Clupeoid Fishes of the Caspian Sea. 477 



5. Clupeonella leucocephala, Berg. 



Cltipea caspioponticn, var. grimmi (non Kessl.), Borodiu, Viest. Rybopr. 



1904, p. 180 (in llu3s.). 

 Cliipea (Alosfi) qrimmi (non Kessl.), Suworow, Trudy Casp. Exp. 1904 



(in Russ.), ii." li)08, p. 4o. 

 Cliipeonelln leucocephala, l^ti'*!?* The Herrings of the Caspian Sea (in 



Kiias.), 1913, p. 27, tab. xiv. 



D. Ill 13-15. A. Ill 18-20. Sq. 51-53. Ventral scutes 

 31-33. Gill-rakers 18-26 (average 20"9), strong, long. 

 Teeth strong. Tip of lower jaw rounded. Body elongate, 

 its depth 18G-22-8 % of the length of the fish. Head 

 cuneiform, its depth at occiput G2-G3 °/q of its length. 

 Eyes small, l.-0-4'7 °/o o^ the length of the fish. Pectoral as 

 in CI. hrashnikovi, extending 40-58 7o ^^ ^^^^ distance from 

 its base to that of pclvics. 



Total length to 375 mm. 



South part of the Caspian, northward to Belidshi. 



6. Clupeonella mceotica (Grimm). 



Cliipea mceotica, Grimm, Viest. Rybopr. 1901, p. 67 (Kerch Strait) (in 



Russ.). 

 Alosa mceotica, Brauner, Trav, Soc. Nat. Bessarabia, ii. 1912, pp. 218, 



221 (Limanof Dniestr). 



Gill-rakers 27-35. Depth of head at occiput 70-71-5 % 

 of its length. 



Total length 330 mm. or more. 



Sea of Asov and Black Sea (mouth of Dniestr). 



7. Clupeonella suworowi, Berg. 



Clupeonella suicorotci. Berg, The Herrings of the Caspian Sea (in Russ.), 

 1913, p. 28, tab. xii. fig. 2. 



D. IV. 13. A. Ill 18. Sq. 51. Ventral scutes 31. 

 Gill-rakers 53. Teeth weak. Scales rather firm. Depth of 

 body 27-2 %, head 25-3 7o, eye 60 7o of the length of the 

 fish. Depth of head at occiput 81'4 °/o ^^ ^ts length. Pec- 

 toral extending 72*5 "/o of the distance from its base to that 

 of pelvics. 



Allied to CI. kessleri, from which it differs by fewer gill- 

 rakers, weaker teeth, and deeper body. 



Total length 190 mm. 



One specimen from near Volga Delta. 



8. Clupeonella pontica (Eichwald). 



Clupea piltschanlus {nonV^^ Ah ^), Pallas, Zoogr. ross.-as. iii. 1811, p. 204 

 (ex parte : Pontus Euxinus, Palus Maeotis), 



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