Harengula clupeola (Cuvier 1829)

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Jelks, Howard L., 2014, Marine and inland fishes of St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands: an annotated checklist, Zootaxa 3803 (1), pp. 1-120 : 26

Harengula clupeola (Cuvier 1829) — False Pilchard Justification: UF 181025 (9, 40–55 mm SL), Altona Lagoon; UF 182924 (18, 73–82), Triton Bay; ZMUC P.183844 (1, 95 mm SL), St. Croix, Aug. 1831. Distribution: Whitehead (1985) WA (FL, GOM, BA, GA, VI, LA, WC, nSA, sSA). Remarks: Clavijo et al. (1980) did not record H. jaguana Poey from St. Croix although H. clupeola was listed "as very common." These two species are very similar differing primarily in the shape of the basihyal and basibranchial toothplates and in modal number of lower gill rakers ( Whitehead, 1985). Harengula jaguana exhibits considerable geographic variation and more systematic research on this species (and H. clupeola ) is needed to conclusively determine the taxonomic status of H. jaguana ( Munroe and Nizinski 2002:821) .