388 Mr. C. T. Regan on (he Clupeid Fishes 



Sardinella sardina, Jord. &; Everm. Bull. U.S. Xat. Mus, xlvii. 1896, 



p. 430. 

 Saidintlla macrophtluihnus, Jord. & Everm. I. c. 



De}itli of body 3 to 3^ in the lengtli, length of liead 3^ to 

 Si. (Snont shorter than or nearly as long as diameter of eye, 

 \vliich is 2| to 3 in the length ot head and greater than its 

 distance tiom lower edge of prEeoperculuni ; maxillary ex- 

 tending to below anterior part or middle of eye ; depth of 

 opercuhun }, length of head. 27 to 33 gill-rakers on lower 

 part of ant(;rior arch. About ■10 scales in a longitudinal and 

 11 in a transverse series; ventral scutes 15-17 + 10-12. 

 Dorsal 17-19. Anal 17-19. Pelvics 8-rayed, below middle 

 of dorsal. Anterior part of dorsal blackish superiorly. 

 Vertebrae 40. 



Several examples^ 90 to 200 mm. in total length, from 

 Floiida, the Bernmdas, and the West Indies. 



2. Ilarengula macrophthalmus. 



Chtpea mncrophthahna, Rauzaui, Nov. Com. Ac. Sc. Inst. Bonon. y. 



lt!4i>, p. 320, pi. xxiii. 

 HareiK/ina latulus, Cuv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss. xx. p. 2S0, pi. 695 



(iS-iZ). 

 Hanmi/ula clupeola, Cut. & Val. t. c. p. 289. 

 llareiiijtila liuniendis, Cuv. & Val. t. c. p. 293. 

 Alosa striata, Cuv. He Val. t. c. p. 429. 

 Ahm hishojn, Miill. & Trosch. in Scliomburgk, Hist. Barbadoes, p. 675 



(1848). 

 llareityula sardina, Poey, Mem. ii. p. 310 (1860). 

 Clupea liumevalis (part.), Giinlh. Cat. ln.xh. vii. p. 422 (1868). 

 Sardhiella Immeralis (part.), Jord. & Everm. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. xlvii. 



leUO, p. 431. 



Depth of body 3 to 3| in the length, lengtli of head 3i to 

 3f . Snout shorter than diameter of eye, which is 3 to 3^ in 

 the length of head and not greater than its distance from 

 lower edge of prseoperculum ; maxillary extending to below 

 anterior ^ of eye or beyond ; depth of operculum more than 

 ■^ length of head. 29 to 33 gill-rakers on lower part ot 

 anteiior arch. About 42 scales in a longitudinal and 11 in a 

 tiansverse series; ventral scutes 16-19 + 12-14. Dorsal 

 16-19. Anal lG-19. Pelvics 8-rayed, below middle of 

 dorsal. A dark humeral spot. Vertebrse 43-44. 



Atlantic coast of Tropical America*. 



iS'umeious examples, 80 to 130 mm. in total length, from 

 Florida, the We^t Indies, Fernando Noronha, and liahia. 



* Valenciennes described H. lutula as a European species; it is 

 probable tbat tbis "was a mistake, although it is not impossible that the 

 species msiy cross the Atlantic. 



