Sp. br. 120; keel scales before V 18-19, V to A 15-16. The total length 

 154-147 mm. In percentage of body length (fide Smith): head length 23.6- 

 24.5, body depth 18.2-18.1, predorsal 39. 7-40.0, pre ventral 71 .0-71.2, 

 caudal peduncle depth 6.3-6.0. In percentage of head length; snout 28.8- 

 30.7, eye diameter 24.9-27.7, mterorbital 18.0-18 .3, upper jaw 43.5- 

 43.3, lower jaw 55.5-55.4, pectoral length 60.0-57.5, ventral length 34.2 - 

 33 .3 . The two last rays of the anal fin are noticeably longer than the rest. 

 A row of 6-7 black spots is present on each side of the body which are sim.aller 

 than the diameter of the pupil . 



K.I. Panm biometrical.ly examined 223 examples of ivasi from eastern 

 Kamchatka and found they possess a smaller number of gill rakers (ave. 123.55; 

 range 108-139). However, the ivasi of the Primoria coast according to S. M. 

 Kaganovskyi/ average 144.61 gill rakers ranging from 126 to 174. This 

 difference may be explained by the smaller size of the Kamchatka ivasi . 

 The 2 and 3 year old groups measure 14 to 20 cm and thus far do provide 

 evidence to establish themselves as a separate race, or indicate their 

 relationship to the California sardine ( Sardinops sagax caerulea ) which 

 differs in a smaller number of gill rakers (according to W. F. Thompson 

 an average of 131 . 1 ranging from 90-160).—/ 



3 . Clupea harengus pallasi Valenciennes 



Seld were first found in early July in the southern part of the area 

 investigated (Avacha Bay), taken in an otter trawl in 96 meters. All four 

 examples were ripe males with full stomachs . In addition, in the stomach 

 of an "arrow paltus" ( Atheres'^Vs evermanni ), taken in Avacha Bay at 150 

 meters, there was a herring 30 cm long. 



Herring are abundant in the Bering Sea, occuring on the Asiatic coast 

 as far North as Anadyr Gulf. On the American coast, they occur in the 

 warm current as far as Bering Straits (Port Clarence). Scofield (Fishes 

 of Arctic Alaska, 1899, p. 494) notes that local inhabitants report shoals 

 of herring near the mouth of the Mackenzie . The Marine Commerce animal 

 group provided information concerning the winter occurence of a fish similar 

 to herring, about 30 cm. long, in Providence Bay. However, these probably 



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S. M. Kaganovsky. Fishery Industries of the Far East., vol. 7, 1935, p. 39. 



2/ 



Quoted from K. I. Panin (1935, I.e.). 



