﻿REVISION OF GENUS HARENGULA — RIVAS 295 



Mayagiiez, Puerto Real, Boquer6n, Arroyo, Hiicares, Culebra, and San 

 Ger6nimo, Puerto Rico). — Fowleu, 1900, p. 118 in part (Port Antonio, 

 Jamaica); 1911, p, 206 (localities); 1915b, p. 50 (Santo Domingo); 1917, 

 p. 128 (material; Colon, Panama). 



Harengula pensac.olae (not of Goode and Bean, 1879, p. 152), Fowleu, 1919, pp. 

 133 (St. Martin Island, West Indies), 144 (St. Croix); 1928, pp. 456 (material; 

 Haiti), 462 (material; Puerto Rico). 



Sardinella mncropfdhalmus (not Clupea macro phlhalma Ranzani, 1842, p. 320), 

 Meek and Hildebkand, 1923, pp. 182, 184, pi. 9ffl (characters in key; syn- 

 onymy in part; description; comments; material; range in part; Toro Point, 

 Col6n, and Porto Bello, Panama). 



Harengula sardina (not of Poey, 1860, p. 310), Fowler, 1937, p. 309 (Port-au- 

 Prince, Haiti). 



Harengula majorina (not of Storey, 1938, p. 32), Fowler, 1944, pp. 144 (synonymy 

 and references in part; description; material; compared to H. pensacolae; 

 St. Andrews Island), 457 (localities; references in jmrt; western Caribbean), 

 fig. 29. 



The holotype is an adult 103 mm. in length (U. S. N. M. No. 79534), 

 collected by S. E. Meok and S. F. Hildebrand, in Fox Bay, Col6n, 

 Panama, on January 27, 1912. Forty-nine paratypes 32 to 43 mm. in 

 length (U. S. N. M. No. 79515) were collected Nvith the holotype. 

 Other paratypes: U. S. N. M. No. 79498, 47 specimens 51 to 75 mm. 

 in length, collected by Meek and Hildebrand, at Porto Bello, Panama, 

 on March 19, 1912; No. 79538, 3 specimens 61 to 109 mm. in length, 

 collected by Meek and Hildebrand at Porto Bello, Panama, on April 

 24-28, 1911; No. 79537, a specimen 107 mm. m length, collected by 

 Meek and Hildebrand, at Toro Point, Lim6n Bay, Canal Zone, 

 Panama, on May 19, 1911; No. 128360, 13 specimens 84 to 102 mm. in 

 length, collected by J. B. Shropshire, at Toro Point, Limon Bay (Fort 

 Sherman), Canal Zone, Panama, in April 1937. 



H. pensacolae caribbaea differs from H. pensacolae pensacolae in the 

 number of gill rakers, and from H. pensacolae majorina in the number 

 of ventral scutes and the size of the eye (see tables 1 and 2 and items 

 7a and 76 of the key). The holotype has 33 gill rakers and 29 ventral 

 scutes. 



This subspecies is based on the material recorded by Meek and 

 Hildebrand (1923, p. 184) from Panama as Sardinella macrophthalmus. 

 In their description they give the number of gill rakers as "about 32," 

 but my counts show that they vary from 31 to 37, usually 33 or 34 

 (see table 1). 



The material (U.S.N.M. Nos. 63062, 73833, and 76506) recorded by 

 Evermann and Marsh (1902, p. 85) as Sardinella humeralis, from Palo 

 Seco and San Juan, Puerto Rico, has been examined and found to be 

 H. pensacolae caribbaea. I have not been able to locate in the collec- 

 tions of the U. S. National Museum the rest of the material recorded 

 by them from Mayagtiez, Puerto Real, Boquerdn, Arroyo, Hucares, 

 Culebra, and San Gcr6nimo, or the material (U.S.N.M. Nos. 30080 



