FISHES. 



137 



present in all the examples, and yet there is excellent reason for believ- 

 ing the largest specimen at least mature. 



In the measurements the unit of comparison is the length to the origin 

 of the middle caudal rays. The figure of S. Naresi is employed, and 

 the agreement between that and the Cumberland Gulf specimens is 



striking. 



Table of Measurements. 



Family, CLUPEID^B. 

 36. Clupea harengus Linii. 



Chipea harengus RICH., F. B. A., iii, 1836, p. 231. 



Eichardson mentions the occurrence of the herring at Bathurstfs Inlet, 

 6?o K 1090 w. 



