FISHES. 555 



Only one single example of this fish appears to have been 

 taken off any Swedish coast. It was caught off Kullen, in 

 the south of Sweden, and was a female full of roe ; about 

 10 in. long. 



It is this species that forms the sardines of commerce, 

 and the principal bait used to take them off the coasts of 

 Brittany is salted codfish roe from Lofoden. 



Gen. Alosa, Cuv. 



Distinct teeth in the jaws; upper jaw notched in the 

 middle ; a row of dusky spots along each side of the body ; 

 scales small; about 18 in one transverse row; length 14 to 

 18 in. ; otherwise more resembling the pilchard than any 

 other. 



115. ALOSA FINTA, Cuv. Vanlig Stam Sill. The Twaite 



Shad. D. 



Is rare ; principally taken in the Cattegat and Sound, 

 now and then in the south of the Baltic, but never far up. 



, B . Upper jaw proj ecting. 

 Gen. Engraulis, Cuv. 



Body elongated; mouth large; gape extending far be- 

 yond the back of the eye; branchiostegous rays 12 to 14. 



116. ENGKAULIS VULGAKIS, Nilss. Ansjovis. The Anchovy. 



D. 



Body without spots, with a silvery gland; teeth very 



fine ; ventrals placed in front of the dorsal fin ; an 



oblong scale on each side of the tail ; length 6 to 7 in. 



Is very rare in these seas, and only found on the west 



from Kullen to a little way up the Norwegian coast. 



Division 2. THOEACICI. 



Ventrals placed a little before or immediately beneath 



the pectorals. 



Fam. 1. GADID.E. 



Body of the usual form of fish well proportioned or 



