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SCANDINAVIAN FISHES. 



THE ANCHOVY. 

 STOLEPHORUS BNCRASICHOLUS. 



Fig. 250. 



Mn.filldrics roinuled at tliij lihid I'.iirciiiiti/, and not extending lieJiliid the (irtiriilati(i)i of the loirer jaiv. l)iit about 

 equal in length to the base of the anal fin {somewhat lonrjer or shorter), which is at most aljoitt ^/ 3" of the length 

 of the head, or '/,„ of the posfabdominal length, or 85 % of the length of the pedunele of the tail, which is 

 greater than tlie length of the loirer jair. Dentition feeble and irithoitt canines, but complete. Greatest fl/lchiess 

 of the hodg ahont '\ {GS — 70 %) of its greatest depth, n-hich measures about 14 — 17 % of its length. Least 

 depth of file tail about '/j,, {29 — SI %) of the length of the head. Xo spiniferous scales, or only restiges thereof, 

 at the ventral margin. No sharplg defined, silverg band embedded in. the skin along the sides of the body. 



Fig. 250. Stolepfionnf encrn-iu-Iiolii.", (f. Nnfiiral size. Taken at Slromstad in 1878, ('. A. Hansson. 



3 2 



12—13; D. : A. ^- 



1.3—15 15* 



-; V. 



-16 15—16 



(-'. .1+1 + 17 + 1 +.r; L. lat. 44—50; L. ti: 7; Vert. 46—47. 



•s'yn. Halecula, Belon, Nat., Divers. Poiss., p. 167. E/ierasichohis, 

 RoND., De Pise, p. 211. Li/costovms balticus, Schonev., 

 Ichthijol. Slesv. Hols., p. 46, tab. V (fig. inf.). Chipea 

 maxilla superiore longiore, Art., Ichthijol., Gen. Pise, p. 7 ; 

 Syn. Pise., p. 17. Anchois et Melet, Duh.\m., Pcches, pt. 

 II, sect. Ill, p. 457, tab. XVII, fig. 5; sect. VI, p. 157, 

 tab. Ill, fig. 5. 

 Clupea Encrasicolus, Lin., Syst. Nat., ed. X, toni. I, ]i. 318; 

 Bl., Naturg. Fische Deutschl., pt. I, p. 212, tab. XXX, 

 fig. 2; Retz., Fn. Suec. Lui., p. 354; Pall., Zoogr. Ross. 

 Asiat., torn. Ill, p. 212; Cuv., (siibg. Engraulis), R'egn. 

 Anim., ed. I, torn. II, p. 175; Risso (Engraulis), Eur. Mer., 

 torn. Ill, p. 454; C0V., Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. XXI, 

 p. 7, t,ib. 607; Kii.. Damn. Fish., vol. Ill, p. 221; 

 NiLss., .Skimd. Fn., Fisl., p. 531; v. Bemm. in Herkl., 

 Boniest. Fn. NeclerL, pt. Ill, p. 383; Gthl, Cat. Brit. 

 Mas., Fish., vol. VII. p. .■585; Coll., Forh. Vid. SeUk. 

 Chrnia 1874, Till.-egsh., p. 104; 1879, No. 1, p. 99: 

 X. Mag. Naturv. Chrnia, Bd. 29 (1884), p. 112; Malm, 



" 65 — GO'/o % in our specimens. 

 '' Sometimes 14, according to Day. 

 ' 20', 2 cm., according to Ehrenbaum. 



Ghgs, JJoh. Fn., p. 569; WlXTH., Naturli. Tidskr. Kbhvu, 

 ser. 3, vol. XII. p. 47; MoR., Hist. Nat. Poiss. Fr., toni. 

 Ill, p. 460; Day, Fish. Gt., Brit., Irel.. vol. II, p. 206, 

 tab. 138. fig. 1; MOb., Hoke, Fisch. Osts., p. 142; Peter- 

 sen, Vid. Meddel. Naturli. For. Kbhvn 1884, p. 159; LiLLJ., 

 Sv., Norg. Fish., vol. Ill, p. 33; Eheenb., Sonderbeil. 

 Mittheil. Sekt. Kust., Hochseef., Jahrg. 1892 (D. Fisch. Ver.). 



Engraulis meletta, Cuv., Regn. Ani7n., edit. 2, torn. II, p. 323 

 (ex DUHAM.). 



Engraulis vulgaris, NiLSS., Prodr. Irlitlii/ol. ■'^'eand., p. 25. 



The .Vnrhovv sometimes attains a length of 2 rim.', 

 but is commouly no more than 12 — 15 cm. long. As 

 we have already mentioned, it is characterized by an 

 elongated body, fairly terete l»oth ;tt the dorsal margin 

 and the ventral, and of a handsome and regular, fusi- 

 form shape, pointed in front. Onlv the head is com- 

 pressed below, its sides converging towards each other. 

 The pointed snout is one of the most fli.stinctive char- 

 acters belonging to the Anchovy and its nearest con- 



