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GRiECUM Thnf£ vel reaius Thrlzce nomen, a veteribus ufurpatumi 

 ad defignandam Clupets fpeciem, neotericis Alofam didlam, huic fpe- 

 ciei, Europsis undis incognitae, affignavit a LINNE. 



LlNN. aman. acad. tnm. X. p- 2t,i Oluppa CTr^T.a) rnrporp nvafn. Defcriptio compendiofa, 



\AM-s.fyfl' nat, X.f. 318. «. 5. XJI. p. 524. a. 6. Clupea {Thriffi) pinna ani radiis »8, dorfalis 

 radio poftremo fetaceo longo. 



OsBECK refa p. 257. Clupea Thriffa. Defcriptio hreviffma. 



Browne jamaicp. 443. Clupea i. minor, radio ultimo pennse dorfalis longiffimo. Defcriptionulla. 



Du Hamel trait. des pefch. part. 2, p. c,i,%. tah. li. fig, 3. Cailleu-Taflart. Defcriptio a Dn. 

 BarbotteaU in infulis Carihais elahorata minus ejfentialis ; hac differcntia fpecifica hunc pifcem 

 defignari •vult, " Clupea, Alofa brevis, Harengus five Halec minor, Sardina Caribsearum 

 major, Cailleu-Taffart Gz^Xvie. nuncupata." Figurapifccm fatis refert, fed non accurate, 



HoUTTVYN natuur. hifi, tom, 8. p. 349. n. 5. Borftelvin. Defcriptio e Linn. amccnitat. acad, 

 et fjlemate. 



MuLLER naturfyfiem. iom. 4. /,374. n. 6. Borflenflofle. 



Anglis in Jamaica Sprat. 



Locus : Ort<J««jutriufqueIndia;: propeCarolinam, Z>r. .B/a§-<^»: Jamaicam,^.£//«: {Muf. Banh.) 

 Chinam fig. et mfcr. in Bihlioth. Banks. 



Tempore pruritus littora fubiens, degit inter quifquilias et rejedlanea 

 maris, prsecipue inter radices Rhizophorse Mangles. Barbotteau, Inter 

 optimos menfse pifces numeratur in infulis Caribseis, ubi non raro venena- 

 tus cibus evadit. Broivne, Minora cruflacea et conchylia, pifcium ova, 

 &c. in pabulum ilii cedunt. Pede longiorem nufquam vidi. 



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