4-lU CLCrEIDJJ. 



4 



Clupanodon pilchardus, liit-so, I. c, 



Alausa pilcliardus, Cuv. ^- Val. xx. p. 445, pi. 605. 



B. 6. D. 17-18. A. 19-21. V. 6. L. lat. 47-48. Vcrt. 53 

 (50-51, Loive). Csec. pyl. 7. 



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

 which is one-fourth of the total (without caudal). Lower jaAV but 

 slightly prominent ; the maxillary cxtenchng somewhat beyond the 

 vertical from the front margin of the eye. No teeth on the palate 

 or on the tongue. Gill-rakcrs very fine and long, closely set. Ventral 

 fins inserted below, or nearly below, the middle of the base of the dorsal. 

 Origin of the dorsal fin considerably nearer to the end of the snout 

 than to the root of the caudal. There are from twelve to fourteen 

 abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral fins. Operculiim 

 with very conspicuous radiating strias descending towards the subo- 

 pcrculum. A small blackish spot in the scapulary region. 



Mediterranean and neighbouring parts of the Atlantic ; extending 

 northwards to the coasts of England and Sweden. (See Clupea 

 sagax, p. 443.) 



Yar. a. sardina. 



Base of the ventral fin below the middle of the base of the dorsal. 

 Gill-rakcrs a little shorter than the eye. 



(I. Fine specimen. Dalmatia. 



b. Half-grown. Nice. Purchased of Dr. Deakin. 



c, d-e. Fine specimens. Madeira. Presented by the Ecv. E. T. Lowe. 

 f-g. Half-grown. From the Haslar Collection. 



Var. /j. inlclu(rdi(S. 



Base of the ventral fin behind the middle of the base of the dorsal. 

 Gill-rakcrs a little longer than the eye. 



rt. Adult. Cornwall. Presented by T. Priestley, Esq. 

 h. Adult : stufi'cd. Cornwall. 

 c~e. Adult. 



40. Clupea maderensis. 



Arengue. 



Clupea maderensis, Loice, Trans. Zuol. Soc. ii. p. 189. 



? Hareugula forsteri, Cuv. 8,- Val. xx. p. 299. 



Alausa eba, Cuv. S,- Val. xx. p. 417. 



Meletta mediterrauea, Cuv. ^- Val. xx. p. .369. 



B. 6. D. 18-19. A. 18-19. V. 8. L. lat. 45-50. L. transv. 

 11-13. Vert. 47. 

 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 but 

 slightly prominent ; the maxillary extending somewhat beyond the 

 vertical from the front margin of the eye. No teeth on the palate ; 

 tongue without or with a very narrow strip of minute teeth. Oper- 

 culum entirely smooth. Gill-rakers very fine and long, closely set. 

 Gill- cavity black. Ventral fui inserted below, or nearly below, the 

 middle of the base of the dorsal. Origin of the dorsal fin consider- 



