﻿REVISION OF GENUS HARENGULA — RIVAS 



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(3.1 to 3.4, usually 3.2 or 3.3) in length; 1.7 (1.5 to 1.7) in prcdorsal 

 length; 1.2 (0.9 to 1.3, usually 1.0 to 1.2) in greatest depth of body. 

 Greatest width of head 2.0 (1.8 to 2.3, usually 1.9 to 2.2) in its length; 

 2.3 (2.1 to 2.4, usually 2.2 or 2.3) m greatest depth of body. Head 

 depth at occiput 3.8 (3.7 to 4.0, usually 3.8 or 3.9) in standard length. 

 Caudal peduncle slender, its least depth 2.8 (2.6 to 3.0, usually 2.7 to 

 2.9) in head; 2.1 (2.1 to 2.6, usually 2.2 to 2.5) in distance between 

 occiput and tip of snout; 1.0 (0.9 to 1.2, usually 1.0 or 1.1) in eye. 

 Distance between origin of dorsal fin and tip of snout (predorsal 

 length) 2.2 (2.1 or 2.2) in length; distance between origin of dorsal fin 

 and caudal base 1.8 (1.7 to 1.9, usually 1.8) in length. Distance 

 between origin of anal fin and caudal base 1.2 (1.1 to 1.4, usually 1.2 

 or 1.3) in head. Interorbital 4.6 (4.2 to 5.2, usually 4.3 to 5.1) in head; 

 2.0 (1.7 to 2.1, usually 1.8 to 2.0) in eye. Eye largo, equal to or greater 

 than least depth of caudal peduncle and exceeding its vertical distance 

 above ventral contour of head; 2.7 (2.5 to 2.9, usually 2.6 to 2.8) in 

 head; 3.4 (2.6 to 3.6, usually 2.8 to 3.4) in greatest depth of body; 

 2.6 (2.1 to 2.9, usually 2.3 to 2.7) in distance between insertion of 

 pelvic and origin of anal; 4.4 (3.6 to 4.4, usually 3.7 to 4.3) in predorsal 

 length. Snout 3.7 (3.6 to 4.0, usually 3.7 to 3.9) in head; 1.4 (1.2 to 

 1.6, usually 1.3 to 1.5) in eye. Maxillary, 2.1 (2.0 to 2.2) in head, 

 reaching beyond vertical from anterior margin of pupil. 



Figure 40. — Harengula pensacolae cubana, new subspecies: From the holotype, 104 

 mm. in length (U.S N.M. No. 132472), collected at Buenavista Anchorage, Province 

 of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. 



Dorsal rays 18 (17 to 20, usually 18); anal 18 (17 to 19, usually 18); 

 pectoral 16 (13 to 17, usually 15 or 16); pelvic 8 (7 to 9, usually 8). 

 Dorsal base 1.8 (1.7 to 2.2, usually 1.8 to 2.1) in head; anal base 2.1 

 (1.9 to 2.5, usually 2.1 to 2.4) in head. Pectoral fin 1.3 (1.3 to 1.5 in 

 head); pelvic 2.1 (2.1 to 2.4, usually 2.2 or 3.3) in head. Origin of 

 dorsal fin usually nearer origin of anal than tip of snout. Insertion of 

 pectoral about midway between tip of snout and insertion of pelvic. 

 Distance between insertions of pectoral and pelvic fins 3.4 (3.3 to 3.8, 



