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6\ Vomer toothed. 



c\ Depth 414 ; scales 48, transversely 13 or 14 antipodum 



c'. Depth 3 to SV2 ; scales 43 or 44, transversely 10 or 11 miilleri 



6^ Vomer toothless. 

 d\ A. 18 to 21. 



e\ Depth 3% ; scales 39 or 40 macrolepis 



e*. Depth 4% to 4% ; scales 44, transversely 12 bassensis 



d\ A. 28 or 29; depth 31/3 schlegelil 



CLUPEA PALLASII Valenciennes 



Clupea, pallasii Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 20, p. 253, 1847 (type 

 locality: Kamtchatka). — Jordan and Hebbe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 

 31, p. 630, fig. 4, 1906 (Aomori, Otaru, Matsushima, Kushiro, Same, Petro- 

 paulski). — FowLEE, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1911, p. 205 (types 

 of Clupea mirahUis and Spratelloidcs hryoporus). — Snyder, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 402, 1912 (Otaru; Fomokomai). — Jordan and Metz, 

 Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, p. 6, fig. 5, 1913 (copied) (Fusan; Chinnampo). — 

 Izuka and Matsuura, Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus. Vertebrata, p. 183, 



1920 (Aomori). — Frasee, Contr. Canadian Biol. Toronto, No. 6, p. 9, 



1921 (Biology). — Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, p. 121, 

 1925 (Kushiro and Hakodate). — Mori, Jouni. Pan Pacific Res. Inst, vol 

 3, p. 3, 1928 (Fusan and Genzan, Korea). 



Clupea pallasi Jordan and Snyder, Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 53, 1901 



(south to Nito). 

 Clupea harengus pallasi Soldatov and Lindberg, Bull. Pacific Soc. Fisher. Inst., 



vol. 5, p. 39, pi. 3, 1930 (Far East seas).— Taranetz, Bull. Pac. Sci. Inst. 



Fisher. Oceanogr., vol. 11, p. 54, fig. 32, 1937 (Far East seas). 

 Clupea harengus subsp. pallasii Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. 



U. S. S. R., vol. 11, p. 20, 1931 (Fusan; Vladivostok). 

 Clupea mirahilis Gieard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1854, pp. 138, 154 



(type locality: San Francisco, Calif.); Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., Zool., 



pt. 10, p. 329, 1858 (cotypes) ; p. 90, 1859 (cotypes). 

 Clupea inermis Basilewsky, Nouv. M^m. Soc. Nat. Moscou, vol. 10, p. 242, 



1855 (type locality: Oriental Sea, Pekin, North China). — Gtjnthee, Cat. 



Fishes British Mus., vol. 7, p. 413, 1868 (copied). 

 Spratelloides hryoporus Cope, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, vol. 13, p. 25, 1873 (type 



locality: Sitka, Alaska). 

 Clupea harengus (not Linnaeus) Ishikawa and Matsuuea, Prelim. Cat. Fishes 



Mus. Tokyo, pp. 8, 9, 1897 (Sagalen). — Tanaka, Jap. Fish. Life Colours, 



No. 42, 1933. 



Depth Z% to 434 ; head 3i/4 to 43^, width 22/5 to 31/5. Snout 3% 

 to 4 in head from upper jaw tip ; eye 2I/2 to 5, 1 to II/2 in snout, greater 

 than interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to i/^ in eye, expansion 1% 

 to 11/2 in eye, length 2 to 2I/4 in head from snout tip; no notch in 

 front of upper jaw medially; jaws toothless except series of minute 

 teeth along lower maxillary edge; narrow band of minute teeth on 

 vomer, none on palatines; interorbital 314 to 5%, slightly elevated, 

 flat medially; opercle smooth. Gill rakers 18 to 20+35 to 43, slender, 

 about % of eye ; gill filaments % of gill rakers. 



Scales with 53 or 54 in median lateral series to caudal base and 4 

 or 5 more on latter; 13 or 14 transversely, 22 to 28 predorsal. Ab- 



