418 ■ CLUPEIDiE. 



American examples, 

 a. Adult. Boston. Presented by B, 'Wmstone, Esq. " Chipea elon- 



(jafa." 

 h. Several examples, 4-5 inches long. East Boston. Presented by 



B. Winstone, Esq. " Chtpea minima." 

 c. Adult : in not good state. Halifax, Nova Scotia. Presented by 



J. Mathew Jones, Esq., F.L.S. 



2. Clupea mirabilis. 



Girard, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philacl 1854, p. 138; U. S. ^- Pac. P. P. 

 Exped. Fish. p. 329. 

 B. 8. D. 19. A. 15, L. lat. 49. Case. pyl. 18. Vert. 51. 

 This fish differs scarcely from the Herring of the Atlantic; it 

 appears to have a ray less in the anal fin ; also the number of ver- 

 tebrte is smaller. 



California. 

 a-d. Adult. San Francisco. Presented by Dr. "W. 0. Ayres. 

 e~f. Skins. Yancouver Island. Collected by Mr. J. K. Lord. 

 g. Skeleton : adult female. San Francisco. Presented by Dr. W. 0. 

 Ayres. 



3. Clupea pontica. 



Clupea piltschardus, Pall. Zoogr. Poss.-As. ill. p. 204. 



• pontica, Pichwald, Pull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1838, p. 135 ; and Faun. 



Casp.-Caticas. p. 162, tab. .32. fig. 2; Nordmann, in Demid. Voy, 

 Puss. Merid. iii. p. 520, pi. 25. fig. 2 ; Cm. ^- Val. xx. p. 244. 



Closely allied to CI. liarengus. 



B. 8. D. 15-17. A. 20-21. 



The height of the body is nearly equal to the length of the head, 

 ■which is one-fourth of the total (without caudal). Lower jaw rather 

 prominent, the maxillary extending to, or somewhat behind, the 

 posterior margin of the orbit. Small teeth on the tongue, vomer, and 

 palatine bones. Ventral fins inserted behind the vertical from the 

 anterior dorsal rays. Operculum striated. A dark spot on the sca- 

 pidary region. 



Black Sea. 



4. Clupea caspia. 

 FicJnvahl, Pull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1838, p. 134; and Faun. Casp.-Caucas. 

 p. 161, tab. 32. fig. 1. 



D. 13. A. 18. 

 Scales of moderate size. The height of the body is one-third of 

 the total length (without caudal), the length of the head two- 

 sevenths. Small teeth on the vomer and palatine bones, none on 

 the tongue, Lower jaw received in a notch of the upper ; maxUlary 

 extending to below, or somewhat behind, the posterior margin of the 

 orbit. Ventrals inserted a little behind the origin of the dorsal fin. 



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