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Dorsal and ventral profiles about equally convex. Depth of 
body 3'/, to 3°/,, length of head 3%/, to 4 in the total length; 
width of body 2'/, to 2!'/, in its depth; depth of head 1'/, 
to 1°/,,, width of head 2'/, to 2'/,, of interorbital region 4 to 
4'/,, diameter of eye 2*/, to 3 in the length of the head; 
snout '/; to '/, of a diameter shorter than the eye. Maxillary 
extending to the vertical from the anterior border of the 
pupil, its length 2'/,, to 2'/, in that of the head, its width 
2'/, to 27/, in its length. 32 or 33 gillrakers on the lower 
branch of the anterior arch, the longest 1°/,, to 2 in the 
diameter of the eye (5'/, to 6 in the head). Dorsal fin origi- 
nating '/, to °/,, nearer to the extremity of the snout than 
to the base of the caudal fin, its height '/,, to '/; more than 
its length, and 17/, to 1'/, in the head: length of anal slightly 
less than that of dorsal; ventral inserted below or a little in 
advance of the middle of the dorsal, and midway between 
the tip of the mandible and the base of the caudal or a little 
nearer to the latter, its length 2 to 2'/; in the head: pectoral 
with 15 or 16 rays, originating below the angle of the sub- 
opercle, 1'/, to 1'/, in the head: lower caudal lobe a little 
the longer, 3°/, to 4 in the total length. Scales firmly adherent, 
each with four or five vertical striae and indistinctly pecti- 
nated margin; accessory scale of ventral lanceolate, 2‘/, to 
3'/, in the length of the head; abdominal scutes strong, 
19 + 13. Upper surface of head rugose; parietal and post- 
frontal regions striated; opercle smooth. Vertebrae 45. 
Back blue, sides golden, the colours passing gradually into 
one another; upper surface of head gray, the dorsal profile 
of the snout and the extremity of the jaws reddish-brown: 
dorsal and caudal with some dark dots; iris golden. Length 
of the largest example 108 mm. 
[After Ogilby, not seen by us]. 
Habitat: South East New Guinea, Darnley Island, Torres 
Straits. 
g. Clupea (Harengula) venenosa (C. V.). 
Meletta venenosa Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. XX. 1847, p. 377- 
Clupea venenosa Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 449. — Brenchley’s 
Cruise of the ,Curagoa” 1873, p. 4II. 
? Clupea zunasi von Martens, Exp. Ost-Asien, Zool. Bd. I. 1876, p. 405, (pro parte). 
Clupea venenosa A. B. Meyer, Anal. de la Soc. Esp. de Hist. Nat. XIV. 1885, p. 42. 
Clupea venenosa Duncker, Mitth. Naturh. Mus. Hamb. XXI. 1904, p. 186. 
