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of over the latter, as in herring, alewives, and shad, and there are fewer anal fin 

 rays (only about 13, whereas the herring has about 17, the alewife about 19, and 

 the shad about 21) than any of the latter. 





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Fig. 39, — Round herring (Elrumeus tere 



Color. — Olive green above with silvery sides and belly. 



Size. — Eight to ten inches. 



General range. — Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States; 

 occasionally common as far north as Woods Hole, but very rarely straying past 

 Cape Cod. 



Occurrence in the Gulf of Maine. — The only published Gulf of Maine records for 

 this southern fish are from Eastport, where the newspapers reported it in 190S, and 

 from Jonesport, Me., but the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 

 also contains two specimens from Provincetown. 



39. Herring ( Clupea harengus Linnaeus) 



Labrador herring; English herring; Sea herring; Sardine; Sperling; Brit 



Jordan and Evermann, 189G-1900, p. 421. 



Description. — This herring is typical of its family in form, with body so com- 

 pressed that it is much deeper than thick, moderately pointed nose, large mouth 

 situated at the tip of the snout, and lower jaw projecting beyond the upper, which 

 is not notched at the tip (in shad it is so notched, p. 113), sharp-edged belly, "^and 

 deeply forked tail. The dorsal fin stands over the small ventrals, its origin about 



Fig. 40. — Herring ( Clupea harengus) 



midway the length of the body. The scales are large, their rear margins'rounded 

 and so loosely attached as to slip off at a touch. There is no adipose fin, its v .'absence 

 at once distinguishing herrings from any of the salmon tribe. The dorsal and anal 



