ATHERINA. ATHERINE. 



Generic Character. 



Caput maxilla superiore 



planiuscula. 



Membr: branch: radiissex. 

 Corpus fascia latcrali argen- 



tca. 



Head somewhat flattened 

 over the upper jaw. 



Gill-membrane six-rayed. 



Body marked by a silver 

 lateral stripe. 



MEDITERRANEAN ATHERINE. 



Atherina Hepsetus. A. sulflaiescens , dorso subolivaceOj pinna 



ani radiis duodecim. 

 Subflavescent Atherine, with subolivaceous back, and about 



twelve rays in the anal fin. 

 Atherina Hepsetus. A. pinna ani radiis fere duodecim. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. p. 519. 

 Atherina squamis rhombeis, radiis tredecira in pinna ani, 



Block, t. 393. /. 3. 



elegant species : shape not unlike that of a 

 Smelt : length six or seven inches : colour yellow- 

 ish or pale, with some degree of transparency, and 

 subolivaceous or dusky on the back : along the 

 sides, from gills to tail, a bright, well-defined silvery 

 band or stripe, through the middle of which passes 

 the lateral line: eyes rather large: lower jaw some- 

 what longer than the upper : scales large : fins and tail 

 white: dorsal fins two in number; the first situated 

 on the middle of the back; the second opposite the 



