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Peaoral fin: length 21.8— 24.1. 



Distance from tip of snout to origin of. dor- 

 sal fin 42.7—45.8; anal fin 78.6— 

 81.7; pelvic fin 53-6— 55.6; pec- 

 toral fin 27.1-30.3. 



Scales: transverse rows 39—43, usually 

 40—42; predorsal 11— 14, usually 

 12 or 13. 



Ventral scutes: 30—32; usually 31 m p. 

 majorina\ 28—31, usually 29 or 30, 

 in other subspecies. 



Gill rakers: 30—40; p. majorina with 30— 

 37, usually 'iZ~'i^'-> P- caribbaea 

 with 31—37, usually 32— 35; />./)i;«- 

 sacolae, p. cubana, p.floridana, and 

 p.pinensis with 34—40, usually 2S— 

 39- 



Figure 97. Harengula pensacolae, 104 mm SL, Province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, type oi H. p. cubana, USNM 

 132472. Drawn by Janet Ebeling, after Rivas {108). 



Predorsal contour evenly and moderately convex, the Postdorsal contour 

 more or less straight or very slightly convex from origin of dorsal to caudal fin ; Ven- 

 tral contour much more convex than dorsal contour, the body axis closer to dorsal 

 than to pelvic fins. Dorsal fin originating nearer to tip of snout than to caudal base. 

 Pelvic fin inserted about midway between insertion of pectoral and origin of anal, or 

 nearer insertion of pectoral. Pectoral fin inserted nearer to insertion of pelvic than 

 to tip of snout. 



Color. General coloration silvery, especially on the lower parts of the head and body; 

 the opercular plates with iridescent or pearlish, metallic reflections. Back dark brownish 

 or bluish gray. Body with dark, longitudinal streaks, more conspicuous on back. 

 Humeral spot variable; conspicuous to faint. Tip of snout and mandible dusky. Up- 

 per sector of iris dusky. Fins colorless except caudal, which is somewhat pigmented 

 at tip of lobes and along inner margin. 



Size. The largest specimen examined measures 149 mm SL. 



Range. Widely and generally distributed from Cape Canaveral, Florida, southward 

 to Brazil, Including the Gulf of Mexico, as discussed under Variation. 



