12Q 



MACHNATA ARGENTINE. 



Argentina Machnata. A. lineari-lanceolata argentea, pinna aid 



radiis scptendcciiy. 

 Linear-lanceolate Argentine, with seventeen rays in the anal 



fin. 

 Argentina Machnata. A. pinna ani radiis septendecim. Lin. 



Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



> LENGTH about two spans, or more : colour silvery, 

 with the back of a dusky blueish tinge : shape 

 slender, not unlike that .of an Anchovy : scales 

 middle-sized : dorsal, anal, and caudal fins blueish- 

 green ; pectoral and ventral yellowish : lower jaw 

 somewhat longer than the upper : eyes large : teeth 

 small and numerous. Native of the Red Sea. 



CAROLINA ARGENTINE. 



Argentina Carolina. A. argentata, dorso subfusco, pinna anali 



radiis quindecim. Lin. Gmel. p. 13Q5. 

 Silvery- Argentine, with dusky back, and fifteen rays in th 



anal fin. 

 Harengus minor Bahamensis. Catesb. Car. 2. t. 24. 



SIZE of a small Herring : colour silvery : lateral 

 line strait : tail forked. Native of Carolina, in- 

 habiting fresh waters. 



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