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D. rv, 14, first branched ray 2 in total head length; A. iii, 15, i, 

 first branched ray 5%; caudal 1%, well forked and lobes sharply 

 pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle mo', pectoral 1%; ventral 

 2%. 



Back brown, also upper surface of head. Sides and under surface 

 silvery wliite. Iris silvery white. Dorsal and caudal pale brownish, 

 other fins whitish. 



East Indies, China, and southern Japan. Also in the Mediterranean 

 and Black Seas and Atlantic. Chipea allecia Rafinesque seems to be 

 the oldest name applicable to the present species. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 57632. Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length, 145 mm. 

 SARDINELLA LONGICEP3 Valenciennes 



Sardinella loriglceps Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 273, 1847 

 (type locality: Pondiclicrry).— Regan, Ann. Mftg. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 

 19, p. 379, 1917 (Mombasa, Muscat, India). — Hornell and Nayxjdu, Madras 

 Fisher. Bull., vol. 17, p. 129, 1924 (life history).— Fowlfb, Journ. Bombay 

 Nat. Hist. Soc. vol. 30, No. 1, p. 3G, 1924 (Calicut) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, vol. 79, p. 257, 1927 (Orion). — Heer,e, Fishes Herre Philip- 

 pine Exped. 1931, p. 14, 1934 (Estancia ; Culion ; Manila).— Roxas, Philip- 

 pine Journ. Sci. vol. 55, p. 278, pi. 2, fig. 1 (scale), 1934 (Luzon; Polillo; 

 Mindoro; Leyte ; Panay ; Mindanao). — Roxas and Martin, Dept. Agr. 

 Comm. Manila Techn. Bull. 6, p. 21, 1937 (reference). 



Clupca longiceps Guntheb, Cat. Fi.sh. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, p. 428, 1868 compiled). — 

 Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 637, pi. 161, fig. 2, 1878 (Sind, West India, 

 East Indies, Ceylon, Andamans) ; Fauna British India, Fishes, vol. 1, p. 373, 

 1889.— PiLL.\Y, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 33, p. 355. 1929 (Travan- 

 core). — TmANT, Service Oceanogr. Peches Indo-Chine, C" Note, p. 117, 1929 

 (Phurochai). 



Clupca {Harengnla) longiceps Chevey, Inst. Oceanogr. Indo-Chine, W note, p. 9, 

 1932 (Cochinchina). 



Harengtila longiceps Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. A 3, p. 14, 1908 (Manila 

 Bay). 



Sardinella neolwtvii Vaeenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 274. 1847 (type 

 locality: Cananor; Malabar). — Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 220, 1865 (copied). 



Cltipea neohoioii Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, p. 448, 1868 (Cochin). 



Alausa scomhrina Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 442, 1847 (type 

 locality: Cananor, Malabar; Mah6, Seychelles). 



Harcngula moluccensis (not Bleeker) Eveemann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26, p. 53, 1906-1907 (Bacon). 



Depth 41/3 to 41/2 ; head 2% to 3%, width 2 to 21/3. Snout 31/0 to 

 3% in head from snout tip; eye 4 to 5i/^, 1% to 1% in snout, sub- 

 equal with or slightly greater than interorbital, adipose lids broad; 

 maxillary reaches % in eye, expansion ly^ to 1% in. eye, length 2% to 

 2% in head from snout tip; upper jaw with slight median notch; no 

 teeth ; interorbital 5% to bYn, broadly convex ; arborescent striae from 

 preorbital to preopercle above, venules also spreading out horizontal- 

 ly on opercle above and branch extends forward to supraorbital, 



