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718. Sardinella humeralis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Sardina Escamuda; White- 

 hill; Pincers. 

 West Indies and Gulf of Mexico ; Pensacola and Cedar Keyo southward. 

 Harengula hmncralis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XX, 293, 1847, 

 Rio Janeiro, Bahia, Guadeloupe, and San Domingo. 



Subgenus LILE Jordan & Everniann. 



Lile .Jordan & Evermanu, Fishes North and Middle America, 431, 189G {sio- 

 lifera). 



713. Sardinella stolifera (Jordan & Gilbert). 

 Gulf of California to Panama. 

 Clupea stolifera Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1881, 339, Mazatlan. 



Genus 212. OPISTHONEMA Gill. Thread Herring. 



Opisthonema Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 37 (thrissa = oglinnm) . 



720. Opisthonema oglinuni (LeSueur). Thread Herring; Macliuelo; Sprat; Cailleu- 



Tasnart. 



West Indian fauna, ranging regularly north to Floi-ida and Carolina; Long- 

 port, New Jersey ; Newport, Rhode Island; Fortress Monroe. 



Megalops oglina, LeSueur, Jour. Ac. Nat, Sci. Phila., l, 1817, 359, Newport, 

 Rhode Island. 



721. Opisthonema libertatis (Glinther). 



Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. 



Mcletta libertatis Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1866, 603, Libertad, Central 

 America. 



Genus 213. BREVOORTIA Gill. The Menhadens. 



Breroortia Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 37 {m,enhaden= tyrannus). 



722. Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe). Menhaden; Mossiunker ; Bony-fish; White- 



fish; Bug-fish; Fatbaclc; Yellow-tail; Fogy. 



Nova Scotia to Brazil. 



Clupea tyrannus Latrobe, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila., v, 1802, 77, pi. 1, Ches- 

 apeake Bay. 



722a. Brevoortia tyrannus aurea (Agassiz). 

 Coast of Brazil. 

 Clupanodon aureus Agassiz, Spix, Pise. Brasil., .52, 1828. Brazil, ' 



722b. Brevoortia tyrannus brevicaudata Goode. 



Noank, Connecticut, and soutb. 



Brevoortia tyrannus brevicaudata Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1878, 34, Noank, 

 Connecticut. 



722c. Brevoortia tyrannus patronus Goode. Gulf Menhaden. 

 Gulf of Mexico, 



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

 Texas. 



Genus 214. CHIROCENTRODON Gunther. 



Chiroventvodon Giinther, Cat., vii, 463, 1868 (twniatus). 



723. Chirocentrodon taeniatus Giinther. 



Jamaica. 



Chirocentrodon tamiatus Giinther, Cat., vii, 463, 1868, Jamaica. 



Genus 215. ILISKA Gray. 



Ilisha Gray, in Richardson, Ichthyol. Chin,, in Proc. Brit. Assoc. 1845 (1846), 

 306 (abnormis). 



724. Ilisha flavipinnis (Valenciennes). 



Coast of Surinam and Brazil. 



Pristigaster fiavipiii uis Valenciennes, in D'Orbigny, Voy. Amer. M6r., Poiss,, 

 pi. 10, fig. 2^, 1839, Buenos Ayres. 



