442 CLtTPKIU^. 



than half the size of the head. The scales are large, forming nine 

 rows on each side of the body ; they are silvery, and each scale is 

 marked on the beUy with a copper- coloured spot. The point of the 

 snout above and beneath is black ; on the front there is a small black 

 longitudinal band, and over each eye a black spot. The point of the 

 dorsal fin, and the posterior edge of the forked caudal fin are black j 

 the ventrals are attached under the middle of the dorsal fin. {M,SfTr.) 



Barbadoes. 



Alosa hishopi, MiiU. & Troseh. I. c, is mentioned in the following 

 terms : — This species agrees in some points with the former ; it has, 

 however, a black spot behind the operculum, which is not to be ob- 

 served in the A. apicalis, and the dorsal fin is without the black 

 mark. It possesses, likewise, like Alosa tyrannus of Dekay, the 

 indistinct dark longitudinal lines ; but the eye of the Barbadoes 

 species is larger, its diameter being equal to half the height of the 

 head. There are eleven rows of scales on each side of the body ; the 

 ventrals are fixed under the middle of the dorsal fin ; the caudal fin 

 is forked. Length 4^ inches. 



43. Clupea pseudoMspanica. 

 Sardinia pseudohispanica, Poet/, Mem. Cub. ii. p. 311. 

 D. 18. A. 17. Vert. 46. 

 Scales deciduous, entire, with vertical striae. The height of the 

 body is one-fifth of the total length (with the caudal), the length 

 of the head two-ninths. The diameter of the eye is one-third of 

 the length of the head. The maxillary extends to below the middle 

 of the orbit. Cheek and opercles venulose. Minute teeth on the tongue 

 and the symphysis of the mandible, none on the palate. The distance 

 of the dorsal &a from the end of the snout is contained twice and 

 .five-sixths in the total length ; ventral fin below the middle of the 

 dorsal. (Poey.) 

 Cuba. 



44. Clupea arcuata. 



Jenyna, Toy. Beagle, Fish. p. 134. 



D. 18. A. 23. L. lat. 42. 



The length of the head is contained four times and one-fourth in 

 the total (without caudal), the height of the body thrice ; head nearly 

 as deep as long. Scales regularly arranged, deciduous. Abdominal 

 profile more convex than dorsal. Lower jaw projecting beyond the 

 upper ; snout short, maxiliaiy extending beyond the vertical from 

 the front margin of the orbit. A narrow strip of minute teeth on 

 the tongue, none on the palate. Opercles smooth GiU-rakers very 

 fine and closely set, nearly as long as the eye. Eye as long as the 

 snout, two-sevenths of the length of the head. Ventral inserted 

 below the origin of the dorsal Jin, ivhich is rather nearer to the root of 

 the caudal than to the end of the snout. There are ten abdominal 

 scutes behind the base of the ventral fin. 



North Patagonia. 



