5. CLurEA. 421 



7. Clupea anchovia. 

 Sardinella ancliovia, Cuv. ^ Val. xx. p. 2G9. 



D. 16. A. IG. 



This fish is said to be nearly identical with CJ. aurita, from which 

 it would differ, beside in the number of fin-ruys, in having the sub- 

 orbital bones finely venulose. 



Atlantic coasts of Tropical America. 



8. Clupea granigera. 

 Sardiuella gi-anigera, Cuv. ^' Val. xx. p. 207. 



D. 18. A. 21. 



Scales rather large, striated, with granular margin. The length 

 of the head is rather less than the height of the body, which is one- 

 fifth of the total (with the caudal). A very small patch of minute 

 teeth anteriorly on the palatine bones ; small teeth on the tongue ; 

 none on the vomer. Coloration uniform. No spot on the shoulder, 

 {Val.) 



Coast of Egypt. 



9. Clupea macrophthalma. 



Clupea macrophthalma, Ranzani, Nov. Co . Ac, Sc. List. Bonoii. v, 



1842, p. 320, tab. 23. 

 Harengula sardiua, Pocy^ Mem. Cub. ii. p. 310. 



D. 17-18. A. 17-18. V. 8. L. lat. '38-42. L. trans^. 12. 



Vert. 40. 

 The length of the head is contained thrice and a half in the total 

 (without caudal), the height of the body thrice or thrice and a third. 

 Scales regularly arranged, firm, adherent, those on the back with 

 very indistinct racUating stria?, the others being crossed hy four to 

 seven vertical lines. Lower jaw prominent, the maxillary extending 

 beyond the front margin of the orbit. Teeth distinct in the jaws, 

 on the palatine and pterygoid bones, and on the tongue; the y form 

 ovate patches . Cheeks and opcrcles with venules. Gill-rakers very 

 fine and closely set, shorter than the eye ; gill-cavity blackish. 

 Eye large, as long as the snout, which is of moderate extent, one- 

 third of the length of the head. Ventral fin inserted below the 

 middle of the dorsal fin, the base of which is more distant from the 

 end of the snout than from the root of the caudal fin. Tbere are 

 twelve abdominal scutes behind the base of the ventral fin. Silvery, 

 back with some dark longitudinal streaks. An indistinct small dark 

 spot on the scapula. 



West Indies. 



a, h-c. Adult. Cuba. From the Collection of the Zoological Society. 

 cl-h. Fine specimens. St. Croix. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 

 i-Jc. Adult : sldns. Jamaica. Purchased of Mr. Parnell. 

 1. Adult. Barbadoes. Purchased of M. Ehrhardt. 

 m-n. Adult. From the Ilaslar Collection. 



