FISHES. 



137 



X)reseiit in all tlie examples, and yet there is excellent reason for believ- 

 ing the largest specimen at least mature. 



In the measurements the unit of comparison is the length to the origin 

 of the middle caudal rays. The figure of S. Naresi is employed, and 

 the agreement between that and the Cumberland Gulf specimens is 



striking. 



Table of Measurements. 



Current number of specimen. 

 Locality 



3,000, ?. 



Cumbeiiand 

 Gulf. 



22,000 a, $. 



Cumberland 

 GuK. 



22,000 h, d". 



Cumberland 

 Gulf. 



rig. of/S.JVar- 

 m in P. Z. S., 

 iii,1877,pLL. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



Extreme length 



Length to origin of middle caudal 



rays 



Body: 



Greatest height 



Greatest width 



Height at vcutrals 



Least heiglit of tail 



Head: 



Greatest length 



Distance from snout to nape 



Greatest width 



Widtli of uiterorbital area . . . 



Lengtli of snout 



Length of oi)erculum 



Length of upper jaw 



Length of mandible 



Distance from snout to orbit. 



Long diameter of eye 



Dorsal (first) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Lengtli of longest ray 



Dorsal (adipose) : 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Height 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Length of longest ray 



Length of last ray 



Caudal : 



Length of middle rays 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral : 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Vent from tip of ventrals 



Branchiostegals . 



Dorsal 



139 

 120 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Milli- 

 metres, 



103 



Anal 



Pectoral , 



Ventral 



Number of ciEcal appendages 



11? 

 13 

 11 

 16 

 1,9 

 28 



20 

 12 

 17 



8 



23 

 17 

 11 



6.V 

 4' 



10" 

 13 



45 



12 

 14 



79 

 3 

 5 



75 

 12 

 13 



5i 



8 

 17 



10? 

 13 

 11 

 15 

 1,9 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



74 



19 

 10. 

 15 



23 

 17 

 lOi 



6| 



5 



7 



9 

 13 



5i 



6 



17 



54 

 13 



7* 



13 

 11 

 14 

 1,9 

 27 



lOOths 



of 

 length. 



Milli- 

 metres. 



197 

 172 



5 



7 

 10^ 

 14 



19 



42 



lOOths 



of 

 lengtli. 



19J 



38 



8i 



5i 



46 

 12 

 12 



80 



44 



75 



10 



12 



5 



18 



22 

 18 



54 

 12i 



Family, CLUPEID^. 

 36. Clupea harengus Linu. 



Cliipca harengus Rich., F. B. A., iii, 1836, p. 231. 



Richardson mentions the occurrence of the herring at Bathurst's Inlet, 

 670 K, 109O W. 



