FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 595 



Ilarengula castchwui Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19, p. 391, 1917 

 (New South Wales). — McCxjlloch and Whitley, Mem. Queensland Mus., 

 vol. 8, pt. 2, p. 132, 1925 (reference). — McCixlloch, Fishes of New South 

 Wales, ed. 2, p. 17, pi. 5, fig. 55a, 1927; Austral. Mus. Mem., vol. 5, p. 39, 

 1929 (reference). 



Clupea Jij/pselosoma (not Bleaker) Klunzinger. Sitzungsber, Akad. Wiss., Wien, 

 math.-nat. CI., vol. 80, p. 416, 1880 (Queensland). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. 

 Soc. New South Wales, vol. 4, p. 375, 1880 (Port Jackson).— Ogilby, Cat. 

 Fishes New South Wales, p. 56, 1886.— Kent, Great Barrier Reef, pp. 302, 

 370, 1893. 



Clupea sundaica (not Bleeker) Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 4, p. 373, ISSO (Elizabeth Bay, Sydney) ; vol. 6, p. 259, 1881 (Port 

 Jackson, Hawkesbury River). — Woods, Fish Fisher. New South Wales, 

 p. 86, 1882.— Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 8, 1883, 

 p. 209, 1884 (Lower Burdekin River). — Ogilby, Edible Fishes New South 

 Wales, p. 182, 1893.— Kent, Great Barrier Reef, p. 301 (Torres Straits), 

 p. 370, 1893. 



Depth 234 to 2%; head 33/5 to S%, width 2 to 2i/io. Snout 2% 

 to 3% in head from snout tip ; eye 2% to 3, greater than snout or in- 

 terorbital, broad adipose lids cover last third of eye; maxillary 

 reaches % to I/2 in eye, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, length 2 to 21/10 

 in head from snout tip; few weak, obsolete teeth along jaw edge; 

 interorbital 4I/2 to 5^4, scarcely elevated, largely level; cheek, side 

 of head, humeral and occipital regions with venules. Gill rakers 

 18+52, finely lanceolate, equal gill filaments or 1/2 of eye. 



Scales (mostly fallen) 30 or 31 in median lateral series to caudal 

 base and 4 or 5 more on latter; 13 transversely, 12 or 13 predorsal. 

 Abdominal serrae 17+11. Scales with 4 or 5 complete, well-sep- 

 arated or vertically parallel striae; circuli all finely vertically paral- 

 lel, none apical. 



D. Ill, 14, 1, first branched ray 1% to ly^ in total head length ; A. 11, 

 17, 1, first branched ray Sy^ to 4 ; least depth of caudal peduncle 214 to 

 2%; pectoral I14 to II/3; ventral 2; caudal 2% to 24^ in rest of 

 body, deeply forked, long lobes slender and pointed. 



Back and upper surface of head brown. Sides and lower surface 

 of body bright silvery white. Iris whitish. Dorsal, caudal, and 

 pectoral brownish, first with narrow blackish apex. Ventrals and 

 anal pale. 



Queensland, New South "Wales. 



U.S.N.M. No. 48801. Port Jackson, New South Wales. J. D. Ogilby. Length, 

 188-200 mm. Paratypes of Kotcala castelnaui. 2 examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 59944. Port Jackson. D. G. Stead. Length, 183-185 mm. 2 

 examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 59945. New South Wales. D. G. Stead. Length, 90-175 mm. 9 

 examples. 



