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



Indian Ocean. 



Several specimens, 120 to 180 mm. in total lengtli, from 

 Mombasa, Muscat, and India. 



3. SardineUa maderensis. 



Clupea maderensis, Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 1839, p. 189. 



? SardineUa granigera, Cuv. & Va^Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 267 (1847). 



Clupea maderensis (part.), Giiuth. Cat. Fisli. vii. p. 410 (1868), 



Depth of body 3| to 4 in the length, lengtli of head 3§ to 

 4|. Snout as long as or a little longer than diameter of eye^ 

 which is 3|- to 4 in length of head ; maxillary extending to 

 below anterior ^ of eye. 60 to 95 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch. 48 to 50 scales in a longitudinal, 12 or 13 

 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes 19-2(3 + 14-16. Dorsal 

 18-19. Anal 18-19. Pelvics 8-rayed, a little in advance 

 of middle of dorsal. A dark spot at base of anterior dorsal 

 rays. Vertebrae 48. 



Eleven specimens, 110 to 300 mm. in total length, from 

 Madeira, Cape Verde Is., and Mogadore. 



If S. granigera be this species, it occurs in the Medi- 

 terranean. 



4. SardineUa eha. 



Alosa eha, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx, p. 369 (1847). 

 Clupea mader&nsis (part.), Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 440 (1868), 



Depth of body 3^ to 3§ in the length, length of head 3| to 

 4. Snout as long as diameter of eye, which is 3^ to 4 in the 

 length of head ; maxillary extending to below anterior ^ of 

 eye or a little beyond. 110 to 130 gill-rakera on lower part 

 of anterior arch. 44 to 46 scales in a longitudinal, 11 to 13 

 in a transverse series; ventral scutes 18-19 + 14. Dorsal 

 18-20. Anal 17-22. Pelvics 8-rayed, below middle of 

 dorsal. A dark spot at base of anterior dorsal rays. Ver- 

 tebr.Te 46. 



Mediterranean ; West Africa. 



Eight specimens, 110 to 200 ram. in total length, from 

 Egypt, Algiers, and Nigeria. 



5. SardineUa cameronensis, sp. n. 

 Clupea sensgalensis (non Benn.), Giintli. Cat, Fish. vii. p. 441 (1868) *. 



Depth of body 3 in the. lengtli, length of head 4. Snout 



* Alosa senegalensis, Bennett (Proc. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 147), ia 

 probably a synonym of Sardi?ia pilchardus. 



