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Dorsal and ventral profiles about equally convex. Depth of 

 body 3 ! / 3 to 3 3 / 5 , length of head 3 3 / 4 to 4 in the total length; 

 width of body 2 ! / 4 to 2 ] / 3 in its depth; depth of head i 1 /,, 

 to I 3 / 10 , width of head 2 ! / 9 to 2 ! / 4 , of interorbital region 4 to 

 4 ! / 4 , diameter of eye 2 4 / 5 to 3 in the length of the head; 

 snout ! /s to ! /4 f a diameter shorter than the eye. Maxillary 

 extending to the vertical from the anterior border of the 

 pupil, its length 2 ! / 10 to 2 ! / 4 in that of the head, its width 

 2 ! / 4 to 2 2 / 5 in its length. 32 or 33 gillrakers on the lower 

 branch of the anterior arch, the longest I 9 / 10 to 2 in the 

 diameter of the eye (5 ] / 3 to 6 in the head). Dorsal fin origi- 

 nating J / 5 to 3 / 10 nearer to the extremity of the snout than 

 to the base of the caudal fin, its height ! / 10 to ! / 5 more than 

 its length, and i 2 / 5 to i ! / 2 in the head: length of anal slightly 

 less than that of dorsal; ventral inserted below or a little in 

 advance of the middle of the dorsal, and midway between 

 the tip of the mandible and the base of the caudal or a little 

 nearer to the latter, its length 2 to 2 ! / 3 in the head: pectoral 

 with 15 or 1 6 rays, originating below the angle of the sub- 

 opercle, i'/ 3 to iV 2 in the head: lower caudal lobe a little 

 the longer, 3 3 / 4 to 4 in the total length. Scales firmly adherent, 

 each with four or five vertical striae and indistinctly pecti- 

 nated margin ; accessory scale of ventral lanceolate, 2 7 / 8 to 

 3 ] / 5 in the length of the head; abdominal scutes strong, 

 19 -\- 13. Upper surface of head rugose; parietal and post- 

 frontal regions striated; opercle smooth. Vertebrae 45. 



Back blue, sides golden, the colours passing gradually into 

 one another; upper surface of head gray, the dorsal profile 

 of the snout and the extremity of the jaws reddish-brown: 

 dorsal and caudal with some dark dots; iris golden. Length 

 of the largest example 108 mm. 



[After Ogilby, not seen by us]. 



Habitat: South East New Guinea, Darnley Island, Torres 

 Straits. 



9. Clupea (Harengula) venenosa (C. V.). 



Meletta venenosa Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss. XX. 1847, p. 377. 

 Clupea venenosa Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VII. 1868, p. 449. Brenchley's 



Cruise of the n Curagoa" 1873, p. 411. 



? Chipea zunasi von Martens, Exp. Ost-Asien, Zool. Bd. I. 1876, p. 405, (pro parte). 

 Clupea venenosa A. B. Meyer, Anal, de la Soc. Esp. de Hist. Nat. XIV. 1885, p. 42. 

 Clupea venenosa Duncker, Mitth. Naturh. Mus. Hamb. XXI. 1904, p. 186. 



