228 On the Fishes of the Genus Clupea. 



Pelvics 8-raye(1, inserted below origin of dorsal. Caudal 

 peduncle longtr tliaii deep. Vertebrae probably not fewer 

 than 46. 



Stewart Island. 



The type, from the Foveaux Straits, was 150 mm. long ; 

 the specimen in the British Museum measures 122 mm. in 

 total lenuth. 



Clujyea muelleri. 



Clupea muelleri, Klunzinger, Sitzungsb. Akad. Wien, Ixxx. 1880, 

 p. 410, 



An elongate patch of teeth on vomer, an ovate patch 

 on tongue, i'epth of body 3 to 3^ in the length, length of 

 head 3j to 3R. Diameter of eye 3^^ in length of head ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior part or middle of eye; 36 

 to 39 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. No radiating 

 grooves at free margin of scales; 43 or 44 scales in a 

 longitudinal series, 10 or 11 in a transverse series ; ventral 

 scutes strongly keeled and acutely pointed, 19— 20 + 9-11. 

 Dorsal 15—16; origin nearer to base of caudal than to end 

 of snout, Anal 16-18. Pelvics 8-rayed, inserted below or 

 a little in advance of origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 

 deeper than long. Vertebrae 42. 



New Zealand. 



Five specimens, 90 to 100 mm. in total length, from O.-ago 

 and Canterbury, received from the Otago and Canterbury 

 Museums as examples ol C. anlipodum, 



Clupea arcuata. 



Clupea arcxiata, Jenyns, Zool. ' Beagle,' Fiisli. p. 134 (1842) ; Giijith, 

 Cat. Fish, "vii. p. 442. 



A narrow strip of teeth on tongue; palate toothless. 

 Depth of body 3 to 3| in the lengthy length of head 4 to 4|. 

 Diameter of eye 3 to 3^ in length of head; maxillaiy 

 extending to below anterior ^ of eye; 28 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch. No grooves at tree margin 

 of scales ; about 42 scales in a longitudinal and 15 in a 

 transverse series ; ventral scutes strongly keeled and acutely 

 pointed, 18-19 + 9-10. Dorsal 16-18; origin nearer to 

 base of caudal than lo end of snout. Anal 22-23. Pelvics 

 7-rayed, inserted beluvv or a little in advance of origin of" 

 dorsal. 



Urugua}' to Northern Palagonia. 



