. Fig. 14. Clupea fuegensis. x §. Sprat. Mr Bennett notes that its occurrence is very erratic, but he does not know of its capture before 5 October or after April. An occasional shoal is heralded by hundreds and even thousands of shags. Locally there is no means of catching the fish unless they approach close enough to the shore to enable a seine to be used. Hussakof records that the native Indians go out in boats to the kelp, and catch the fishes in their hands, while they are feeding. In February 1904, an extraordinary shoal of these fishes entered Stanley Harbour, and it is recorded that th
. Fig. 14. Clupea fuegensis. x §. Sprat. Mr Bennett notes that its occurrence is very erratic, but he does not know of its capture before 5 October or after April. An occasional shoal is heralded by hundreds and even thousands of shags. Locally there is no means of catching the fish unless they approach close enough to the shore to enable a seine to be used. Hussakof records that the native Indians go out in boats to the kelp, and catch the fishes in their hands, while they are feeding. In February 1904, an extraordinary shoal of these fishes entered Stanley Harbour, and it is recorded that they formed the staple diet of the inhabitants for days. Clupea bentincki, Norman. 1936, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10) xvn, p. 491. Hab. Chile. This is the fish commonly known in Chile as " Sardina ", and proves to be distinct from C. fuegensis. A fine series of specimens from Talcahuano, where it is said to be very common, has been received from Mr Cavendish Bentinck.
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