of the Subfamily Clupeine. 5 
4, Clupea bassensis. 
Clupea bassensis, McCulloch, Biol. Res, ‘Endeavour,’ i. 1911, p. 16, 
pl. iv. fig. 2. 
Searcely distinct from C. fuegensis, but vertebrae fewer 
(46) and scutes more strongly keeled. Scales 46 to 48 
in a longitudinal, 12 to 14 in a transverse series. Pelvic 
fins inserted a little in advance of vertical from origin 
of dorsal. 
South Australia and Tasmania. 
Two examples, 110 and 130 mm, in total length, from 
Hobart. 
5. Clupea holodon, sp. n. 
Depth of body 44 in the length, length of head 44. Snout 
a little longer than diameter of eye, which is nearly 4 in the 
length of head; maxillary extending to below anterior 4 of 
eye. An ovate patch of teeth on vomer, a single series on 
palatines, a broad-ovate patch on tongue. 386 gill-rakers 
on lower part of anterior arch. Preeoperculum narrower than 
operculum, which is as broad as diameter of eye. About 48 
scales in a longitudinal and 14 in a transverse series ; ventral 
scutes keeled and pointed, 21+12. Dorsal 17. Anal 18. 
Pelvics 8-rayed, inserted below origin of dorsal. 
Stewart Island, New Zealand. 
A single example, 122 mm. in total length, from Stewart 
Island, presented in 1889 by C. Traill, Esq. 
6. Clupea sprattus. 
Clupea sprattus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 10, p. 318 (1758) ; Giinth, Cat. 
Fish. vii. p. 419 (1868); Day, Fish. Britain, il. p. 231, pl. cxxxix. 
fig. 2 (1884); Smitt, Scandinavian Fish. p. 974 (1895). 
Meletta phalerica (Risso), Moreau, Poiss. de France, iil. p. 445 (1881). 
Meletta vulgaris, Moreau, ¢. ¢. p. 447. ne 
Clupea suline, Autipa, Denkschr. Akad. Wien, lxxviii, 1906, p. 38, 
pl. iil. figs. 1-6. 
Depth of body 34 to 5} in length, length of head 3? (young) 
to 53. Snout as long as or a little longer than diameter of 
eye, which is 34 to 44 in the length of head. Maxillary 
extending to below anterior 4 of eye. No teeth or vomer. 
34 to 40 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. Pre- 
operculum narrower than operculum, which is as broad as 
diameter of eye. 44 to 50 scales in a longitudinal and 12 to 
15 in a transverse series. Ventral scutes keeled and pointed ; 
9 to 13 between pelvic fins and anus. Dorsal 15 to 19; 
