﻿PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Vol. 100 Washington : 1950 No. 3263 



A REVISION OF THE AMERICAN CLUPEID FISHES OF 

 THE GENUS HARENGULA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 

 FOUR NEW SUBSPECIES 1 



By Luis Rene Rivas 



During the course of research on West Indian fishes, under a John 

 Simon Guggenheim Latin American Fellowship, I had occasion to 

 study the collections of American clupeids at the United States 

 National Museum. I found that certain forms of the genus Harengula 

 were undescribed, and in determining these it seemed best to revise 

 the whole genus. This paper is the result. Eleven forms of the 

 genus are recognized, including the four new subspecies of H. pensacolae 

 Goode and Bean described herein. 



In addition to the collections of the National Museum (U.S.N.M.), 

 which include numerous type specimens, material from the following 

 institutions was studied: Museum of Comparative Zoology (M.C.Z.), 

 Bingham Oceanographic Collection (B.O.C.), Chicago Natural His- 

 tory Museum (C.N.H.M.), and Stanford Natural History Museum 

 (S.N.H.M.). In all, 2,042 specimens were examined. 



I am grateful to the ofHcials of the above-named institutions for 

 their kind cooperation, especially to the late Dr. Samuel F. Hilde- 

 brand and Dr. Leonard P. Schultz, who offered valuable suggestions 

 and read the manuscript critically. The drawings were made by 

 Mrs. Aime M. Awl, artist, U. S. National Museum; and the photo- 

 graphs were taken by the late G. I. Hightower, of the Smithsonian 

 Institution Photographic Laboratory. 



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