SCIENTIFIC RESULTS OF EXPLORATIONS BY THE U. S. FISH COM- 

 MISSION STEAMER ALBATROSS. 



| Published by permission of Hon. Marshall McDonald, Commissioner of Fisheries.] 



No. IX.— CATALOGUE OF FISHES COLLECTED AT PORT CASTRIES, ST. 

 LUCIA, BY THE STEAMER ALBATROSS, NOVEMBER, 1886. 



BY 



David Starr Jordan. 



In the fall and winter of 18*>8-'89 the steamer Albatross made a voy- 

 age from Norfolk, Va., arouud Cape Horn to San Francisco, in the 

 interests of the U. S. Fish Commission. During- this trip large collec- 

 tions of fishes were made. In the present paper I give an enumeration 

 of the species found at Port Castries on the island of St. Lucia, in the 

 West Indies. The specimens collected are in the U. S. National 

 Museum. A partial series is in the University of Indiana. 



TORPEDINIDJE. 



1. Narcine brasiliensis. 



STOLEPHORIDiE. 



2. Stolephoriis browni (Gmelin). 

 Abundant. 



3. Stolephoriis perfasciatus (Poey). 



CLUPEID^l. 



4. Opisthonema oglinum (Lo Sueur). 



5. Harengula arcuata (Jenyns). 



6. Harengula macrophthama (Ranzani). 



Two species of Harengula are abundant in this collection. These 

 two species, and a third (27. sarMna Poey). have been recognized by 

 Poey and fairly well distinguished. It is probable that all the nominal 

 species of this group in the West Indian fauna should be referred to 

 the synonymy of these three. These may be generally recognized by 

 the following characters: 



a. Scales firm and very adherent, so that in ordinary specimens very few if any are 

 lost. Each scale with one to four vertical striae, well defined and more or 

 less curved ; veutral scutes about lG-f-12 ; scales on back before dorsal more 

 or less laciuiate. 



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