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



Mil; Pincers. 

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

 Harengula hnmemlis Cnviev & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., XX, 293, 1847, 



Rio Janeiro, Bahia, Guadeloupe, and San Domingo. 



Subgenus LILE Jordan & Evermann. 



Lile Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Middle America, 431, 1896 (sto- 

 lifera) . 



719. Sardiiiella stolifera (Jordan A: Gilbert). 



Gulf of California to Panama. 



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



Genus 212. OPISTHONEMA Gill. Thread Herring. 



Opislhonema Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 37 (thrissa = oglinum). 



720. Opisthonema oglinum (LeSueur). Thread Herring; Machnelo; Sprat; Cailleu- 



Tassart. 



AVest Indian fauna, ranging regularly north to Florida and Carolina; Long- 

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



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

 Rhode Island. 



721. Opisthonema libertatis (Glinther). 



Pacific Coast of Mexico and Central America. 



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

 America. 



Genus 213. BREVOOKTIA Gill. The Menhadens. 



Breroorlia Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 37 {menhaden =iyr annus). 



722. Brevoortla tyrannus (Latrobe). Menhaden; Mosshunker ; Bony-fish; White- 



fish; Bu{i-fish; Fatback; Yellow-tail; Fogy. 



Nova Scotia to Brazil. 



Clupea tyrannus Latrobe, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. Phila., v, 1802, 77, pL 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 south. 



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. CHIROCENTHODON Giinther. 



Chirocentrodon Giinther, Cat., vii, 463, 1868 (tamiatus). 



723. Chirocentrodon taeniatus Giinther. 



.Jamaica. 



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



Genus 215. ILISHA 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 flavipinnis Valenciennes, in D'Orbigny, Voy. Amer. M6r., Poiss., 

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



