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BOROUGH, Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, vol. 26, p. 243, 1911 (Taritari, Gilbert 

 Islands; Arhno ; Marshall Islands; Eangiroa, Paumotus). — Weber and 

 Beaufort, Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 20, 1913 (Saleyer, 

 Karakaralong Islands, Lirung, Obi major, between Gisser and Ceram 

 Laut; Gebe).— Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 97, 1916 (Murray 

 Island).— Fowler, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 8, No. 7, p. 375, 1923 (Hono- 

 lulu) ; Bishop Mus. Bull. 22, p. 4, 1925 (Guam).— Fowler and Ball, Bishop 

 Mus. Bull. 26, p. 6, 1925 (Lisiansky).— McCut.loch and Whitley, Mem. 

 Queensland Mus., vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 131, 1925 (reference).— Fowler, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 256 (Bacon) ; Mem. Bishop Mus., 

 vol. 10, p. 29, 1928 (Honolulu, Shorthand Island, Fate, Laie Beach, Lisiansky, 

 Guam, Tongatabu, Gilbert Islands, Arhno Atoll, Rangiroa, Kauai). — 

 Whitley, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 54, p. 92, 1929 (Ontong 

 Java, Lord Howe Group, Melanesia). — McCuixoch, Austral. Mus. Mem., 

 vol. 5, p. 37, 1929 (Queensland; South Australia). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 315, 1931 (reference) ; Hong Kong Nat., vol. 2, 

 p. 112, 1931 (reference). — Herre, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. 353, zool. ser. 

 vol. 21, p. 32, 1936 (Fiji, New Hebrides, Solomons). — Fowler, List Fish. 

 Malaya, p. 24, 1938 (reference). 



Clupea flosmaris Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 305, 1846 (type locality: 

 Chinese Seas; Canton, Canton River). — Gijnther, Cat. Fishes British Mus., 

 vol. 7, p. 412, 1868 (copied). 



Clupea macassariensis Bleekee, Journ. Indian Arch., vol. 3, p. (69) 72, 1849 

 (type locality: Macassar). 



Clupeoides tnncassaricyisis Bi-eeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Haring.), vol. 24, 

 p. 17, 1852. 



Sardinella sirni (not Walbaum) Jordan and Seale, Proc. IT. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 28, 1905, p. 770, 1906 (Negros). 



Sardinella clupeoides (not Bleeker) Jordan and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 28, 1905, p. 770, 1906 (Negros). 



Depth 4 to 5% ; head 2-34 to 414, width 21/8 to 24^. Snout 31/5 to 4 

 in head from snout tip ; eye 3 to 3%, greater than snout to subequal 

 with age, always greater than interorbital ; maxillary reaches to or 

 slightly beyond front eye edge, expansion 2 to 2% in eye, length 21/2 

 to 3 in head from snout tip; interorbital 3% to 51^4, little convex. 

 Gill rakers 6 to 10 + 21 to 30, finely lanceolate, little longer than gill 

 filaments or % to eye. 



Scales 32 to 36 in median lateral series to caudal base and 3 more 

 on latter; 7 to 9 transverse, 12 to 15 predorsal. Scales with 2 to 7 

 vertical striae, often irregular. 



D. II, 9 or n, 10, first branched ray 1% to 13/4 "^ total head length ; 

 A. n, 7, I or 11, 8, i, first branched ray 4 to 41/3 ; caudal 1% to 1%, 

 forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 31/^; pectoral 13^4 to 

 1%; ventral 1% to 21/3. 



Back slaty, line of demarcation above eye well contrasted from 

 silvery white of eye and lower surface. Fins pale. 



Zululand, Natal, Mauritius, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines, 

 China, Queensland, Lord Howe Island, Melanesia, Micronesia, Poly- 

 nesia, Hawaii. I cannot but think that Richardson's account, based 



