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ed. Shattuck, 1905: 297 (range, abund., Nassau, Bahamas); Barbour and Cole, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. 

 Harv., 50(5), 1906: 156 (Progreso, Yucatin); Fowler, Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 63, 191 1: 206 

 (Hailer's Rock, Florida); Rosen, Acta Univ. Lund., N. S. 7 (2), 191 1: 48 (Nassau and Green Turtle 

 Cay, Bahamas); Nichols, Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., jr(l8), 1912: 182 (market, Havana, Cuba); 

 Bull. Amer. Mus. nat. Hist., 34{7), 1915: 141 (San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico); Bull. Amer. Mus. 

 nat. Hist., 44(3), 1921: 22 (Turks I., Bahamas); Metzelaar, Trop. Atlant. Vissch., i, 1919: 11, fig. 3 

 (part, synon., size, habitat, Fuikbay, Curasao, Aruba); Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Publ., Zool., 

 75 (i), 1923: 183 (synon. in part, descr., range, Atlantic Panama); Beebe and Tee-Van, Zoologica, 

 N. Y., JO (l), 1928: 40, fig. (ref., char., size, weight, color, range, distr., abund., capture, food, young, 

 Port-au-Prince Bay, Haiti); Breder, Field Bk. Mar. Fish. Atl. Cst., 1929, 1948: 68 (range, feed, habits, 

 size, Florida); Parr, Bull. Bingham oceanogr. Coll., j (4), 1930: 2 (Bahama locals.). 



Sardinella humeralis (not Harengula humeralis Cuvier and Valenciennes 1 847), Evermann and Goldsborough, 

 Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. (1901), 1902: 149 (descr., comments, Puerto Morelos, Yucatin); T. H. Bean, 

 Field Mus. Publ., Zool., 7 (2), 1906: 34 (Bermuda). 



Sardinella macrophthalma (not Clupea macrofhthalma Ranzani 1842), Evermann and Marsh, Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Comm., I, 1902: 85 (descr., comments, range, synon. in part, Puerto Rico locals.); Breder, Bull. Bingham 

 oceanogr. Coll., J (i), 1927: 12 (Royal I., Bahamas; Point Francis, Isle of Pines; Glover Reef, Brit. 

 Honduras). 



Sardinella macrophthalmus (not Clupea macrophthalma Ranzani 1842), T. H. Bean, Field Mus. Publ., Zool, 

 7(2), 1906: 34 (Bermuda). 



Sardinella maculosa von Ihering, Rev. Industr. Anim. Sao Paulo, 3, 1930: 228 (ref., diagn., comments, Brazil). 



Harengula sp. Hollister, Zoologica, N. Y., 21 (4), 1936: 282-284 (caudal skeL, Bermuda). 



Harengula macropthalma (not Clupea macrophthalma Ranzani 1 842) Fowler, Proc. .Acad. nat. Sci. Philad., 8g, 

 1937: 309 (Haiti). 



Harengula humeralis Storey, Stanf. Ichthyol. Bull., I (i), 1938: 13, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 39, 50 (char., relation., 

 range, key, synon., descr., diagn.; St. Lucia; Glover Reef; Jamaica; Cuba; Florida Keys; Bahamas; 

 nomencl., orig. descr. quoted); Fowler, Fish Culturist, 27(9), 1942: 66 (use, size, compar., Cojimar, 

 Cuba); Fish Culturist, 22 (2), 1942: 9 (size, length vent, fin, Bonacca L, Honduras); Monogr. Acad. 

 nat. Sci. Philad., 6, 1944; 70, 93, fig. 27, 434, 456 (synon., ref, descr., compar., Serranilla Bank; w. 

 Caribbean); Rivas, Proc. U. S. nat. Mus., 700 (3263), 1950: 279, 282 (char, in key, synon., comment, 

 compar., range). 



Harengula clupeola (Cuvier) 1829 



False Pilchard, Sardina Escamuda, Sprat, Petit Cailleu 



Figure 96 



Study Material. Numerous specimens, 43-149 mm SL, from Florida, the West 

 Indies and the Caribbean coast of Central and South America, USNM, BOC, and 

 UMIM. 



Distinctive Characters. The absence of pointed anterior palatine teeth, the small 

 number of gill rakers (28-35), higher ventral scute count (29-32), adherent scales, 

 and slender body distinguish this species from all the other vi^estern Atlantic forms. 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of standard length, and counts, 

 based on 252 specimens, 43—149 mm SL. 



Body: greatest depth 29.5-32.0; greatest Head: length 29.0-32.4; depth at occi- 



width 13. 7-15. 1. put 25.9-27.8. 



Caudal peduncle: least depth 10. 5-1 1.2. Snout: length 8.0-9.2. 



