392 ATHEKINIUJi. 



1. ATHERINA*. 



Atherin.a, Artedi, Sijnon. p. 116. 

 Atheriua, part., Cur. Hh/iie Anim. 



Body subcylmdrical or slightly compressed ; snout more or less 

 obtuse, with the cleft of the mouth straight, oblique, extending to or 

 beyond the anterior margin of the eye. Teeth minute, those on the 

 palate sometimes indistinct. Scales cycloid, of moderate size. Ven- 

 trals situated at some distance behind the pectoral. Air-bladder 

 present. Pyloric appendages none. A silvery band along the side. 



Seas of nearly all the temperate and tropical regions ; several 

 Bpecies entering fresh waters. 



1. Atheriua presbyter. 



The Sand Smelt. Le Pretre ou Ros^rd (France). 



Dtihamel, Peches, ii. sect. 6. pi. 4. figs. 1-4, 7 ; Osheck, Nov. Act. Nat. 



Cur. iv. p. 103. no. 22. 

 Atherine, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 287. pi. 65, & edit. 1812, iii. p. 434. 



pi. 76 ; ? Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 399, and Mm. Ichthyol. p. 23. no. QQ 



(mutilated ?). 

 Atheriua hepsetus, Donov. Brit. Fishes, iv. pi. 87 ; Flem. Brit. Anim. 



p. 217; TurtoH, Brit. Faun. p. 105 (noti.); ? Gronov. Si/st. ed. Gray, 



p. 190. 

 presbyter, Ciiv. Pk/ne Anim. ; Jen. Man. p. 377 ; Yarr. Brit. 



Fishes, 1st edit. i. p. 214, 2nd edit. i. p. 229, 3rd edit. ii. p. 170 



(fig. bad); Parn. Wern. Mem. vii. p. 230, and Fishes Frith of Forth, 



p. 70 ; Cut: Sf Val. x. p. 439. pi. 305 ; Lowe, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. 



p. 184 ; Guichen. Exp. Alger. Poiss. p. 66 ; Cuv. Regne Anim. III. 



Poiss. pi. 76. fig. 3. 



D. 7-8 I -^. A. -i-j=. L. lat. 60. L. transv. 11. Vert. 50. 



I 12 15-10 



The origin of the anterior dorsal fin is above the middle of the 

 ventral fins. The height of the body is one-sixth of the total length, 

 the length of the head one-fifth. The diameter of the eye is two- 

 sevenths of the length of the head, and equal to the extent of the 

 snout and the width of the interorbital s^jace. Snout moderately 



* 1. Atheriua rissoi, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 435. — Nice. 



2. sarda, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 435.- -Sardinia. 



3. Carolina, Cuv. ^ Val. x. p. 445. — Carolina. 



4. waigiensis. part., Quo;// ^ Gaim. Voy. Uran. Poiss. p. 335. — A. cylin- 



di-ica, Cuv. &( Val. x. p. 453. — Waigiou. Amboyna. 



5. temminckii, Bhek. Surnafm, iii. p. 506. — East Indian Archipelago. 



6. argyrota;niata, Bleek. Juurn. hid. Archipel. iii. 1849, Celebes, p. 72.— 



Bali, Celebes. 



7. bimanensis, Bleek. Journ. Ind. Archipel. ii. 1848, Sumbawa, p. 637. 



— Sumbawa. — I have not seen the Journal containing the descriptions 

 of the last two species. 



8. ta^iiata, Agass. in Spix, Pise. Brasil. p. 135 ; Cuv. <f Val. x. p. 459. — 



Atlantic. 



9. punctata, Bcnn. in Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 184. — Mauritius, 



(D. 5/11. A. 16.) 



10. presbyter, var., Eichw. Zool. Spec. iii. p. 72. — Atherina caspia, 



Eickw. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 1838, p. 136.— Caspian Sea. 



