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Fam. Ciupripa. 
Clupea maderensis, nob.—‘‘ Arenque.” 
C. oblonga, dorso post caput recto ; abdomine post pinnas ventrales subito adscen- 
dente: operculis suborbitarioque simplicibus s. levibus: squamis lunatis, serratis : 
lined laterali distinct: carind ventrali acutissimé: caudd graciliore ; lobis suban- 
gustatis: pinnis pectoralibus operculo subremotis. 
D.19; A. 19; V.1 + 7;,P.17; C.19; M.B.6; Vert. 47. 
Vulgatiss. 
This, the common Herring of Madera, abounds in the spring and earlier sum- 
mer months. 
Clupea sardina, Cuv. ?—‘‘ Sardinha.” 
C. lanceolato-elliptica, utrinque attenuata, abdomine equaliter curvato: operculis 
suborbitarioque sulcato-striatis: squamis tetragonis, subdistantibus, lawiusculis, 
deciduis, margine subserratis: lined laterali obsoleté: caudé abruptd ; lobis sub- 
abbreviatis, latiusculis: pinnis pectoralibus operculo approwimatis. 
D.17; A.17; V.1+7; P.16; C. 19; M. B. 7; Vertebre 50 v. 51. 
La Sardine (Clupea sardina, N.), Cuv. R. An. ii. 319.? 
Clupanodon sardina, Risso iti. 451..No. 360. 
Much less abundant ; and scarcely taken, except in stormy weather during 
the winter months. This species never exceeds six inches in length. The 
“ Arenque”’ averages eight or ten inches. 
Ord. MALACOPTERYGIANA SUBBRACHIALES. 
Fam. Gapip2. 
Merluccius vulgaris, Cuv.—‘‘ Pescada,” R. An. ii. 333. 
Gadus Merluccius, Linn. i. 439. No. 11. 
- The Hake, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 191. No. 81. Yarr. ii. 177. Rarior. 
Motella tricirrata (Nilss.), Yarr.—‘‘ Abrotea de Poca.” 
Three-bearded Cod, Penn. iii. 201. ¢.33. No. 87. 
The three-bearded Rockling, Yarr. ii. 186. 
La Mustéle commune, Cuv. R. An. ii. 334. Rariss. 
This species, having only three beards or cirri, can scarcely be properly referred, 
as it is by Cuvier, to the Gadus Mustela, L., which is described as having five. 
Phycis mediterraneus (Lar.), Cuv.—‘‘ Abrotea,” Cuv. R. An. ii. 335. Risso, iii, 222. 
No. 107. 
Blennius Phycis, Linn. i. 442. No. 7. 
Phycis furcatus Bowdich (haud aliorum), Eze. in Mad. p. 122. f. 28, male, et cauda 
casu quodam fissa. Vulgatiss. 
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