. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 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 Februar
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 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 Fig. 15. Clupea bentincki. Holotype. x Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
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