Jordan and Evermann. Fishes of North America. 431 



rakers short, close-set, 30 below angle, the longest half eye. Scales firm 

 and adherent, the edge roughened; scales before dorsal similar but 

 smaller. Belly sharply compressed, with strong scutes. Ventrals 2 in 

 head ; pectorals li. Bluish above, silvery below ; a round black humeral 

 spot ; fins pale. Length 8 inches. Gulf of California, rather rare. 

 (Diminutive from Thrissa, dpiaoa, a herring or sardine, from the hair-like 

 bones; $p/s a hair.) 



L'ltijit'ii tlirisxhtti, JORDAN & GILBERT, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1882, 353, Cape San Lucas. 

 (Type, NOB. 6388, 2524, and G339. Coll. Xantus.) 



701. SARDINELLA HUMEBALIS (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 (SARDINA ESCAMUDA ; WHITE-BILL ; PINCERS.) 



Head 3*; depth 2f to 3, the Florida specimens (var. pensacolce) aver- 

 aging 2f ; Cuban examples about 3; eye 2|. D. 16; A. 17; scales 

 40; scutes 16 + 12. Body deep, with the ventral outline forming an 

 even curve from chin to vent. Eye moderate, i longer than snout. 

 Insertion of ventrals nearer tip of snout than base of caudal. Teeth in 

 jaws small ; a large patch on tongue. Scales very adherent, each with 

 one to four vertical curved stria;, those before dorsal more or less lacini- 

 ate. Silvery, dark humeral spot usually present, but often obscure or 

 wanting ; surrounded by golden in life ; usually a row of dark points 

 extending backward from it along upper parts of body; no distinct 

 longitudinal streaks. Length 8 inches. West Indies and Gulf of Mexico. 

 Abundant from Pensacola and Cedar Keys southward ; the specimens 

 from Florida deeper than others, representing a northern variety or sub- 

 species pensacolce. (humeralis, pertaining to the shoulder.) 



Hurengula hnnientlix, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xx, 293, 1847, Rio Janeiro; 



Bahia; Guadeloupe; San Domingo. 



Alansa striata, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, I. c., xx, 429, 1847, Guadeloupe; Bahia. 

 Harengula pensacolse, GOODE & BEAN, Proc. U.S.Nat. Mus., 1879, 152, Pensacola, Florida. 



(Type, Nos. 22831 and 22829. Coll. Stearns.) JORDAN & GILBERT, Synopsis, 268, 1883. 

 Clvpea huineralis, GUNTHER, Cat., vn, 422, 1868. 

 Harengula arcuata, JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1889, 646.* 



Subgenus LILE, Jordan & Evermann. 

 702. SARDIXELLA STOLIFERA, (Jordan & Gilbert). 



Head 4f; depth 3i; eye 2*. D. 14; A. 16; scales 40-11; scutes 17 + 

 12 = 29. Vertebra? 20 + 22 = 42, the membrane covering the vertebras 

 silvery. Body deep, much compressed, the belly strongly arched; the 

 greatest depth just before dorsal. Head short; preopercle vertical. 

 Mouth very small, very oblique, almost vertical, the maxillary reaching 

 front of pupil ; lower jaw longer, the upper scarcely emarginate. Both 

 jaws with a few very small, weak teeth ; a linear patch on tongue ; none on 

 vomer or palatines. Gill rakers slender, numerous, the longest f eye, 

 about 29 below angle. Eye large, longer than snout. Dorsal fin inserted 

 nearer snout than base of caudal, the ventrals under its first ray; anal 



* This species is probably not identical with Chtpea arcuata, JENYNB, Ichth. Voy. Beagle, 134, 

 1842, from Bahia Blanca, Patagonia. 



