380 Mr. C, T. Regan on the Clupeid Fishes 



Indian Ocean. 



Several specimens, 120 to 180 mm. in total length, from 

 Mombasa, Muscat, and India. 



3. Sardlnella maderensis, 



Clupm mniierensis, Lowe, Trans. Zonl. Soc. ii. 1839, p. 189. 

 ?SardmeUa (jranigera, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 267 (1847). 

 Clupea mad'erensi$ (part.), Giiutli. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 440 (1868). 



Depth of body 3| to 4 in the length, length of head 3f to 

 4|. Snout as long as or a little longer than diameter of eye, 

 which is 3^ to 4 in length of head ; niaxillavy extending to 

 below anterior { of eye. 60 to 95 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch. 48 to 50 scales in a longitudinal, 12 or 13 

 in a transverse series ; ventral scutes 19-20 + 14-16. Dorsal 

 18-19. Anal 18-19. Pelvics 8-rayed, a little in advance 

 of middle of dorsal. A dark spot at base of anterior dorsal 

 rays. Vertebrae 43. 



Eleven specimen.^, 110 to 300 mm. in total length, from 

 Madeira, Cape Verde Is., and Mogadore. 



If S. granigei'a be this species, it occurs in the Medi- 

 terranean. 



4. Sardinella eha. 



Alosn eba, Cut. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 369 (1847). 

 Clupea mnderemis (part.), Giiuth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 440 (1868). 



Depth of body 3^ to 3| in the length, length of head 3f to 

 4. Snout as long as diameter of eye, which is 3^ to 4 in the 

 length of head ; maxillary extending to below anterior X of 

 eve or a little beyond. 110 to 130 gill-rakers on lower part 

 of anterior arch. 44 to 46 scales in a longitudinal, 11 to 13 

 in a transverse series; ventral scutes 18-19 + 14. Dorsal 

 18-20. Anal 17-22. Pelvics 8-rayed, below middle of 

 dorsal. A dark spot at base of anterior dorsal rays. Ver- 

 lebrje 46. i 



Mediterranean ; West Africa. I 



Eight specimens, 110 to 200 mm. in total length, from i 

 Egypt, Algiers, and Nigeria. "; 



5. Sardinella cameronhnsis, sp. n. 



Clupea senegalensis (non Benn.), Giinth. Cat. Fish. vii. p. 441 (1868) *. ^ 



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 Depth of body 3 in the length, length of head 4. Snout \ 



* Alosa senegalensis, Bennett (Proc. Zool. Soc. i. 1831, p. 147), i& 

 probaVj]}' a synouym of Sardina pilchardus. >; 



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