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Genus HARENGULA Valenciennes 



Harengula Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 20, p. 277, 1847. (Genotype, Harengula latulus Valenciennes, 

 designated on pp. 277, 281, loc. cit.) 



For the identification of the species of Harengula see Storey's key 

 (Stanford Ichthyol. BiiU., vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 24-25, 1938). 



HARENGULA CLUPEOLA (Cuvier) 



Sardine; Sardina 

 Clupea clupeola Cuvier, Le rfigne animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 318 footnote 2, 1829. 



The following specimens were collected by the U.S.S. Niagara in 

 the Gulf of Venezuela: 



U.S.N.M. No. 128276, 5 specimens, 60 to 72 mm. in standard length, Amuay 

 Bay, December 9, 1924. 



U.S.N.M. No. 128277, 2 specimens, 32 and 57 mm., Jacuque Point, January 

 26, 1925. 



U.S.N.M. No, 128279, 7 specimens, 45 to 56 mm., Salinas Bay, April 4-5, 1925. 



U.S.N.M. No. 128278, 4 specimens, 32 to 38 mm., Estanques Bay, February 



20, 1925. 



HARENGULA MAJORINA Storey 



Harengula majorina Storey, Stanford Ichthyol. Bull., vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 25, 32, figs' 

 9, 12, 17, 1938 (Santos and Province of Sao Paulo, Brazil; St. Lucia, B. W. I.). 



U.S.N.M. No. 128280, 4 specimens, 52 to 54.5 mm. in standard length, 

 Salinas Bay, U.S.S. Niagara, April 4-5, 1925. 



U.S.N.M. No. 128281, a specimen, 141 mm., is probably this species, taken 

 in Estanques Bay, U.S.S. Niagara, December 8, 1924. 



Genus RHINOSARDINIA Eigenmann 



Rhinosardinia Eigenmann, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 5, p. 445, 1912. (Geno- 

 type, Rhinosardinia serrata Eigenmann.) 



RHINOSARDINIA AMAZONICA (Steindachner) 



Clupea amazonica Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. W^iss. Wien, vol. 80, p. 65, 1879 



(Amazon River at Pard). 

 Rhinosardinia amazonica Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 83, 



p. 406, 1931 (Cafio de Guanoco and Punta Tigre at mouth of San Juan 



River, Venezuela). 



Genus ODONTOGNATHUS Lacepfede 



Odontognathua LacepJide, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 2, p. 221, 1800. 

 (Genotype, Odontognathua muricatua Lacep^de.) 



ODONTOGNATHUS COMPRESSUS Meek and Hfldebrand 



Odontognathua compressus Meek and Hildebrand, Marine fishes of Panama, 

 vol. 1, p. 194, pi. 11, fig. 2, 1923 (Fox Bay, Colon, Panama). 



The following collections were made by the U.S.S. Niagara in the 

 Gulf of Venezuela in 1925: 



U.S.N.M. No. 128284, 6 specimens, 38 to 53 mm., in standard length, April 4. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 128285, 19 specimens, 25 to 105 mm., Jacuque Point, January 26. 



