FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 619 



SARDINELLA CLUPEOIDES (Blceker) 



AnMygaster clupevides Bleekeb, Journ. Indian Arcliip., vol. 3, p. 73, 1843 



(tyi)e locality: Macassar). (Error.) 

 Clupea clupeoides Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, p. 425, 1868 (Java). 

 Clupea (Sardinella) clupeoides Bleeker, Atlas Ichtli. Ind. N6erlan<l., vol. 6, 



pi. (14) 272, fig. 1, 1866-72. 

 Clupea {AmUyyaslcr) clupeoides Bleekee, Atlas Iclith. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, 



p. 103, 1866-72 (Java, Sumatra, Bintang, Celebes). — Webee and Beaufort, 



Fishes Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 63, fig. 23, 1913 (Batavia). 

 Sardinella clupeoides Jordan and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, p. 770, 



1905 (Negros).— EvERMANN and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26 (1906), 



p. 54 (1907) (Bulan).— Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19 p. 385, 



1917 (type).— FowLEB, Hong Kong Nat., vol. 2, p. 119, 1931 (reference).— 



Herrb, Journ. Pan-Pacific Res. Inst., vol. 8, No. 4, p. 6, 1933 (Dumaguete) ; 



Fishes Herre Philippine Bxped., 1931, p. 14, 1934 (Culion).— Roxas and 



Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 20, 1937 (reference).— 



Fowler, List Fish. Malaya, p. 31, 1938 (reference). 

 Eowala lauta Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, p. 1279, 1849 (type 



locality : Piuang) . 

 Clupea {Harengula) fim'briata (not Valenciennes) Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. 



Neerland., vol. 6, p. 105 (not figure), 1866-72 (copied Cantor). 

 Clupea fiml)riata Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 637, 1878 (part; copied). 

 Clupea okinawensis Kishinouye, Journ. Imp. Fisher. Bur. Tokyo, vol. 14, p. 96, 



pi. 19, fig. 2, pi. 21, fig. 5, 1907 (type locality: Okinawa, Riu Kiu) .— Snydeb, 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 489, 1912 (Okinawa). 

 Harengula okinaivensls Schmidt, Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 



vol. 1, p. 20, 1930 (Naha). 



Depth 41/5 to 42/3; head 31/2 to 41/5, width 1% to 21/3. Snout 3 to 

 31^ in head from snout tip ; eye 3% to 4, 1 to l^/^ in snout, greater to 

 subequal with interorbital or li/4 in interorbital with age, broad lids 

 largely cover eye; maxillary reaches % to 4^ to eye, expansion 2 to 

 2% in eye, length 3 to 3l^ in head from snout tip; no teeth; inter- 

 orbital 4 to 41/2, slightly elevated, level medially; cheek, preopercle 

 and opercle with red venules. Gill rakers 17 to 22+ 32 or 33, fine, 

 slender, V/^ to 2 in gill filaments, which 1 to li^ in eye. 



Scales 35 to 42 in median lateral series to caudal base and 3 to 5 

 more on latter; 11 transversely, 14 to 18 predorsal. Abdominal 

 serrae 16+13 or 14, low. Ventral axillary scale % length of fin. 

 Scales with 1 to 3 transverse striae, usually incomplete medially; 

 circuli fine, transverse, parallel striae basally, none apically where 

 cutaneous fringed edge with some parallel marginal horizontal 

 grooves. 



D. Ill, 12, I to III, 14, I, first branched ray 2 to 2i^ in total head 

 length ; A. in, 13, i to m, 16, i, first branched ray 4l^ to 5 ; caudal II/5 

 to 11^, deeply forked, lobes angularly pointed; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3%; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 2 to 24^. 



