!Siii,-is.\u;i/rs. 



913 



THE GREATER SIIL-SMELT. 

 ARGENTINA SILUS. 



Fi; 



>->\). 



Base of the aiiaJ Jin, as well as the l(i)if/itii(/iiial dhuiieter of the eyes, less than half the leiiffth of the head re- 

 duced. Hcijiht of the dorsal fin less than '"' ,, of the preabdominal length. Lower posterior margin of the oper- 

 culitin straight. Gill-raliers on the first branvliiat arch about 20. Branched rags in the pectorals Id or 17, in 



the rcntrals 11 or J J. Scales of a horiig gelloir. 



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Kig. -I'lO. Argentina situs, $, ' 

 Is., on llie nth Nov., 1880 



V04 of the natunil size. Taken on a Haddock-line at a depth of .50 ffhms., between the Koster and Tieler 

 ; C. A. Hans.son. (I, scale from the base of the dorsal fin: h. scale from the lateral line; c, scale from 



the first row below the lateral line. 

 All the scales from the right side of the body and twice the natural size. 



11 — 12' 



C. r + 1 + 17 + 1 + .(■: L. lat. 66—70: L. Ii: -1; T>c(. Go''— 68 



iSi/n. Salmo Situs, Asc.iN., Icon. Ret: Xat., fasc. Ill, \k 3. tab. 

 XXIV; Cuv. {Uoregonus), Rign. Aniin., ed. 2, toiu. II, p. 

 308; Nii.ss., Prodi: Iclithjol. <S'canrf., p. 19: \v. {Argentina), 

 Observ. Ichthijot., p. 3; Krot. (Acantliole/iis) in Gaim., 

 Vo;/. Scand., Lap., cett., Zool., tab. 17; Id., Damn. Fisl^:, 



vol. Ill, p. 98; Ctjv., V"AL., Hist. Nat. Poiss., torn. XXI, 

 p. 421; Nii.ss., fSlcanil. Fna, Fislc., p. 469; Gtbk., Cat. 

 Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. 6, p. 202; Olsson, Limds Univ. 

 Arsskr., torn. VIII (1871), p. G (sep.); Coll., Forh. Vid. 

 Selsk. Chrnia 1874, Tillsegsh., p. 173; 1879, No. 1, p. 93; 

 N. Mag. Naturv., Bd. 29, p. 109; Winth., Naturh. Tidskr. 

 Kbhvn, ser. 3, vol. XII, p. 45; Storm, Vid. Selsk. Skr. 

 Trondlij. 1883, p. 29: Sm., Vet.-Akad. Handl., Bd. 21, No. 

 8, p. 196; Peters., Vid. Meddel. Naturh. For. Kbhvn. 1884 

 (1886), p. 159; Lillj., Sv., Norg. Fisk., vol. 2, p. 679. 



" More commonly 10, according to Lilljeboro. 

 ' According to NiLssON; 66 according to Kroyer. 

 ' According to Liluebokg. 



