FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 583 



least depth of caudal peduncle 21^ in greatest body depth; pectoral 

 scarcely half eye diameter shorter than head; ventral half of head, 

 origin opposite dorsal origin. 



Silvery band on back to caudal. Ends of caudal lobes dotted 

 blackish. Length, 80 mm. (Steindachner.) 



Queensland. 



CLUPEA BASSENSIS T^IcCuIloch 



Clupca (Pomolohus) basscnsis McCuixocri, Zool. Res. Endeavour, vol. 1, p. 16, 

 pi. 4, fig. 3, 1911 (type localit.v: Bass Strait and Tasmania); Australian 

 Mus. Mem., vol. 5, p. 38, 1929 (reference). 



Clupca hasse7isis Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 18, p. 5, 1916 

 (Hobart).— Waite, Rec. South Australian Mus., vol. 2, p. 37, fig. 52, 1921.— 

 Whitley, Pap. Proc. Roy. See. Tasmania, 1928, p. 45, 1929 (Tamar River, 

 Launceston, Tasmania). 



Mauffcchipea Mssetisis Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 18, p. 332, 1932 

 (reference). 



Depth 4% to 44f, ; head 3I/2 to 4. Snout 3 in head from snout tip ; 

 eye 3iV to 3%, subequal with snout, narrow adipose lid in front and 

 behind ; maxillary reaches % or nearly 14 in eye, expansion 2, length 

 214 in head from snout tip; few wide spaced microscopic teeth in 

 front of each jaw ; interorbital % of eye, flat. 



Scales 44 in medial lateral series; 12 transversely; large and 

 cycloid. Abdominal scutes 21 + 11. 



D.18(iii, 14), first branched ray 2 in total head length; A. 18 to 

 20 (in, 16), first branched ray 4%; caudal 1^, well emarginate; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral li/o; ventral 2%. 



Silvery, upper third of body dark blue. Scattered darker specks 

 on jaws, preorbitals and caudal peduncle. Dorsal, caudal, and pec- 

 toral rays dark spotted. Length, 177 mm. (McCuUoch.) 



Scarcely distinct from Clupea fuegensis Jenyns, but vertebrae 

 fewer (46 compared with 49 to 51). Scales 46 to 48 in medial lateral 

 series, 12 to 14 transversely. Ventral fins inserted little in advance 

 of dorsal origin. Length, 130 nnn. (Regan.) 



South Australia, Tasmania. 



CLUPEA SCHLEGELII (Castelnnu) 



Meletta schlegelii Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, p. 93, 

 1873 (type locality : Port Darwin). 



Clupea sclegclii Macleiay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, p. 259, 

 1881 (reference) (error). 



Clupea schlegelii McCuixoch, Australian Mus. Mem., vol. 5, p. 38, 1929 (refer- 

 ence). 



Depth 3l^, lower profile rather more convex than upper; head 4. 

 Snout shorter than eye; eye 2% in head; maxillary reaches 14 in 

 eye; lower jaw protrudes; minute teeth on palate, none on vomer; 

 cheeks, opercles and preopercle finely striated. 



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