Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 459 
2. Alosa tyrannus, Larrose. 
Body elongated, strongly compressed. Of a bluish purple-color on the back ; the sides a 
light cupreous ; beneath silvery ; four or five, and sometimes even more, indistinct greenish 
longitudinal lines upon the sides. A deep black blotch just back of the posterior angle of 
the operculum. Scales very large and deciduous. Anal nearly even. Caudal deeply 
forked. 
D.17. P.15. V.9. A.18. C.213. Length, 8 to 10 inches. 
New Hampshire, Peck. Massachusetts, Srorer. Connecticut, Linsey. New York, 
Mireuity, Dexay. Chesapeake Bay, Mrrenrux. 
Clupea serrata, Peck, Belknap’s Hist. of New Hampshire, mr. p. 133. 
Clupea tyrannus, Bay Alewife, Larronr, Amer. Phil. Soc. Trans., v. p. 77, pl. 1. 
Clupea vernalis, Spring Herring or Alewife, Mrrcuret, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 454. 
Alosa vernalis, Spring Herring or Alewive, Srorrr’s Report, p. 114. 
Alosa tyrannus, American Alewive, DrKay’s Report, p. 258, pl. 13, fig. 38. 
Alosa vernalis, Linstey’s Cat. of Fishes of Connecticut, Silliman’s Journal, xiv1. 
3. Alosa menhaden, Mirecuitt. 
Body much compressed. Abdomen serrated; serrations sharper behind the ventrals. 
Greenish brown upon the back, darker upon the top of the head and at the snout; roseate 
upon the upper part of the sides; silvery upon the abdomen; gill-covers cupreous, with a 
rosy tint; a more or less distinct black spot upon the shoulders. Scales large, elliptical, cil- 
iate at edge. An accessory plate on each side of the ventrals. 
DE MEATS Cire ATK.) Y 20, 21, or 22. C.203. Length, 8 to 14 inches. 
Maine, Massachusetts, Storer. Connecticut, Ayres, Linstry. New York, Mircuiti, 
Dexay. 
Clupea menhaden, Bony-fish, Hard-heads, or Marsh-bankers of New York, Mrrcuixz, Trans, Lit. and Phil. 
Soc. of N. ¥., 1. p. 453, pl. 5, fig. 7. 
Alosa menhaden, Menhaden, Hard-head, Srorrr’s Report, p. 117. 
‘ ce Moss-bonker, Dexay’s Report, p. 259, pl. 21, fig. 60. 
« is Ayres, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., 1v. p. 275, 
4. Alosa mattowacca, Mrrcuitu. 
Bluish green on the back; silvery, with a series of dark rounded spots, on the sides. 
Back regularly arched throughout. Abdomen serrated. Tongue with a band of teeth. 
Caudal pouches. 
D. 18. P.16. V.9. A.20. C. 203. Length, 20 inches. 
Connecticut, Ayres, Linsuzy. New York, Mircuiut, Dexay. 
Called ‘* Autumnal or Fall Herring,”’ ‘‘ Shad Herring,”’ or ‘‘ Greenback.’’ 
Clupea mattowaca, Long Island Herring, Mircuutt, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc, of N. Y., 1. p. 451, pl. 5, 
fig. 8. 
Clupea mediocris, Staten Island Herring, Mirren, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. ¥., 3. p. 45). 
Alosa mattowacca, Autumnal Herring, Dekay’s Report, p. 260, pl. 40, fig. 127. 
sh gi Ayres, Bost. Journ, Nat. Hist., 1v. p, 275. 
