SALMONOIDS. 
917 
THE HEBRIDAL SIIL-SMELT (sw. stromsillen). 
A RGENTIN A SPHYRCENA. 
Fig. 230. 
Base of the anal fin perceptibly greater than the longitudinal diameter of the eyes , and more than ‘/ g the length, 
of the head reduced. Height of the dorsal fi,n more than 2 / 3 of the preabdominal length. Lower posterior mar- 
gin of the operculum indented, in an elongated 8-form. Gill-rakers on the first, branchial arch about 13 or 14. 
Branched, rays in the pectorals 12 or 13, in the ventrals 9. Scales transparent, with a rich coat of silvery 
pigment on the inner surface. 
b 
Fig. 
230. Argentina sphyrcena, 9> natural size. Taken on a long-line off Helso, near Stromstad, on the 12th Dec., 1879. C. A. Hansson. 
a, one of the scales in the lateral line, magn. 2 diam.; b, section of the body just in front of the ventral fins, natural size. 
Pl . br. 6 : 
„ 3“ , 3 6 
1 
(1)1 
I) . — ; A. — ; 
8 10’ 
l * r * 1 
l ^ 
V. — — — ; C. +14-17 + 1+ #; 
Fin. lot. 58 c 
; Lin. transo 
3 
. — 1 ; Vert. 
3 
51 J — 52. 
Syn. Sphyrsena parva sive 
Sphyrseme 
secunda species, Rondel., De 
Pise., lib. VIII, cap. II, p. 227. Pisciculus Rom* Argen- 
tina dictus, Willughb., Hist. Pise., p. 229; Ray, Syn. 
Meth. Pise., p. 108. Argentina , Art., Ichthyol. , Gen. Pise., 
p. 8; Syn. Pise., p. 17. 
Argentina Sphyrcena, Lin., Syst. Nat., edit. X, tom. I, p. 315; 
BrOnn., Iclithyol. Massil., p. 79; Cuv., Mem. Mus., vol. I, 
p. 228, tab. 11, fig. sup.; Risso, Hist. Nat. Ear. Mer., 
tom. Ill, p. 462; Esh. in Nilss., Stcand. Ena , Fisk., p. 
47 6; Gthr., Cat. Brit. Mas., Fish., vol. VI, p. 203; 
Canestk., Fna D’ltal., part. Ill, p. 129; Coll., Forh. Vid. 
Selsk. Chrnia 1874, Tillsegsh., p. 171; 1879, No. 1, p. 
92; N. Mag. Naturv. Chrnia, Bd. 29, p. 109; Malm, Gbgs , 
Boh. Fn., p. 550; Hansson, Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1880, 
No. 4, p. 22; Mon., Ilist. Nat. Poiss. Fr ., tom. Ill, p. 
554; Day, Fish. Gt. Brit., Irel ., vol. II, p. 136, tab. CXXV; 
Storm, Vid. Selsk. Skr. Trondhj. 1883, p. 29; Sm., Vet.- 
Akad. Handl., Bd. 21, No. 8, p. 196; Lillj., Sv., Norg. 
Fislc., vol. II, p. 692. 
Argentina Silus, Nilss. (p. p.), Obs. Ichthyol., p. 7 ; Edw., 
Journ. Lin. Soc., Zooh, vol. XV (1881), p. 334. 
Osmerus Hebridicus, Yarr., Hist. Brit. Fish., ed. 1, Suppl. II, 
p. 16; Nilss. ( Argentina ), Skancl. Fna, Fisk., p. 474; 
Gthr., Cut., 1. c. 
Argentina Cuvieri, Cuv., Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. XXI, p. 
413 + Arg. leioglossa, p. 417, tab. 624 (vide Giglioli, 
1—2 
a - according; to Day. 
8— 9 & 
9 . 9 . 
b _£ A 
9— 10 ” ” ” 
c 52 — 53, according to Nilsson and Gunther. 
d Sometimes 50, according to Nilsson. 
