622 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Color in formalin bluish gray above, yellowish below. Eleven 

 more or less distinct dark spots along upper parts of sides. Dusky 

 brown blotch on snout. Few minute fuscous spots at tips of dorsal 

 and caudal lobes, but no prominent dusky blotches on any fins. Fins 

 whiter than body color. 



Length, 140-190 mm. (Whitley.) 



Queensland. 



ARENGUS SAG AX (Jenyns) 



Chipea sagax Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fish., p. 134, 1842 (type locality; Lima, San 

 Lorenzo Island.) — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 7, p. 443, 1868 

 (Japan). — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 6, p. 

 269, 1908-11 (Natal.)— GiLCHEiST, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 1, 

 p. 57, fig., 1913 (False Bay). 



Sardina sagax Rexjan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 18, p. 13, pi. 1, fig. 1, 

 191G (Chile, California, Japan, South Africa). — Gilchrist and Thompson, 

 Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, p. 297, 1917 (reference). — Baenard, Ann. South 

 African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 1, p. 112, 1825 (Table Bay, False Bay, Natal).— 

 FowLEK, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 194 (Durban beach). — 

 Barnard, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 1017, 1927 (Fowler's 

 record). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 87, p. 365, fig. 6, 

 1935 (Durban). 



Sardinia sagax Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 412, 1934 

 (Natal) (error). 



Clupea melanosticta Schlegel, in Siebold's Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pts. 10-15, 

 p. 237, pi. 107, fig. 3, 1846 (type locality: Japan coasts). — GthsTTHER, Cat. 

 fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 7, p. 430, 1868 (China ).^ — Ishikawa and Matsttura, 

 Prelim. Cat. Fishes Mus. Tokyo, p. 7, 1897. — Kishinouye, Journ. Imp. Fisher. 

 Bur. Tokyo, vol. IH, pp. 71, 94. 97, pi. 17, figs. 1-2, 1907. 



Clupanodon melanost ictus Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 

 p. 349, 1900 (Tokyo) ; Annot. Zool. Japon., vol. 3, p. 53, 1901 (reference). 



Sardinella melanosticta Jordan and Heere, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, p. 632, 

 1906 (Hakodate, Tokyo, Yokohama, Tsuruga, Aomori, Misaki, Same, Tate- 

 yama, Matsushima Bay, Wakanoura, Kobe, Onomichi, Hakata, Nagasaki). — 

 Franz, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol. 4, Suppl. vol. 1, p. 5, 1910 (Sagami 

 Bay, Aburatsubo, Fukuura). — Mori, Journ. Pan Pacific Res. Inst., vol. 3, 

 p. 3, 1928 (Fusan, Korea). — Soldatov and Lindbeeg, Bull. Pacific Sci. 

 Fisher. Inst, vol. 5, p. 38, 1930 (Far East seas). 



Sardinia melanosticta Schmidt, Bull. Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R., p. 108, 1930 (Obama) ; 

 Trans. Pacific Comm. Acad. Sci. U.S.S.R. vol. 11, p. 19, 1931 (Nagasaki; 

 Kagoshima).— Tanaka, Jap. Fish. Life Colours. No. 41, 1933. 



Amhlygaster melanostictnm Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 402, 1912 

 (Otaru, Mororan, Tomakomai, Hakodate, Misaki). — Izuka and Matsuura, 

 Cat. Zool. Spec. Tokyo Mus. Vertebrata, p. 183, 1920 (Tokyo market). 



Amhlygaster melanostictus Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, 

 p. 590, 1930 (Tokyo). 



Clupea ocellata Pappe, Synops. Edible Fish Cape of Good Hope, p. 29, 1853 

 (type locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. 

 Indie, vol. 21, p. 56, I860 (reference). — Castelnau, M^m. Poiss. Afrique 

 Australe, p. 67, 1801 (Cape of Good Hope). — Pappb, Synops. Edible Fishes 

 Cape of Good Hope, ed. 2, p. 20, 1866 (Cape of Good Hope). — Gilchrist, 

 Marine Invest. South Africa, vol. 6, 1901, p. 153, 1902 (reference). 



