FISHES. 



137 



present in all tlie examples, and yet there is excellent reason for believ- 

 ing the largest specimen at least mature. 



In the measurements the unit of comparison is the length to the origin 

 of the middle caudal rays. The figure of S. Naresi is employed, and 

 the agreement between that and the Cumberland Gulf specimens is 



striking. 



Taile of Measurements. 



Current number of specimen. 

 Locality 



22,000, $. 



Cumberland 

 Gulf. 



MiUi- 



metres. 



Extreme length ■ - - • 



Length to origin of middle caudal 



rays 



Body: 



Greatest height 



Greatest width 



Height at ventrals 



Least height of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Distance from snout to nape 



Greatest width ; 



Width of iuterorbital area . . . 



Length of snout 



Length of operculum 



Lengthof upper jaw 



Length of mandible ._ . - 



Distance from snout to orbit. 



Long diameter of eye 



Dorsal (first) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of longest ray 



Dorsal (adipose) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Height 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last^ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Lepgth of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Vent from tip of ventrals 



Branchiostegals . 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



iJfumber of csecal appendages — 



139 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



22,000 a, ?. 



Cumberland 

 Gulf. 



22,000 6, d". 



Cumberland 

 Gulf. 



MiUi- 

 metres. 



11? 

 13 

 11 

 16 

 1,9 

 28 



23 

 17 

 11 



6* 



4 



6h 

 10" 

 13 



5 



6^ 



45 

 12 

 14 



79 

 3 

 5 



75 

 12 

 13 

 5} 



103 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



18 



53 

 12i 



23 

 17 

 101 



6^ 



5 



7 



9 

 13 



5^ 



6 



46 

 11 



14 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Fig. of S. Nar- 

 csi in P. Z.S., 

 iii,1877,pLL. 



Milli- 

 metres, 



172 



10? 

 13 

 11 

 15 

 1,9 



54 

 13 



7^ 



5 



7 



lOJ 

 14 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



19J 



J9 



22 



13 

 11 



14 

 1,9 



27 



19 



5i 



46 

 12 

 12 



4i 



75 



10 



12 



5 



22 

 18 



54 

 124 



1,9 



42 



Family, OLUPEID^. 

 36. ClupeaharengusLinu, 



Clupea harengns Hicn., F. B. A., iii, 1836, p. 231. 

 Richardson mentions the occiu-rence of the herring at Bathurst's Inlet, 

 670 N., 109O W. 



