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  CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  NORTH 
  AMERICA. 
  823 
  

  

  Family 
  XXXVIIL— 
  CHANID^. 
  1 
  

  

  111.— 
  CHANOS 
  1 
  Lacepede. 
  

  

  435. 
  Chanos 
  chanos 
  ' 
  Forskal. 
  P. 
  

  

  Family 
  XXXIX.— 
  CLUPELD^. 
  

  

  112.— 
  DUSSUMIERIA 
  2 
  Cuvier 
  & 
  Valenciennes, 
  

  

  436. 
  Dussumieria 
  stolifera 
  3 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert. 
  W. 
  

  

  113.— 
  ETRUMEUS 
  4 
  Bleeker. 
  (120) 
  

  

  437. 
  Etrumeus 
  teres 
  DeKay. 
  S. 
  (437) 
  

  

  114.— 
  CLUPEA 
  Linnaeus. 
  (122,123) 
  

   § 
  Civ 
  pea. 
  

  

  438. 
  Clupea 
  harengus 
  Linnceus. 
  G.N. 
  Eu. 
  (43?) 
  

  

  439. 
  Clupea 
  mirabilis 
  6 
  Girard. 
  A.C. 
  (438,440) 
  

  

  1 
  Family 
  CHANID^E. 
  

  

  Clupeoid 
  fishes, 
  with 
  the 
  body 
  oblong, 
  compressed, 
  covered 
  with 
  small, 
  firm, 
  ad- 
  

   herent 
  scales. 
  Lateral 
  line 
  distinct. 
  Abdomen 
  broad 
  and 
  flattisb 
  ; 
  snout 
  depressed 
  ; 
  

   mouth 
  small, 
  anterior, 
  the 
  lower 
  jaAV 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  symxdiyseal 
  tubercle; 
  no 
  teeth. 
  

   Premaxillary 
  joined 
  to 
  upper 
  anterior 
  edge 
  of 
  maxillary. 
  Gill 
  membranes 
  broadly 
  

   united; 
  free 
  from 
  the 
  isthmus. 
  Branchiostegals 
  4 
  ; 
  pseudo-brauchia3 
  well 
  developed. 
  

   An 
  accessory 
  branchial 
  organ 
  in 
  a 
  cavity 
  behiud 
  the 
  gill 
  cavity. 
  Dorsal 
  fin 
  opposite 
  

   tho 
  ventrals 
  ; 
  anal 
  fin 
  shorter 
  than 
  dorsal. 
  Mucus 
  membrane 
  of 
  cesopbagiis 
  raised 
  

   into 
  a 
  spiral 
  fold. 
  Intestine 
  with 
  many 
  convolutions. 
  Coloration 
  silvery. 
  Large 
  

   fishes 
  of 
  tho 
  warmer 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific. 
  One 
  genus 
  and 
  two 
  species 
  known 
  ^Clupeidce; 
  

   group 
  Chanina 
  Giinther, 
  VII, 
  473). 
  

  

  Genus 
  Chanos 
  Laccpede. 
  

   (Lutodeira 
  Knhl.) 
  

  

  (Laccpede 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Poiss, 
  V, 
  395, 
  1803; 
  type 
  Mugil 
  chanos 
  Forskal 
  = 
  Chanos 
  ara- 
  

   bicus 
  Lacepede.) 
  Characters 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  included 
  above. 
  (Xavo?, 
  the 
  open 
  month.) 
  

   Chanos 
  chanos 
  (Forskal). 
  Pacific 
  and 
  Indian 
  Oceans 
  ; 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  and 
  southward 
  to 
  Panama. 
  

  

  (Mugil 
  chanos 
  Forskal 
  Descr. 
  Anim., 
  74 
  ; 
  Mugil 
  salmoneus 
  Forster, 
  Block 
  & 
  Schnei- 
  

   der, 
  121 
  ; 
  Chanos 
  salmoneus 
  Giinther, 
  VII, 
  473, 
  and 
  of 
  recent 
  authors 
  generally.) 
  

   2 
  Dussumieria 
  Cuvier 
  &. 
  Valenciennes. 
  

  

  (Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Poiss., 
  XX, 
  467 
  ; 
  type 
  Dussumieria 
  acuta 
  Cnv. 
  & 
  Val.) 
  

  

  Body 
  rather 
  elongate, 
  somewhat 
  compressed 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  rounded 
  and 
  without 
  

   scrratures. 
  Mouth 
  terminal, 
  of 
  moderate 
  width, 
  formed 
  as 
  in 
  Clupea, 
  but 
  the 
  maxil- 
  

   lary 
  more 
  slender. 
  Veiy 
  small 
  teeth 
  in 
  patches 
  on 
  jaws, 
  palatines, 
  pterygoids, 
  and 
  

   tongue. 
  Scales 
  cycloid, 
  entire, 
  very 
  deciduous. 
  Branchiostegals 
  numerous, 
  very 
  

   slender. 
  Ventrals 
  inserted 
  below 
  middle 
  or 
  posterior 
  part 
  of 
  dorsal 
  ; 
  anal 
  low, 
  of 
  

   moderate 
  length. 
  Pseudobranchiuj 
  well 
  developed 
  ; 
  pyloric 
  eoeca 
  numerous. 
  (Dedi- 
  

   cated 
  to 
  M. 
  Dussumier, 
  a 
  correspondent 
  of 
  Valencieunes, 
  and 
  the 
  original 
  discoverer 
  

   of 
  the 
  typical 
  species.) 
  

  

  "Dussumieria 
  stolifera 
  Jordan 
  & 
  Gilbert, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mnc, 
  1884, 
  25. 
  Key 
  West, 
  

   Fla. 
  

  

  4 
  Tho 
  name 
  Etrumens 
  is 
  from 
  Etrumehcasi, 
  tho 
  Japanese 
  name 
  of 
  Etrumeus 
  micropus. 
  

   Tho 
  genera, 
  Etrumeus 
  and 
  SjjraleJloidcs^oem 
  scarcely 
  separable 
  from 
  Dussumieria. 
  

  

  5 
  Spratelloides 
  bryoporus 
  Cope, 
  tho 
  types 
  of 
  which 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  examined, 
  seems 
  to 
  

   bo 
  identical 
  with 
  Clupea 
  mirabilis. 
  

  

  