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A T P E R I N E, 



Class IV. 



XXXVI. 



ATHE- 

 RINE, 



The upper jaw a little flat. 



Six branchioftegous rays. 



A filvery ft ripe along the fide t 



I57. Athe- Epfetus? Beton, 209. 



P-ine, E^vjto^, Atherina. Rondel. 



215, 216. Boffuet Epig. 

 66, 67. Ge/ner pi/c. 71, 



Pifciculus Anguella Venetiis 

 di&us ; forte Hepfetus Ron- 

 deletii, vel Atherina ejuf- 



209. 



dem. Wil. Icth. 



Raii fyn. pi/c. 79. 

 Atherina. Arted. Jynon. App. 



116. 

 Atherina Hepfetus. A. pinna 



ani radiis fere duodecim. 



Lin. fyji. 5 1 9. Grono<u, 



Zooph. No. 399. 



THIS fpecies is very common in the fea near 

 Southampton, where it is called a Smelt. [ The 

 higheft feafon is from March to the latter end of 

 May, or beginning of June; in which month it 

 fpawns. It never deferts the place ^ and is con- 

 ftantly taken except in hard froft. It is alfo found 

 on other coafts of our ifland. 



The length is above four inches one-fourth. 

 The back ftrait: the belly a little protuberant. 

 On the back are two fins. I neglected to count 

 the rays. The tail is much forked. 



The fifh is femipeiiucid, covered with fcales : 

 the color filvery, tinged with yellow : the fide line 

 ftrait ; beneath it is a row of fmall black fpots. 



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