460 = Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 
5. Alosa sadina, Mircuitu. 
Oblong, compressed. Abdomen indistinctly serrated. Greenish and blue above, with me- 
tallic reflections ; sides and belly silvery; a dark, almost black spot upon the shoulder. No 
caudal pouches. 
D.18. P.18. V.7. A.21. C. 163. Length, 6 to 12 inches. 
Connecticut, Linstey. New York, Mrrcuitn, Dexay. 
Clupea sadina, New York Shadine, Mireur, Trans. Lit. and Phil. Soc. of N. Y., 1. p. 457. 
Alosa sadina, Spotted Shadine, Dexay’s Report, p, 263, pl. 40, fig. 129. 
Mr. Linsley considered this species the young of the Alosa sapidissima (see Silliman’s 
Journal, Vol. XLVII.). 
6. Alosa teres, DreKay. ; 
Body elongated, cylindrical. Ventrals behind the dorsal. Bright silvery ; darker above, 
with a tinge of blue and yellow on the flanks. Dorsal and caudal tinged with yellow ; the 
remaining fins transparent, feebly punctate with black. 
D.19. P.15. V.10. A. 12. C.19§. Length, 7 inches. 
New York, Dexay. 
Alosa teres, Slender Herring, DEKay’s Report, p. 262, pl. 40, fig. 1283. 
GENUS II. POMOLOBUS, Rar. 
Body nearly cylindrical, elongate, scaly. Vent posterior. Abdomen ca- 
rinated and serrated from the head to the vent; but without plates or broad 
scales. Head scaleless, opercle lobed, with a rounded shield above. Jaws 
without teeth ; upper, truncate, extensible ; ower, horizontal and fixed. Ab- 
dominal fins with nine rays, and without any lateral appendage ; dorsal fin op- 
posite. 
1. Pomolobus chrysochloris, Rar. 
Body subcylindric, compressed on the sides; abdomen slightly carinate and serrate ; back 
rounded. ‘Top of the head and back bluish-purple, iridescent ; the gill-covers and sides of 
the jaws golden and purple, sides of the body and the abdomen white. 
D.18. P.16. V9. A.18. C.34. Length, 12 to 18 inches. 
Ohio River, Krrruanp. 
Pomolobus chrysochloris, Ohio Gold Shad, Rar., Ichth. Ohien., p. 39. 
Alosa chrysochloris, Gold Shad, Gold Herring, Skipjack, Kinttanp, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist., rv. p. 307, 
pl. 15, fig. 3. 
GENUS IV. CHATOESSUS, Cov. 
The last ray of the dorsal is prolonged into a filament ; some have the jaws 
