Fishes of the Western North Atlantic 407 



Osburn, and Cole, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. (191 1), J-T (2), 1913: 741 (refs.. Woods Hole, Mass., food, 



parasites); Meek and Hildebrand, Field Mus. Publ., Zool., 75 (i), 1923: 180 (synon., descr., distr.); 



Beebe and Tee-Van (in part S. brasiliensis), Zoologica, N. Y., 10 (i), 1928: 39 (refs., field char., discus.). 

 Sardinella aur'ita Regan (in part S. brasiliensis), Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (8) ig, 1917: 378 (synon., in part not 



this species; descr. in part, range); Jordan (in part not of C. and V.), Manual Vert. Anim. NE U. S., 



ed. 13, 1929: 41 (diagn., range); Jordan, Evermann, and Clark (in part not of C. and V.), Rep. U. S. 



Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 43 (range, synon.). 

 Sardinia anchovia Jordan, Evermann, and Clark, Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish. (1928), 2, 1930: 43 (range, synon.). 

 Sardinia fseudo-hisfanica Howell, Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv., 82 (2), 1938: 171 {S. pseudo-hispanica Poey 



to synon. of S. anchovia C. and V.; cotypes). 



Doubtful References: 



Sardinia pseudo-hispanica Poey, Memorias, Cuba, 2, i860: 311 (orig. descr.; type local. Cuba; cotypes Nos. 



17768 and ijjji; local name). 

 Clupea pseudohispanica Giinther, Cat. Fish Brit. Mus., 7, 1868: 442 (descr. after Poey). 



Sardinella brasiliensis (Steindachner) 1879 

 Sardinia, Sardinia de Espana, Spanish Sardine, Sardinha Verdadeira 



Figure 10 1 



Study Material. Numerous specimens, 82—129 '^i'^ TL, 64-98 mm SL, from 

 Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Also specimens for comparison, from Island of Marguerita, 

 Venezuela; Cuba; Jamaica; Palmetto Key, and Pensacola, Florida; and many from Rio 

 de Janeiro, Brazil, not used in preparing the description, since they are extralimital 

 and may prove to be at least subspecifically distinct; all in the USNM collections. 



Distinctive Characters. See Relationship. 



Description. Proportional dimensions in per cent of standard length, and counts, 

 based principally on study specimens, 64—98 mm SL. 



Body: depth 22.4-26.9. Pectoral fin: length 1 7.3-1 9.5. 



Caudal peduncle: depth 7.5-9.5. Distance from snout to origin of: dorsal 



//^«d': length 25.3-28.7; depth 18.7-22. 44-47.5. 



Snout: length 7.3-8.15. 



Eye: diameter 6.9—7.9. Scales: 42—47. 



Interorbital: width 4.9—5.7. Ventral scutes: 32—34. 



Maxillary: length 1 0.7-1 1.7. Fin rays: dorsal 17 or 18; anal 18—20; 



Anal fin: length of base 1 5.1 -16.5. pectoral 15 or 16. 



Pelvic fin: length 9.9-1 1.2. Vertebrae: 46 (4 specimens). 



Body slender, strongly compressed, its greatest thickness about half of its depth, 

 its greatest depth generally at dorsal origin, 3.7—4.45 in SL; ventral outline much 

 more strongly convex than dorsal outline. Caudal peduncle strongly compressed, 

 its depth 2.9-3.75 ^^ head. 



Scales only moderately adherent; those on middle of side below base of dorsal 

 scarcely deeper than long, with 3 or 4 partly incomplete vertical grooves, the margin 



