:h Species. Spotted Gizzard. .Dorosoma notata. Dor- 

 e tachee. 



tirely silvery, a large brown and round spot above the base 

 ; lateral line, which is straight: two oblong spots of an em- 

 r colour above the head: dorsal fin trapezoidal with ISraySj 



longitudinal with 40. Tail unequally forked, lower lobe- 

 r. 



small species, seldom reaching over nine or ten inches, 

 eter anteriorly one fifth of the length, taperitig gradually 

 'ds the tail. I found it below the falls of the Ohio in Au- 

 It comes also in the spring and disappears in the fall. 

 ar nom^s Gizzard, Hickory Shad, White Shad, &c. It 

 ot bite at the hook. Back faintly bluish. Mouth large^ 

 jaw obliqual straight and longer, both fixed: tongue long 

 aooth. Eyes large, bluish, with a black centre: irissil- 

 S cafes small. Pectoral 12 rays, abdominals immediately 

 id them. 

 Genus. Gold Herring. Notemigonus. Notemigone. 

 )dy fusiform, compressed, scaly. Vent posterior. Abdo- 

 obtusely carinated, not serrate: back similar before the 

 d fin. Head scaleless, mouth small without teeth, lower 

 longer: gill cover double, opercule simple. Abdominal 

 with nine rays and no lateral appendage. Dorsal fin behind 

 I above the vent. 



his genus differs from Clufiea by the carinated b\ck and 

 ', without serratures, and the posterior dorsal. The name 

 means back half angular. 14th G. of my Proclr. N. G. An- 

 imals. 



28th Species. Ohio Gold Herring. JVotemigoiius aura-^ 

 tus. Notemigone dorc. 



Back gilt olivaceous, remainder gilt silvery; fins yellow; lat- 

 eral line following the curve of the belly: dorsal with 9 rays, 

 anal with 12: tail equally forked. 



Length from four to eight inches, diameter one fifth of the 

 total length. Iris gilt. Tongue short, toothless; Scales large 

 radiating with nerves. Head convex above and small. Dorsal 

 fin broad trapezoidal, the first ray longer. Anal broad alsoybut 

 not so much pectoral small with 16 rays. Tail 24. Not un 



