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Habit. A deep-sea fish rarely met with in the 

 north of the Adriatic ; more common in the 

 Mediterranean ; it is common at Spalato in 

 winter. 



Fam. VII. CLurEiD^: — Herring Tribe. 

 Gen. I. Engraulis, C. 6° V. 



3 1 7. ENGRA ULIS ENCRASICHOL US, L. 

 The Anchovy. 



L'Anchois. 



Der Anschovi. 



Sardella comune, Anciuga {It.). 



Vulg., Sardon(7>., Fiume, Cat). 



Sardon, Anchio (Ven.), — the name Sardella 

 is sometimes misapplied to this sp. 



Croat., Mincion, Incun. 



Brgljun {Spalato). 

 Habit. General and common. 

 Season. May to September. 

 Quality. 1 . 



Gen. II. Clupea, Cut. 



318. CLUPEA AURLTA, C dr> V. 

 Sardinella aurita, C. 6° V. 

 Sardinella dorata (//.). 



Habit. Occasionally, but rarely, found on the 

 coast of Dalmatia ; generally mistaken for the 

 Sardine ; common in the Mediterranean. 



Quality. Inferior ; its flesh has a bad flavour. 



319. CLUPEA ALOSA, L. 

 Alosa communis, Yarr. 

 The Shad, Allis-Shad. 

 L'Alose commune. 



Die Alse, Else, Maifisch, Mutterharing. 

 Alosa comune (//.). 

 Vulg., Sardena {Trentino, Verona). 

 Ceppa (/), Cheppia {Ven., Tr.). 

 Ciepa (/), Sardella salvatica {Fiume). 

 Ceppa {p), Agone, Scarabina ( Verona). 

 Ceppa (/) {Treviso). 



Ceppa (/), Agone (/), Ceppino (t), 

 Aciuga (/) {Lomb.). 



Agon de Como (/). 



Missoltini {Lake Como, in a salted state). 



Croat., cepa, cipa. 

 Note. Marked thus (/) applied to mature sp. ; 

 marked thus (/) applied to the half mature 

 sp. ; marked thus (f) to the fry. 

 Habit. Frequents the sea and ascends the 

 rivers in spring, entering the lakes for spawn- 

 ing ; is caught in the lakes of north Italy in 

 May, June ; attains to a length of twelve to 

 sixteen inches ; flesh good, excepting at the 

 season of spawning, and in October and 

 November. 

 Note. This and the C. finta are very similar, 

 and they have been generally confused with 

 one another. In fact they have been described 

 as one species by many authors. It there- 

 fore becomes doubtful whether it is the Alosa 

 proper (the better of the two) we have to 

 deal with here ; Gareis doubts the identity, 

 and considers it the less valuable C fi?ita 

 which frequents the eastern shores of the 

 Adriatic ; these remarks may, therefore, apply 

 equally to the one or the other of these two 

 species. 



320. CLUPEA FLNTA, Cuv. 

 The Twaite-Shad, Maid. 

 La Feinte, Alose Feinte. 

 Die Finte, der kleine Maifisch. 

 No7nendature and Remarks. See above 



(No. 319). 

 Note. The species hitherto found at Trieste and 

 represented in the Trieste Museum are all C. 

 finta. 

 Habit. Common in summer at Trieste ; at 

 Spalato it makes its appearance in October, 

 and is fished during the winter, and chiefly 

 so in spring, disappearing altogether in 

 summer. 



