74 ATHERIXID.E. 



spiiios ; second dorsal and anal iins opposite each other. Ventral 

 fins inserted at a considerable distance behind the base of the pectorals. 

 Vertebrae 43 to 56. 



Seas of nearly the whole world, except the Arctic and Antarctic 

 Regions. Four species are on record from fresii waters in Africa : — 



T. First dorsal widely sepa rated from second. 

 ]>. VI-VIir,I 11-] ;5 ; A. I 12-13 ; 13-411 scales 



ill longitudinal sei'ios 1. -1. mocJion, ('. it V., ]i. 74. 



U. VI, I 0; A. I K; ; 40 scales in longitudinal []'■ '!*'<■ 



scries 2. A. <j(ihonenifi.<, 11. W. Fowl.. 



II. First dorsal narrowly separated from second. 

 D. VII, I 15 ; A. I H; ; 38 scales in longitiulinal 



series .'). ^1. sik-orcr, Sail v.. p. '(>. 



1). VI, I 10-12; A. I 14-li;: 38-42 .scales in [\>. Ti',. 



longitndinal series 4. A. alaotini.fis, I'eliegr., 



1. ATHERINA MOCHON. 



AiJierina hcjisetus, var., Delaroclie, Ann. Mns. xiii. 1800, p. 3.')8. 



Atherina mochon, Cav. & Val. Hist. I'oiss. x. p. 434, pi. ccciv. fig. 1 (183.5) ; 



Guicben. Explor. Alg., Poiss. p. 07 (18r»0) ; (iiinth. Cat. Fish. iii. ]>. :VM\ 



(18(51) ; Stcind. Sitzb. Ak. Wien, Ivii. i. 18(58, p. 678 ; Canestr. Faun. 



d'ltal., Pesci, p. 11(5 (1874); Moreau, Poiss. France, iii. p. 209 (1881); 



Marion, Ann. Miis. Marseille, Zoo), iv. 18'.U, p. '.H ; Li5nnl). Bih. Svensk. 



Vet.-Ak. Handl. xxvi. iv. IHOO, no. 8, p. 8 : Houleng. Fisli. Nile, p. 423, fig. 



(1907). 

 Athenna risso, Cuv. it Val. t. c. p. 43.') ; Playf. it Letourn. Ann. it Mag. N. H. 



(4) viii. 1871, p. 387; Moreau, t. c. p. 210; Borsieri, Zool. Aiiz. T.>li2. 



p. 500, and Contr. Con. Sp. Eur. Atherina, p. 47, pi. x. (1004). 

 Atherina sarda, Cuv. & Val. t c. p. 435. 

 Atlurina laciistns, Bonap. Icon. Fann. Ital., Pesci, i)l. — , fig. 3 (183(5) ; Martens, 



Arch. f. Naturg. xxiii. 1857, p. 167, pi. ix. figs. 1 it 2 ; Giintli. t. c. p. 304 ; 



Cancstr. op. cit. p. ; Roulc, C. R. Ac. Sci. exxxvi. 1003, p. 824 ; H. W. 



Fowler, Proc. Ac. Pliilad. iv. 1004, p. 727. 

 Atherina casjva, Eiclnv. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1838, p. 136, and Faun. Casp.- 



Cauc. p. 163, pi. xxxiii. figs. 1 & 2 (1841). 

 Atlierimi pontica, Eiclnv. 11. cc. pp. 137, 164, jd. xxxiii. figs. 3 & 4 ; Kessl. Trud. 



St. Petersb. Obslich. Estest. v. 1874, ]k 20(5. 

 Athenna holen (non Kisso), Deperet, Bull. Soc. II. N. Toulouse, xvii. 1883, p. 82. 

 Atherina hi/alosoma (Cocco), Facciola, Nat. Sieil. iv. 1885, p. 230. 

 Atherina riqueti, Roule, Zoo). Anz. ]002, p. 2(')2, fig., C. R. Ac. Sci. exxxvi. 1003, 



p. 824, and cxxxvii. 1003, p. 1276. 

 Atherina sartJinelhi, II. W . Fowler, t. c ]>. 'ti'^. pi. \li. 



