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



Savdinella sardina, Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896,' 



p. 430. 

 Sardmella macropJithnlmus, Jord. & Everm. /. c. 



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

 3^. Snont shorter than or nearly as long as diameter of eye, 

 which is 2g to 3 in the length of head and greater than its 

 distance from lower edge of prEeopercuhim ; maxillary ex- 

 tending to below anterior part or middle of eye ; depth of 

 opercuhmi |- length of head. 27 to 33 gill-rakers on lower 

 pjirt of anterior arch. Aboat 40 scales in a longitudinal and 

 11 in a transverse series; ventral scutes 15-17 + 10-12. 

 Dorsal 17-19. Anal 17-19. Pelvics 8-rayed, below middle 

 of dorsal. Anterior part of dorsal blackish superiorly. 

 Vertebrse 40. 



Several examples, 90 to 200 mm. in total length, from 

 Floiidii, the Bermudas, and the West Indies. 



2. Harengula macrophthalmus. 



Clupea macrojihthalma, Ranzani, Nov. Com. Ac. Sc. Inst. Boiion. v. 



1842, p. 320, pi. xxiii. 

 HareiH/ula latulus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 280, pi. 695 



(1847). 

 llarenyida dupeola, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 289. 

 ILareiKjida humeralis, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 293. - 

 Alosa striata, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 429. 

 Alosa hishojn, Miill. & Trosch. in Schomburgk, Hist. Barbadoes, p. 675 



(1848). 

 ■^ llarenrjula sardina, Poey, Mem. ii. p. 310 (1860). 



(Jlupea humeralis (part.), Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 422 (1868). 

 Sardinella humeralis (part.), Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 



1890, p. 431. 



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

 3f . Snout shorter than diameter of eye, which is 3 to 3^ in 

 the length of head and not greater than its distance from 

 lower edge of prseoperculum ; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior ^ of eye or beyond ; depth of operculum more than 

 ■^ length of head. 29 to 33 gill-rakers on lower part of 

 tinteiior arch. About 42 scales in a longitudinal and 11 in a 

 transverse series; ventral scutes 16-19 + 12-14. Dorsal 

 16-19. Anal 16-19. Pelvics 8-rayed, below middle of 

 dorsal. A dark humeral spot. Vertebra; 43-44. 



Atlantic coast of Tropical America^. 



IS'umeious examples, 80 to 130 mm. in total length, from 

 Florida, the West Indies, Fernando Noronha, and Bahia. 



* Valenciennes described H. latula as a European species; it ia 

 probable that tbis -nas a mistake, although it is not impossible that the 

 species^uiay cross the Atlantic. 



