135 



Opidlioneraa fhj'issa, Gill, Proc. Ac. N;it. Sc. Philad. 1861, 

 p. 37. 



Enters the tributaries of Chesapeake Bay in the salt waters, 

 hut is never ahundant. Occurs annually along the coast in 

 September. Have been brought to the markets of Baltimore, 

 hut not in large numbers. 



Acad. Coll. 8. I. 



POMOLOBUS, Gill. 



1~P. pseudoharengus. 



Herring, Ale- Wife (of farther North.) 



Form elliptical, a little thickened along the back; the curve 

 -of the dorsal outline a little less than that of the ventral; 

 belly compressed; slope hehind the dorsal fin very gradual; 

 greatest breadth just in front of the dorsal fin and which is 

 ■about equal to one and a-half lengths of head; head contained 

 iihout six times in the length to tip of tail-fin; caudal fin 

 deeply emarginated. Color of back steel-bluish, or greenish; 

 the head above and tip of lower jaw of the same color; sides 

 .and belly silvery, the former v\Mth from four to six dusky 

 lines. Length, 8 to 10 inches. 



Fin-rays:— D. 4. 13; P. 1. 4. V. 1. 8; A. 18; C. 21. 



P. pseudoliarengm, Wilson, in Reos' New Cyclopedia, 1st 

 Amer. Ed. IX, Art. Clupea. 



Alosa. ti/rannus, DeKay, New York Fauna, p. 258^ pi. 13j 

 fig. 38. 



This is the ''Glut Herring'' of the Potomac River, so called 

 from the vast shoals which crowd that river during the 

 spawning season, in May. 



It deposits its eggs on the bottom of the river, seeking 

 localities where the water is fresh, and apparently preferring 

 the hard beds where the myriopliyllum grows, and no doubt 

 where the water is well aerated. A form which, we can liardl}' 

 regard as a distinct species, deposits its eggs in the small 

 hranches in the same region, and thence takes the name of 

 ^'Branch Plerring." 



At the mouth of the Susquehanna River, and at Chesa- 

 peake City on the Elk River, as well as in the Chester River 

 it gives rise to important fisheries, which were formerly a 

 great source of revenue to the inhabitants. The "Maryland 

 Red Herring" was once a well known and highly esteemed 

 a,rticle here and in manv of the States north of Marvland, hut 



