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Anal fin: anterior height 5.6—9.9; length 

 18.8-21.3; length of base 14.8— 

 16.9. 



Pelvic fin: length 11. 0—14.4. 



Pectoral fin: length 18.2— 22.1. 



Distance from tip of snout to origin of: dor- 

 sal fin 43.8-46.3; anal fin 76.2— 



78.4; pelvic fin 51-6-55.5; pec- 

 toral fin 26.2-30.5. 



Scales: transverse rows 38—42; predorsal 



9-11. 

 Ventral scutes: 25—29, usually 27 or 28. 

 Gill rakers: 26-32, usually 27-31, on 



lower limb of first arch. 



Figure 95. Harengula humeralis, gravid female, 210 mm TL, 1 58 mm SL, Tortugas, Florida, USNM 1 16873. 

 Drawn by Ann S. Green. 



Predorsal contour evenly and moderately convex, the Postdorsal contour 

 more or less straight from origin of dorsal fin to caudal fin; Ventral contour much 

 more convex than the dorsal, the body axis much closer to dorsal than to pelvic fins. 

 Dorsal fin originating nearer to tip of snout than to caudal base. Pelvic fin inserted 

 about midway between insertion of pectoral and origin of anal. Pectoral fin inserted 

 about midway between tip of snout and insertion of pelvic, or (usually) nearer pelvic. 



Color. General coloration silvery, especially on lower half of head and body; the 

 opercular plates with iridescent or pearlish, metallic reflections. Back brownish gray. 

 Sides of body with longitudinal streaks. Humeral spot absent. Tip of snout and mandible 

 dusky. Upper sector of iris dusky. Tip of dorsal fin dusky; pectoral, pelvic, and anal 

 fins colorless; tip of caudal lobes dusky, the pigmentation extending along their inner 

 margins. 



Size. This is the largest species of the genus. The largest examined measures 

 172 mm SL. 



Range. Florida Keys, Bahamas, West Indies, and Caribbean coast of Central and 

 South America, from Yucatan to Venezuela; also Bermuda. 



