26* OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



teeth are in the branchioficga. The fifn |$s 

 the outward appearance of the .Terca jirciati* 

 lis, but is lefs. The line a lateralis is bent. 

 The fifti is pale yellow : the lower jazv is fhori- 

 er than the upper. 



Clupea c Thri(Jd. The membrana branchioficga 

 has feven rays : the hng\c dorfal-fin takes up 

 the middle, and has 16 rays, of which the laft 

 is double the length of the reft: : the pectoral- 

 fins have fourteen rays : the ventral-fins have 

 feven rays, and are very fmall : the anal-fin 

 has twenty-four rays ; it does not begin quite 

 in the middle, and reaches to the tail : the tail 

 is furcated, and has 24 rays: the mouth is 

 large, oblong : the lower-jaw is the longeft, 

 and dotted with black towards the top : the 

 body is narrow, white: the denticuli on the 

 belly are thirty in number. 



The Mandarin fiJJ.i, Spar us v chilis. The 

 membrana branchiojlega has three rays : thefirft 

 dorfal-finhzsfom, and the other nine rays: 

 the perioral fins have fixteen rays : the ventral- 

 fins have fix rays : the anal fin has twelve, and 

 the tail twenty-four rays. The length of the 

 fifti is hardly a foot : the body is narrow, the 

 fMks are white*: the head is eg£-fliaped, and 



round : 



