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D. 16 or 17, origin little nearer caudal base than snout end ; A. 16 

 to 18; caudal peduncle longer than deep; ventrals 8-rayed, inserted 

 below dorsal origin ; vertebrae probably not fewer than 46. Length, 

 150 mm. (Regan.) 



New Zealand. 



CLUPEA MtJLLERI Klunzinger 



Clupea miilleri Klunzinger, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, math.-nat. CI., vol. 



80, pt. 1, p. 416, 1879 (type locality: New Zealand). 

 Clupea mtielleri Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19, p. 228, 1917 (Otago 



and Canterbury). 



Depth 3 to 31/3 ; head 31/3 to 31/0, width 21^, to 21/2? Snout 31/5 in 

 head from snout tip; eye 3l^, subequal with snout, greater than int^r- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches % in eye, expansion 1% in eye, length 2 in 

 head from snout tip ; no teeth ; interorbital 5, slightly concave. Gill 

 rakers about 30 ?-f37 ? finely lanceolate, equal eye; gill filaments 

 about % gill rakers. 



Scales about 36 ? in median lateral series to caudal base, narrowly 

 imbricated; 8 ? between dorsal and ventral origins; about 17 pre- 

 dorsal forward to occiput. Abdominal serrae 22+8. Scales with 3 

 transverse conspicuous striae, of which 2 interrupted medially ; circuli 

 as close set parallel vertical striae. 



D. Ill, 12, I ? (damaged), fin height about 1% ? in total head 

 length; A. n, 14 ? (damaged), base length 1%; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 21/2 ; pectoral 1% ; ventral 21/2. 



Brown, discolored and apparently back little darker, now dark 

 gray. Iris dark gray. Fins brown. 



New Zealand. Regan mentions an elongate patch of teeth on 

 vomer and ovate patch on tongue ; lower gill rakers 36 to 39 ; scales 

 43 or 45, 10 or 11 transversely; ventral scutes 19 or 20+9 to 11; 

 vertebrae, 42 ; length, 100 mm. 



U.S.N.M. 39663. Nev? Zealand. Otago University. Length, 89-90 mm., caudals 

 broken. In very poor preservation. 



CLUPEA MACROLEPIS Steindachner 



Clupea mad'olcpis Steindaciinet?, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl.. 

 vol. 41, pt. 1, p. 13, 1879 (type locality: Tovrasville, Cleveland Bay, Queens- 

 land). — McCuu.ocH, Australian Mus. Mem., vol. 5, p. 38, 1929 (reference). 



Depth 3^, body strongly compressed, upper profile less convex 

 than lower; head over 414, high as long. Snout 4 in head; eye 

 nearly 3 ; mouth cleft small ; mouth and palate toothless. 



Scales 39 or 40 in median lateral series; 9 transversely. Caudal 

 well scaled. Abdominal scutes 18 + 8, strong. 



D. 17, origin eye diameter nearer snout tip than caudal base, height 

 II/3 in head ; A. 20 to 21 ?, begins behind end of dorsal base, equals 

 dorsal height; lower caudal lobe eye diameter longer than head; 



