches along the side in the silvery portion. A like num- 

 ber more or less parallel with them in the darker upper half of 

 body, just above the color line. 



Habitat. — Coasts of Chile and Peru. 

 21. Potamalosa (•) maculata (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Alausa maculata Cuv. and Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., xx, 4.30 (18-17) 

 [Valpiraiso] ; Gay, Hist. Chile Zo)l., ii, 322, lam. 10, fig. 2. 



Clupea maculata Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mns., vii, 443, [CallaoJ ; Stein- 

 dachner, Fauna Chilensis, .330, 18.^8 [Iquique]. 



This species is very close to Potamalosa notacanthoides and possi- 

 bly belonars to that genus, though no dorsal serrature has been 

 de.'-cribed. But the type specimens in the British Museum are in 

 such poor condition that one is not warranted in saying that a 

 dorsal serrature is absent in the adult, ^ and in the description of 

 Steindachner' s single specimen no mention is made of the matter. 



1 therefore, for the present, place m%eulatx with notaeanthokles 

 in Potamalosa. 



Range. — Coasts of Peru and Chile. 



2 2. Clupanodon sagax (Jenyns). 



Clupea saga.v Jenyns. Voj. Beagle, 134, 1842 [San Lorenzo isl.] ; 

 Giinther, Shore Fislies, Challenger, 25, 18S0 [Valparaiso] ; Stein- 

 dachner, Fauna Cailensis, 331, 1898 [Iquique]. 



2 3. Clupanodon fimbriatus (Kner and Steindachner). 



Alausa fiinbriata Kner and Stein., Neue Fische, Mus. Goiefr., 31, 

 fig. 15 ; Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wiea, 1866 [Valparaiso]. 



Local name, Sardina HispaTia. 



Two specimens. The pectoral is a little longer than in the orig- 

 inal description, If in head. The species is readily distinguished 

 from C. cceruleus by the greater number of fin rays and the numer- 

 ous and more delicate strise on sides of head. Length, 300 mm. 



Range. — Coasts of Peru and Chile, 



*Dr. a. A. Boulenger, in lit., 6, 15, 98. 



