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This species, hitherto considered by most authors as a synonym oi 

 H. humeralis, has been found to be distinct. 



The material (C.N.H.M. Nos 5305, 5306, 5309) recorded from 

 Bermuda as Sardinella humeralis by T. H. Bean (1906, p. 34) was 

 found to be H. callolepis. The two specimens (C.N.H.M. ^Jo. 5310) 

 recorded as S. macrophthalmus are H. callolepis. 



H. callolepis is closely related to H. humeralis, but a number of 

 characters, as well as the geographical distribution, definitely separate 

 the two species, as may be seen by the examination of items 2a and 

 26 of the key. 



Figure 38. — Harengula callolepis Goode: From a specimen 141 mm. in length (C.N.H.M. 

 No. 5305), collected at Well Bay, Cooper Island, Bermudas. 



Judged from the material at hand, li. callolepis seems to reach a 

 slightly larger size than H. humeralis. The usual length, calculated 

 from the material studied, is 109 to 140 mm., and the largest specimen 

 examined (C.N.H.M. No. 5310) A\as 162 mm. long. It was collected 

 along with another 158 mm. by T. H. Bean in Shelly Baj^, Bermuda, 

 in 1905. 



Ihis is the only species of Harengula so far known from Bermuda, 

 where it is fairly common and is marketed as food as well as bait. 

 It has never been taken outside of the Bermuda Islands. 



The material examined comprised 10 lots and 52 specimens. 



3. HARENGULA THRISSINA (Jordan and Gilbert) 



Sardina 

 Plate 3, Figures 1-2 



Clupea thrissina Jordan and Gilbert, 1882b, p. 353 (original description; com- 

 parison; material; Cape San Lucas). — Jordan, 1885, p. 366 (Cape San 

 Lucas); 1887, p. 36 (Cape San Lucas). 



Harengula pensacolae (not of Goode and Bean, 1879, p. 152), Vaillant, 1894, p. 

 71 ("Basse-Californie et dans le Golfe"). 



Sardinella thrissina, Jordan and Evermann, 1896a, p. 430 (description; types 

 designated; Gulf of California); 1896b, p. 282 (Gulf of California).— Kendall 

 and Radcliffe, 1912, pp. 80 (references; material: specimens from Acapulco 



