4 Mr. ©. T. Regan on the British Fishes 
origin equidistant from end of snout and base of caudal or ~ 
a little nearer the former. Anal 14 to 20. Pelvics 9- 
(8- to 10-) rayed, inserted below anterior part or middle of 
dorsal. Vertebree 51 to 59 (54 to 59 in the few examples 
that I have examined). Silvery ; back greenish. 
Northern Europe and Iceland to New York and the Bay of 
Biscay. 
Here described from numerous examples up to 400 mm. 
long. 
2. Clupea pallasun. 
Clupea pallasii, Cuy. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 263 (1847) ; Jord. 
& Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 1896, p. 422. 
Clupea mirabilis, Girard, Proc. Ac. Philad. 1854, p. 188; Giinth. Cat. 
Fish. vii. p. 418 (1868). 
Closely related to C. harengus, differing especially in that 
the scutes in front of the pelvic fins are not keeled. 10 to13 . 
keeled scutes between pelvic fins andanus. Dorsal 18 to 19. 
Anal 14 to 18. 40 to 48 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 
arch. 53 to 58 scales in a longitudinal series. Vertebre 
50 to 53 (50, 51, 52, 53 in four specimens examined), 
North Pacific, from Bering Sea to San Diego, the middle 
of Hokkaido and Fusan. 
Here described from ten examples, 160 to 300 mm. in 
total length, from Alaska and California. 
3. Clupea fuegensis. 
Ciupea fuegensis, Jenyns, Zool. ‘ Beagle’ Fish. p. 133 (1842); Smitt, 
Bihang. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. xxiv. 1898, iv. no. 5, p. 59, pl. v. fig. 41; 
Regan, Trans. R. Soc. Edinburgh, xlix. 19138, p. 231. 
Depth of body 4 to 5 in the length, length of head 4 to 44. 
Snout as long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, 
which is nearly 4 in the length of head; maxillary extending 
nearly or quite to below middle of eye. An elongate patch 
of minute teeth on tongue ; usually a series on palatines ; 
vomer toothless. 38 to 40 gill-rakers on lower part of ante- 
rior arch. Przeoperculum narrower than operculum, which 
is as broad as diameter of eye. About 50 scales in a longi- 
tudinal and 14 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes feebly 
keeled and not sharply pointed, 22 to 25+10 to 13. Dorsal 
16 to 18. Anal 17 to 20. Pelvics 8-rayed, inserted in or a 
little behind the vertical from origin of dorsal, rarely a little 
in advance of it. Vertebree 49 to 51. r 
Magellan ; Falklands. 
Several examples, 140-170 mm. in total length, from the 
Falklands. 
