178 ENGRAÜLIS .lAPONICUS. 



a. E. ringens Jeuyns (Günther , Gat. of Pishes, 1868, 



Vol. VIT, p. 386, neither Schlegel, nor Bleeker). 

 Diagnostic: see above. Pacific coast of America. 

 h. E. chinensis Gtbr. (Chall. exped , 1880 , Zoology , T. I, 

 pt. VI, p. 72) s. E. eommersonianus Richards. (Ichth. 

 Chin., 1845, p. 308, not Lacép.) s. Atheriiiajaponica 

 Houttuijn (Verh. Holl. Maatsch. Wet. Haarlem, XX, 

 2, 1781, p. 340). 

 Diagnostic: see above. China. 

 c. E. japonicus Schleg. (Pauna Japonica, 1850, Pisces, 



p. 239, tab. CVm, fig. 3). 

 Diagnostic : The height of the body is one-seventh of 

 the total length (without caudal), the length of the head 

 a little less than one-fourth ; sides and lower parts silvery, 

 back dark-coloured; D. 13 — 14, A. 18. Japan. 



I believe this comparison will sufficiently show the dis- 

 tinctness of the above mentioned three species. ^ 



:N'otes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. XIII. 



