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223. Harengula pensacolae Goode and Bean. 



Florida. 



Harengula pensacolsp Goode and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., II, 1879. 

 152, Pensacola, Fla. 



224. Harengula thrissina (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Gulf of California. 



Clupea thrissina Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., V, 1882, 

 353, Cape San Lucas. 



Genus 100. LILE Jordan and Evermann. 



Lilc Jordan and Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. Amer., 1896, 431 

 {Clupea stolifera Jordan and Gilbert). 



225. Lile stolifera (Jordan and Gilbert). 



Gulf of California to Panama; Mazatlan, Mexico. 



Clupea .stolifera Jordan and Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., IV, 1881, 

 339, Mazatlan. 



Genus 101. OPISTHONEMA Gill. Thread herring. 



Opisthonema Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 37 {Clupea 

 thrissa Broussonet = Megalops oglina LeSueur); not of Osbeck. 



226. Opisthonema oglinum (LeSueur). Thread herring; Macliuelo; Cailleu 



tassai't; Sprat. 

 West Indies, ranffing regularly north to Florida and Carolina; Longport, 



N. J.; Newport, R. I.; Fortress Monroe. 

 Clupea thrissa Broussonet, Ichthyologie, fasc. I, 1782, Carolina; Jamaica; 



not of Osbeck, 1757, which is a Chinese species of Clupanodon,. 

 Megalops oglina LeSueur, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., I, 1817, 359, 



Newport, R. I. 

 Megalops notata LeSueur, loc. cit., 359, Guadeloupe. 

 Chatoessus signifer DeKay, N. Y. Fauna: Fishes, 1842, 264, New York. 

 Chatocssus eumorphus Gosse, Naturalist's Sojourn in Jamaica, 1851, 



290, Jamaica. 



227. Opisthonema libertate (Giinther). Sardina machete. 



Pacific coast of Mexico and Central America. 



Meletta libertate Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, 603, Libertad, 

 Central America. 



Genus 102. BREVOORTIA Gill. Menhadens. 



Brevoortia Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XIII, 1861, 37 {Alosa 

 menhaden Storer = Clupea iyrannus Latrobe). 



228. Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe). Menhaden; Mosshunker; Bonyfish; 



White fish; Bug fish; Fatback; Pogy. 

 Nova Scotia to West Indies; abundant. 

 Clupea tijrannus Latrobe, Trans. Amer. P!iil. Soc. Phila., V, 1802, 77, 



pi. 1, Chesapeake Bav. 

 Clupea menhaden Mitohill, Trans. Lit. Phil. Soc. N. Y., I, 1815, 453, 



New York. 

 Clupea neglecia Rafinesque, Amer. Month. Mag., 1818, 206, Long Island. 

 Clupea carolinensis Gronow, Cat. Fishes, 1854, 140, South Carolina. 



229. Brevoortia tyrannus brevicaudata Goode. Short-tailed menhaden. 



South Atlantic north to Connecticut. 



Brevoortia tyrannus brevicaudata Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, 

 34, Noank, Conn. 



230. Brevoortia patronus Goode. Gulf menhaden. 



Gulf of Mexico; coast of Te.xas. 



Brevoortia patronus Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., I, 1878, 39, Brazos 

 Santiago, Tex. 



Genus 103. ILISHA Gray. 



Platygaster Swainson, Class. Anim., II, 1839, 294 {Clupea africana 



Bioch); name preoccupied. 

 Ilisha Gray, in Richardson, Ichthy. China, in Proc. Brit. Assoc, 1845 



(1846), .306 (7. abnormis); no description. 

 Pellona Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XX, 1847, 300 



(P. orbijnyana = Prisligaster flavipinnis Valenciennes). 



