690 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.42. 



In some respects these specimens seem to represent the form 

 described by Bleeker as Megalops Jcundinga, but the differences are 

 so slight that no certain decision can be reached without much more 

 material for comparison. 



CHIROCENTRUS DORAB (Forskal). 



Five specimens, 170 to 330 mm. long. Batavia. 



None of these specimens seem to represent the species descril)ed 

 by Bleeker^ as C. Tiypselosoma and we can see no valid differences 

 between these specimens and others in the United States National 

 Museum, which are labeled C. dorah. 



CHANGS CHANGS 2 (Forskal). 



Five specimens, 220 to 310 mm. long. Batavia. 

 We have examined specimens from Mazatlan, Hawaii, Samoa, and 

 the Philippines and see no valid differences. 



DUSSUMIERIA ACUTA 3 (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Two specimens, 135 and 140 mm. long. Pelaboean Ratoe. Native 

 name given as ''Bu-ro-nuk." 



DUSSUMIERIA HASSELTU (Bleeker),< 



Forty-six specimens, about 80 to 150 mm. long. Batavia. 



AMBLYGASTER LEIOGASTERs (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Four specimens, 140 to 150 mm. long, from Batavia represent the 

 species figured as Clupea (Amhlygaster) leiogaster by Bleeker. 



ALOSA KANAGURTA* (Bleeker). 



Plates 73-75. 



Eighteen specimens, 140 to 170 mm. long. Batavia. 



This species does not agree very closely with any of the estabhshed 

 genera of Clupeidas and may ultimately stand as the type of a new 

 genus; but, as we are not now prepared to enter into a much-needed 

 revision of the Herring genera, we follow Bleeker m assignmg it to 

 Alosa, to which it is apparently most closely allied. 



The figures of the scales of various Clupeoid genera, plates 73-75, 

 exhibit interestmg differences in structure. 



HARENGULA GIBBOSA (Bleeker). 



Nineteen specimens, 110 to 140 mm. long. Batavia. 



These fishes seem to fit about equally well the descriptions and 

 figures of Clupea (Harengula) gihlosa, atricauda, and moluccensis in 

 Bleeker.' The name gibhosa seems to be the oldest. 



We follow Bleeker in assigning these specimens to the genus or 

 subgenus Harengula. Harengula and SardineUa were apparently 



1 Bleeker, Atlas, Ichth., vol. 6, p. 92, pi. 271, fig. 3. 



2 Idem, vol. 6, p. 81, pi. 272, fig. 4. 



3 Idem, vol. 6, p. 94, pi. 271, fig. 1. 

 ♦ Idem, vol. 6, p. 95, pi. 271, fig. 2. 

 6 Idem, vol. 6, p. 102, pi. 272, fig.S. 

 8 Idem, vol. 6, p. 114, pi. 265, flg.3. 

 » Idem, vol. 6, pp. 106-7. 



