228 On the Fishes of the (leuus Clupea. 



Pelvios 8-raye(1, iiiaerted below ori<;in of dorsal. Caudiil 

 pedunle loiig».r than deep. Vertebra? probably not fewer 

 than -JG. 



IStewart Island. 



The type, from the Foveaux Straits, was 150 mm. long; 

 the specimen in the British Museum measures 122 mm. in 



total length 



Cluijea viuelleri. 



Clupea Diuelleri, Klunziuger, Sitzungab. Akad. AVien, Ixxx. 1880, 

 p. 41G. 



Au elongate ])atcli of teeth on vomer, an ovate patch 

 on tongue. ]'e[)th of body 3 to 3^ in the length, length of 

 head 3^ to 3|. Diameter of eye 3^ in leiij^th of head ; 

 maxillary extending to below anterior part or middle of eye j 36 

 to 39 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch. No radiating 

 grooves at tree margin of scales; 43 or 44 scales in a 

 longitudinal series, 10 or 11 in a transverse series ; ventral 

 scutes strongly keeled and acutely pointed, 19-20 + i)-ll. 

 Dorsal 15-16; orijiin nearer to base of caudal than to end 

 of snout. Anal 16-18. Pelvics 8-rayed, inserted below or 

 a little in advance of origin of dorsal. Caudal peduncle 

 deeper than long. Vertebrfe 42. 



New Zealand. 



Five specimens, 90 to 100 mm. in total length, from Ofago 

 and Canterbury, leceived from the (^tago and Canterbury 

 Museums as examples of (.'. antipodiwi. 



Clupra arcuata. 



Clvyea arcuata^ Jenyus, Zool. 'Beagle,' Fibli. p. 134 (1842) ; Giintli. 

 tat. I'isb. \ii. p. 442. 



A narrow strip of teeth on tongue; palate toothless. 

 Depth of body 3 to Z\ in the length, length of head 4 to 4^. 

 Diameter of eye 3 to 3^ in length of head; maxillaiy 

 extending to below anterior^ of eye; 28 gill-nikers on 

 lower ])art of anterior a]ch. No grooves at free margin 

 of scales ; about 42 scales in a longitudinal and 15 in a 

 transverse series ; ventral scutes strongly kecded and acutely 

 pointed, 18-19 + 9-10. Dorsal 16-18; origin nearer to 

 base of caudal than to end of snout. Anal 22-23. Pelvic? 

 7-rayed, inserted below or a little in advance of origin of 

 dorsal. 



Urn;i-ua\' to Northern Pala-'onia. 



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