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Dorsal i8 ; originates nearer to point of snout than to base 

 of caudal by about the length of the base of dorsal iin ; 2nd 

 and 3rd rays e length of head, remainder rapidly shortening, 

 upper portion of fin slightly concave. Pectorals ,"„ length of 

 head, axillary scale very long. \'entrals about ^ length of 

 head. Anal 10, originates in posterior sixth of body, low. 

 Caudal nearly /'„ length of head, forked. Scales 52-54. Lat. 

 tr. 13. 



Colour (of preserved specimen), dark on back above lateral 

 line, sides and belly silvery. 



This fish is recorded also from Japan. The above description 

 is of a specimen from Natal. 



CLUPEA (Artedi) Linn. 



(Artedi) Linnaeus Syst. Nat. Ed. x, 317 (1853). . 

 Rogeina, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xx, ^40 

 (1847). 



Alosa, Cuv. Regne Anim. 2nd Ed. ii. p. 319 (1829). 



Body compressed, with abdominal scutes, no lateral hne. 

 Maxillary of three pieces. Teeth present or absent. Dorsal 

 fin short. Anal elongate. \'entrals with 6-9 rays. 



Key to Species. 



Depth of body about 5 times in total length : C. sagax. 

 Depth of body about 2^- times in total length : C. durhanensis. 



Clupea sagax, fenyn?-. 



Jenyns, Voyage of the Beagle, Fishes, p. 134, 1842 (Lima). 

 Gilchrist & Thompson. Ann. S. Afr. Mus., \'ol. vi, p. 269 

 (Natal). 



Alosa fiinbriata, Kner & Steindachner Sitzl, Akad. K. Wien 

 1886 (Chih). 



Clupea ocellata, Pappe, Synopsis of the Edible Fishes of the 

 Cape of Good Hope, p. 20, 1853 ; Bleeker, over eenige visch- 

 sorten van de Kaap de Goede Hoop. Nat. T. Ned. Ind. XXI, 

 i860, p. 56 ; Castelnau, Memoire sur les Poissons de 1' Afrique 

 australe, p. 67, 1861. 



Body elongate, compressed, depth slightly over 5 times in 

 total length excluding caudal, length of head 3^ times, greatest 

 breadth of head about half its length. Snout i,l times the 

 diameter of the eye, which is equal to the breadth of the 

 interorbital space. 



[C.P. 5-'i3.] 



