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HARENGULA TAWILIS Herre 



Harengula tawilis Hesee, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 30, No. S, p. 273, pi. 1, 1927 

 (type locality: Lake Taal, Bombon) ; vol. 34, p. 296, 1927 (Luzon; Mindoro) ; 

 Fishes Herre Philippine Exped. 1981, p. 15, 1934 (Lake Bombon). — Roxas, 

 Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 55, No. 3, p. 282, pi. 2, fig. 15 (scale), 1934 

 (Lake Taal). — Eoxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 

 6, p. 22, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 3 to 31/2; head 31/2 to 39/io. Snout 68/5 to 7i^ in head; 

 eye 3l^ to 3%, greater than snout; maxillary reaches % in eye, ex- 

 pansion V/2 in eye, length 2% to 2% in head; teeth obsolete, rarely 

 present in upper jaw, usually in lower jaw, on palatines, pterygoids 

 and tongue; 5 to 7 or more longitudinal striae on top of head be- 

 hind interorbital. Gill rakers 35 to 37 + 50 to 60. 



Scales 38 to 40 in medial lateral series ; 11 or 12 transversely. Ab- 

 dominal scutes 18 + 12. 



D. 17 or 18, first branched ray 1% in head ; A. 19 to 21, base sub- 

 equal or greater than dorsal base, first branched ray 4i/^ ; caudal 3i/^ 

 in rest of body, well forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2I/2 iii 

 head; pectoral II/3 to 1%; ventral 214. 



Metallic steel blue, with silvery luster along back, shining silver 

 elsewhere. Tips and inner edges of caudal blackish. First dorsal 

 butter yellow, black spot at origin and upper half thickly specked 

 with black or black spot above anteriorl}^ Other fins colorless. Pec- 

 toral with fine black line along upper edge. Length, 128 mm. 

 (Herre.) 



Lake Taal, Luzon, in fresh water. 



HARENGULA VITTATA (Valenciennes) 



Clupeonia vittata Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 352, 1847 (type 

 locality: Vanikoro). 



Harengula vittata Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19, p. 392, 1917 

 (Celebes and Raiatea). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 31, 1928 

 (copied). — Whitley, Journ. Pan Pacific Inst., vol. 3, No. 1, p. 11, 1928 (Santa 

 Cruz Islands). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 11, No. 5, p. 315, 1931 

 (reference). 



Alausa melanura (not Clupea melanura Cuvier) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 vol. 20, p. 441, 1847 (type locality: New Guinea, Amboina, Vanikoro, Bour- 

 bon). Guiohenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, p. 29, 1863. — Day, Fishes of 

 Malabar, p. 235, 1865. 



Clupea melanura Gijnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, p. 449, 1868 (compiled). — 

 Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 641, 1878 (India) ; Fauna British India, 

 Fishes, vol. 1, p. 378, 1889.— Weber, l^iboga Exped., Fische, vol. 57, p. 7, 1913 

 (Salibabu). 



Clupea (Harengula) melanurus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6. 

 p. Ill, 1866-72 (Sumatra, Nias, Bali, Celebes, Temate, Amboina, Saparua, 

 Ceram, New Guinea). 



Clupea (Harengula) melanura Weber and Beaufort, Fishes Indo-Australian 

 Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 72, 1913 (Salibabu). 



