132 



jyrccnisli tint, aud silvery on the sides and belly. Total 

 length, 24 — 30 inches. 



T^in-ravs:— D. 24; P. 18; V. 1. 5; A. 17; C. 28. 



E. saiirus, L. Syst. Nat. 1, p. 518; Bloch, Taf. 393, fig. 

 1; DeKay, New York Fauna, Fish. p. 26t, pi. 41, fig. 131: 

 Cuv. andVal. XIX, p. 3G5. 



— mermis, Mitchill, Lit. & Phil. Trans. New York, I ]). 

 445. 



Enters our large rivers from the salt waters of Chesapeake 

 Bay, but seems to be quite uncommon. Specimens have been 

 taken in the St. Mary's Ptiver. One from Tangier Sound 

 measured 20 inches in length. 



Acad. Coll. 



E. teres. 



LI— DUSSUMIERIDH. 



ETPvUMEUS, Bleek. 



Round Herring. 



' Body elongated, cylindrical. Length of head to the total 

 length as one to five (nearly). Scales, large, round, ascend- 

 ing on the caudal fin. Head long and jiointed, Avith a deep 

 furrow on the summit. Eyes and mouth large, the latter 

 protractile. Bright silvery; darker above, with a tinge of 

 blue and yellow on the flanks; sides of the head metallic sil- 

 very, mixed with cupreus. Dorsal and caudal tinged with 

 yellow; the remaining fins transparent, feebly punctated 

 with black. Length, 6 to 8 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 19; P. 15; V. 10; A. 12; C. 19. 



E. teres, Guenther VII, p. 467. 



AIo»a teres, DeKay, New York Fauna, Fisli, p. 262, pi. 

 40, fig. 128; Baird, Ninth Pvep. Smithson. Inst. 1855, p. 

 349. 



Dussumieria teres, (Brevoost) Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. 

 Philad. 1860, p. 21. 



Harengula teres, Girard, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad^ 

 1859, page 158, 



Ocean coast of Worcester county. Seems to be uncommon, 

 but is said to hare been brought to the markets of Baltimore. 



