984 



SCAXUIXAVIAN FISHES. 



A. Var. Jinta — Tivaite Shad (Sw. StaksiU). Fig. 248. 



Gill-rakers on the first branchial arch about 40 — 60 

 (fijr. 249, a). 



C. .(•+ 1 + 17 + 1 +.)•; /.. lat. fiO— 65*; L. ti: !7'': Vert. 55— .W" 



B. Var. alosa — Allice Shad (Sw. Majfisk). Pi. XLni, tig. 2. 



Gill-rakers on the first branchial arch about 90—120 

 (fig. 249, b). 



R. hr. 7—8; D.' ^ ; A.-' ^ ; P. ^- ; F.* i- 



15—16 22—24 14—15? • 8' 



6'. ,r + 1 + 17 + 1 + x: L. lat. 70— HO; L. ti: 20—23; Vert. 57-58'. 



W 



a: of a Twiiite Slia.l (\ 



Fig. 249. First left brfmclii.il arch of Cbipea alo.-<a. Natural size. 

 /»?.(); ''•• ill tlie Allice Shad (var. alosii) shown in PI. XLIII. fig. 2, logetli.-r wil 

 from tlie middle of the arch. 



a gill-raker (X 2) 



■Syn. Agon, Pacelle, .Alose, Bei.o.v., Nat., Diners. Poiss.. pp. 267 

 302, 307. Thri.isa, Rondel., De Pise. Mar., p. 220. Alosa. 

 vel Alaiisa, ant Thrissa, Schonev., Ichthyol. Slesv. Hols., p, 

 13. Shad, WiLi.UGHB., Hist. Pise., p. 227, tab. P, 3 

 Ulupea apice maxillse superioris bifido, maculis nigris utrinque, 

 AiiT. Ichthyol., Gen. Pise., p. 7; Syn., p. 15; Spee., p 

 34 (ubi; "Apophyses in parte concava ' (branchiarum) "ossese, 

 albse et satis robustie" ; varietateni /!?Jtom igitnr desoripait). 



Vltipea Alosa, Lm., Syst. Nat., ed. X, toni. I, p. 318 (ex 

 Art.; Jinta igitur); Bi,., Fisch. Deustehl., part. I, p. 209, 

 tab. XXX, fig. 1; Retz., Fna Suec. Lin., p. 353; Flmng, 

 Brit. Anim., p. 183; v. Yhi.en, Fiskaren, 1878, p. 38; 

 MOb., Hoke, Fisch. Osls., p. 141. 



Alausa vulgaris, Cl'v., Vai,., Hist. Nal. Poiss., vol. XX. (i. 

 391, tab. 604; Hokl, Kn., Susswassei'f. Ustreich. Mon., p. 

 228; V. Bemm. in Herklots, Bouicstoffen voor eene fanna van 

 Nederland, pt. Ill, p. 382; Canestrini {Alosa), Areh. Zool., 

 I'Anat., cett., vol. IV, fasc. 1 (Apr. 1866), p. 141; Steind. 

 {Alama), Stzber. Akad. Wiss. Wien. Math. Naturw, CI., 



LVII, 1 (1868). p. 737, Canestr. (Alosa). Fna d'ltal., 

 pt. Ill, p. 22. 



Var. A. 



Alosa fieta aut falsa, DuH.. Tv. Peek., pt. II. sect. IH, 



p. 320, tab. I, fig. 5; tab. II, fig. 1. 

 Twaite Shad, Penn., Brit. Zool. 177G, vol. Ill, p. 307 

 Clupea fallax, Lacep., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. V, p. 452 

 Cltipea (Alosa) Jinta, Cnv., Eegn. Anim., ed. 2, toni. II 

 p. 320; Nii.ss., Prodr. Ichthyol. Sea7id., p. 22 

 Yakr. (Alosa), Brit. Fish., ed. 1, vol. II, p. 131 

 Sohagerstr. (Clupea), Fysiogr. Sails. Tidskr., p 

 291; Kr. (Alosa), Damn. Fish., vol. III. p. 202 

 Trosohel (Alausa), Arch. Naturg., Jahrg. 18, Bd. 1 

 p. 228;_N!Lss. (Alosa), Skand. Fna, Fish., p. 527 

 SiEB., Siissicasserf. Mitteleur., p. 332; Gtiir (CUi 

 pea), Vat. Brit. Mus., Fish., vol. VII, p. 435; CoLi. 

 (Alosa), Forh. Vid. Selsk. Chrnia 1874, Tilliegsh. 

 p. 195; Cederstk., Ofvers. Vet. Akad. Forh. 187G 

 No. 4, p. 67; Malm, Gbr/s, Boh. Fna, p. 587 



" A. 20 — 25, according to Day. 



'' 60 — 75, according to Day; 63 — 71, according to Fatio. 

 ' 16 — 17. according to KrOYER; 16 — 19, according to FArui 

 '' Till' latter number, according to Fatio. 

 4—5 



14—17(19) 



20—24 ' 

 '•' Sometimes 13, 

 '' V. sometimes 10, 

 ' .\ncording to Fatio 



, according to Fatio. 



15 — 16, according to Lilueborg. 



