SALMONOIDS. 



917 



THE HEBRIDAL SIIL-SMELT (sw. stromsillen). 

 AUGEXTIXA Sl'IlYILENA. 



Kig. 2, 'SO. 



Base of tlic (ii/iiJ titi in-rcpptililji (jrcdtcr tlinii the Itnifilliidiitiil (/iamcter of the ei/cs. and more tliaii ', ,, flic Icvijfh 

 iif the head reduced. Ileif/ht of the dorsal fn more than -, ,, of the preahdominal leiif/fh. Loirer posterior iiiar- 

 !/iti of the (ipereidiim iiideided in an elonr/ated S-fonn. (iiJJ-raherx on the first liranchiuJ arch alxntt 13 or 14. 

 Branched rai/s in the pectoral.'^ 1:J or /•->, in the centrals '.). Scales transparent, with a rich coat of silvery 



pif/ment on. the inner surface. 



~^^^^^^Kfaf?r — ~„^ 



, -'a- ^„ 



Kig. 230. Argentina sphyrcena, 9i natural size. Taken on a lotig-line oft" Helso. near Stromstad, on the 12th Dec, 1879. C. .\. H.^nsson. 

 a, one of the scales in the lateral line, magn. 2 diani.; i, section of the body just in front of the ventral fins, natural size. 



/?.ic. il: l>. !'".4. A'; P. 



Lin. Int. 



10 

 Lin. trans 



(1)1 

 :; V.^—^\ a. .r+ 1 + 17 + 1 



>y«. Sphvni-na parva sive Spliyriuuii? sccnnda species, RONDEL., Di: 

 Pisi:., lili. VIII, cap. II, p. 227. I'isciculus Ronise Argen- 

 tina dictus, WiLLUGHP... H/sl. Pisc.y p. 229; R.-»y, Syn. 

 Metli. Pise, p. 108. Aryeiitiun, Art., IchtliyoL, Gen. Pise, 

 p. 8; Syn. Pise, p. 17. 

 .[rgentina Spliyrcena, Lix., Syst. \at., edit. X, toni. I, p. .Sl.O : 

 BRt'.VN.. /rlithyol. .^rass^l.. p. 79; Cuv., Mem. JIus.. vol. I. 

 p. 228, tab. 11, Hs. sup.; Risso, Hist. Nat. Eitr. Mir.. 

 toni. Ill, p. 4<!2; Es.M. in NiLSS., Skiual. Fna, Fisk., p. 

 47(3; iJTiiR.. (',(1. Brit. Mas., Fish., vol. VI, \k 203; 

 C.4XESTR., Fna I/ltnl.. part. Ill, p. 129; Cou,., Fcvli. Vid. 



Selsk. Chrnia 1874, Tillsegsh., p. 171; 1879, No. 1, p. 

 92; N. Mag. Naturv. Chrnia, Bd. 29, p. 109; M.\lm, Gbys, 

 llnli. Fn., p. 550; H.4NSS0N, Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forli. 1880, 

 N(i. 4, p. 22; Mon., Hist. Nat. Poiss. Fr.. toni. Ill, p. 

 554; Day, Fisti. Gt. Brit., Irel., vol. II, p. 13G, tab. CXXV; 

 SiouM, Vid. Selsk. Skr. Trondhj. 1883, p. 29; Sm.. Vet.- 

 Akad. Handl., Bd. 21. No. 8, p. 190; Lii.u., ^c, Norg. 

 Fislc., vol. II, p. 692. 



Aryeiitina Situs, NiLss. (p. p.). Olis. Ichthyol., p. 7; Edw., 

 .lourn. Lin. Soc., Zool., vol. XV (1881), p. 334. 



(Isjiierns Hebridicus, Yarr., Hist. Brit. Fisli., ed. 1, Snppl. II, 

 J). IG; NiLSS. {Argentina), Stcand. Fna, Fi.slc., p. 474; 

 'JTHR., Cut., I. c. 



Argentina Ciivieri, Cuv., Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. .\X1, p. 

 41.1 + Arg. leioglossa. p. 417. tab. G24 (vide Gir.LiOLi, 



according to Day. 



1- 



8—9 

 /, 2—3 



9 — 10 " 

 •■ 52 — 53, accordin.ir to Xi[.ssoN and GCsther. 

 '' Sometimes 50, according to NlLSSON. 



