KDim.K FISHES. 1 ;5;5 



ADDENDA, 



Sprat. 



Since the notes on the Pilchard (p. 119) were printed, a Herring 

 cast up on the beach in Foveaiix Sti-ait has been collected by Captain 

 Hutton, and a second smaller specimen of the same fish obtained near to 

 Wellington. It proves to be a different fish from Clwpea scKjax, and 

 hardly distinguishable from the European Sprat, having a patch of teeth 

 on the tong\ie, and the prominent abdominal sen-ations which distinguish 

 this fish, and differing from it chiefly in the dorsal fin being placed 

 further back. 



Clupea Si'RATTUs, vav. antipodiim. 



New Zealand Sprat. 



B. 7 ; D. 16 ; V. 7 ; A. IG ; C. 24 ; L. Lat. 48 ; L. T. 13. 



Head four and one-third times in the length, and less tlian the height ; fir.st ray 

 of dorsal equidistant from centre of eye and root of caudal ; ventrals beneath the 

 anterior base of dorsal ; eleven distinct abdominal serrations behind ventrals ; 

 mouth small, with lower jaw prominent. Maxillary expanded, extends to beneath 

 anterior margin of orbit ; opercles smooth (larger specimen with reticulate veins on 

 prajoperculum, but not striate), posterior margin with a blunt notch ; tongue with 

 an oval patch of teeth, and teeth also on palate. Gillrakers line, close set, and 

 shorter than diameter of eye. Scales large, regular, smooth. 



Colour (from smaller specimens) silvery, darkish on back, with patches of 

 minute spots, the sides in certain lights also show eleven bright strijies. Pigment 

 spots scattered over the snout, and in two regular lines on lower jaw. 



Length of larger specimen, 6 inches ; of smaller, 3 "3 inches. — /.//. 



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