378 Mr. C. T. Regan on the Clupeid Fishes 



Eye 5 to G in length of head, which is 3 to 3f in 

 length of fish ; 180-250 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of a^iterior arch 2. longiceps. 



B. Pelvic fins 8-raved ; a darli spot at base of anterior ravs of dorsal 

 fin. 



1. Mediterranean and West African species. 

 Depth 3§ to 4 in length ; GO to 95 gill-rakers on 



lower part of anterior arch (in specimens of 100 



to 300 mm.) 3. maderensis. 



Depth 3i to 3| in length ; 110 to 1,30 gill-rakers on 

 lower part of anterior arch (in specimens of 100 

 to 200 mm.) 4. eba. 



Depth 3 in length ; 90 to 100 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch (in specimens of 170 to 

 200 mm.) 5. cameronensis. 



2. Indo-Paoi6c species. 



Depth 2 J in length ; 130 gill-rakers on lower part of 



anterior arch 6. dayi. 



Depth 2| to 3; giU-vfiker.-? 55 to 'do; diameter of eye 



3 to 3| in leiigtli of head 7. hrachysoma. 



Depth 3 ; oiU-rakers 48 to 55 ; diameter of eye 3| to 



3^ in length of head 8. perforata. 



Deptli 3 to 3^ ; gill-rakers 70 to 75 9. fimhriata. 



Depth 3j to 4 : erill-ralcers 58 to G2 10. shnlensis. - 



Depth 3| to 4 ; gill rakers 50 to 55 11. gihbosa. 



Depth 3| to 4 ; gill-rakers 38 to 44 12. inelanura. 



11. Ventral scutes feehly keeled. 

 Maxillary nearly or quite re.aching to below eye ; 36 



to 40 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch ; 



pel vies belnw anterior halt' of dorsul 13. sirm. 



Maxillary not reaching eye ; 27 to 31 gill-rakers on 



lower part of anterior arch ; pelvics below origin 



of doisiil 14. clupeoides. 



1. Sardnielhi aurifa.' 



? Clupea cm-i/Jeo-ritfafa, Richards, Ichth. Chin;), p. 305 (1846) *. 

 SuriincUa aaritt, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. x.^. p. 203, pi. 594 



(1847) 

 SiirdiufUa nnrhivia, Ouv. Sc Val. t. c. p. 209. 

 Melefia mediterranean Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 369. 

 — Sardinella lenuiru, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. v. 1853, p. 500. 

 ? Sardinia pscnddhisj^nnica, Poey, Mem. Cuba, ii. p. 311 (1860). 

 Clupea aurifa. fTiinth. Cat. Fisli. vii. p. 420 (1868). 

 ■ Clupea aiicJtovia, Giinth. t. c. p. 421. 

 Clupea melaiiosticUi, Giinth. t. c. ]). 430. 

 Clupea lemnru, Giinth. t. c. p. 430; Bloek. Atl. Ichth. vi. p. 108, CIiip. 



pi. ix. fig. 1 (1872). 

 ? Cli'pea p^-endokispanica, Giinth. f. c. p. 442. 

 Clupea hrasilifmis, Steind Sitzungsb. Akad. Wien, Ixxx. 1880, p. 182. 



* Richardson's description is based on a coloured figure by Reeves, 

 probably, but not certainly, intended to represent this species. 



