456  Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
: GENUS I. CLUPEA, Cov. 
Body compressed ; scales large, thin, and deciduous ; head compressed ; 
teeth minute or wanting ; a single dorsal fin ; abdominal line forming a sharp, 
keel-like edge, which in some species is serrated ; branchiostegous rays, eight. 
Clupea elongata, Lesveur. 
. Body lengthened, fusiform, compressed. Above deep blue, tinged with yellow ; sides sil- 
very, with metallic reflections. Opercles yellow, oftentimes with a violet tint; beneath sil- 
very. Abdomen carinated, the spines of which are scarcely perceptible. Scales large, sil- 
very, nearly smooth, deciduous. 
D.18. P.19. V.9. A.17. C 22. Length, 12 to 15 inches. 
Massachusetts, Lesueur, Srorer. Connecticut, Linstey. New York, Mircuitx, 
Dexay. 
Called ‘‘ English Herring,” in Massachusetts. 
Clupea harengus, Herring of Commerce, Mrrcumt, Amer. Month. Mag., 1, p. 323. 
Clupea elongata, Lesveur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 1. p. 250. 
ak Ss Common Herring of Massachusetts, SrorEr’s Report, p. 111. 
ns . Common American Herring, Dexay’s Report, p. 250. 
2. Clupea fasciata, Lesurur. 
Body compressed ; back straight ; breast and abdomen forming a bow downwards as far 
as the tail. Seven to eight blackish blue lines at the sides of the back. A rounded notch 
at the bottom of the divisions of the tail, of which the lower lobe is longest. 
D.18. P.16. V.9. A.18. C.22é. Length, 1 to 9 inches. 
Massachusetts, Lesurur. Connecticut, Linsney. 
Slupea fasciata, Fasciated Herring, Lesveur, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc., 1. p.233. 
Slupew pusilla, Tiny Herring, Mrrcum1, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 452 (young). 
auipes fasciata, Fasciated Herring, Srorer’s Report, p. 112. 
Oe Striped Herring, Dexay’s Report, p. 251. | 
Dr. Dekay thinks the C. pusilla of Mitchill may be the young of this species. 
8. Clupea virescens, DEKay. 
Body much compressed. Back green; a longitudinal green stripe above the lateral line; 
A black spot behind the upper angle of the gill-openings. Dorsal and caudal fins light olive- 
green, Abdomen serrated, with nineteen strong spines anterior to the ventrals, and twelve 
between these latter and the vent. Scales large, orbicular, deciduous. 
D.16. P.16. V.9. A.17. C.193- Length, 6 inches. 
Connecticut, Linsuey. New York, Mircuiri, Dexay. 
Called ‘* Greenback,’’ and ‘* Fall Herring.” 
