138 True Fishes 



MENHADEN, SEA HERRING, SHAD, 

 OTHER HERRINGS 



I. Head large; about one-third the distance from snout to 

 end of body 

 Page 139, fig. A 



See Menhaden, p. 293. 



II. Head smaller; between one-fourth and one-fifth the 

 distance from snout to end of body 

 Page 139, figs. B, D, F 



Ila. Origin of dorsal fin about halfway between tip of 

 snout and end of body 

 Page 139, fig. B 



See Sea Herring, p. 288. 



lib. Origin of dorsal fin much nearer to tip of snout 

 than to end of body 

 Page 139, figs. D, F 



1. Upper jaw long; reaches to rear half of eye 

 Page 139, figs. C, D 



See Shad, p. 291. 



2. Upper jaw shorter; reaches to front half of eye 

 Page 139, figs. E, F 



See Hickory Shad, Blueback, Alewife, p. 140. 



