XVITT. NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF FISHES FROM 



PORT SAID, EGYPT. 



By David Starr Jordan and Carl L. Hubbs, 



(Plates XLVI and XLVII.) 



In February, 1914, Dr. Jordan spent a day at Port Said at the north- 

 ern end of the Suez Canal, making a collection of fishes. The sea is 

 very shallow at this point, with sandy bottom, and the species taken 

 were those characteristic of such places in the eastern Mediterranean. 

 Series of the specimens obtained are in the Carnegie INIuseum in 

 Pittsburgh and in Stanford University. The numbers given under 

 the species refer to the specimens in the Carnegie Museum. 



Family CLUPEID^. 

 Genus Harengula Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



1. Harengula maderensis (Lowe). 



No. Sooia-c, C. M. 



D. 18 or 19; A. 20; scales 43. Head three and nine-tenths times 

 in length; depth three and a third times in length. Scales striate, 

 finely laciniate. A diffuse blackish spot at base of dorsal in front; a 

 dusky shade on shoulder. This species has not before been received 

 from the Mediterranean. Harengula lattila from France is very close, 

 but seems to have entire scales. 



Family ENGRAULID.F:. 

 Genus Engraulis Cuvier. 



2. Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus). 



No. 8oo2a-/z, C. M. 



Appears to be very abundant at Port Said. 



Family CYPRINODONTIDyE. 



Genus Aphanius Nardo. 



3. Aphanius calaritanus (Bonelli). 



No. 8003C-C, CM. 

 Ventral rays six or seven. 



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