378 Mr. C. T. Regan o>i the Clup^id Fishes 



Eve 5 to G in length of head, \\-liich is 3 to 3? in 

 length of tish ; 180-250 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch 2. lonr/iceps. 



]5. Pflvic fins S-raved ; a dark spot at base of anterior rays of dorsal 

 iiii. 



1. Mediterranean and "West African species. 

 Dopth 3« to 4 in length : 60 to 9o gill-rakers on 



lower part of anterior arch (in specimens of 100 



to 300 mm.) 3. maderensis. 



Depth 3.^ to 3? in length ; 110 to 1.30 gill-rakors on 

 lower part of anterior arch (in specimens of 100 

 to 200 mm.) 4. eba. 



Depth 3 in length : 90 to 100 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of anterior arch (in specimens of 170 to 

 200 mm.) 5, cnmcronensis. 



2. Indo-Pacific species. 



Depth 25 in length ; 130 gill-rakers on lower part of 



anterior arch G. dai/i. 



Depth 2^ to 3; gill-rakers 00 to 60; diameter of eye 



3 to 3^ in length of head 7. hrachysnma. 



Depth 3 ; irill-rakers 48 to 55 ; diameter of eye Z\ to 



3| in length of head 8. perforatit. 



Depth 3 to 3i ; gill-rakers 70 to 75 9. fimhnata. 



Depth 3 J to 4 ; oill-rakers 58 to G2 10. shulensis. 



Depth 3^ to 4 ; gill rakers 50 to 55 11. (/ihbosa. 



Depth 3^ to 4 ; gill-rakers 38 to 44 12. melanura, 



II. Ventral scutes feehly keeled. 

 Maxillary nt^arly or quite reaching to below eye ; 36 



to 40 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch ; 



pelvics below anterior half of dcn-sal 13. sirtn, 



]Sraxillarv not reaching eye ; 27 to 31 gill-rakers on 



lower part of anterior arch ; pelvics below origin 



of dorsal 14. clupeoides. 



1. Sardniella a unfa.' 



? Chipen rceriiko-rittata, Dichards, Ichth. Chin;v, p. 305 (1846) *, 

 SarHncVa auriti, Oiiv. & ^'al. Ilist, Nat. Poi&s. xx. p. 263, pi. 594 



(1847). 

 Siirdinplla anchwia, Ouv. &; Val. t. c. p. 269. 

 Meletfa medittrranea, Cnv. & Val. t. c. p. .369. 

 Snrdinella lemuru, Bleek. Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind. v. 1853, p. 500. 

 r iSardinia psendiihispcmfca, Poey, 3Iem. Cuba, ii. p. 311 (1860). 

 C/upea auritu. (riiuth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 420 (1868). 

 C'/u/iea anrhovin, Giinth. t. c. p. 421. 

 Clupen nicldiifisticta, Giinth. t. c. p. 430. 

 Chipea lenmru, Giinth. t. c. p. 430; Bleek. Atl. Ichth. vi. p. 108, Chip. 



pi. ix. fig. 1 (1872). 

 ? Cliipea p.yoido/ii^panica, Giinth. f. c. p. 442. 

 C'lupea brasllicnsis, Sleiud. Sitzuiigsb. Akad. Wien, Ixxx. 1880, p. 182. 



* Richardson's description is based on a coloured figure by Reeves^ 

 probably, but nnt cert;:iiilv. iiit*nded to represent this sj.ecies. 



