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MALABAR HERRING. 



Clupea Malabarica. C. albo-ccemkscens, maxilla inferiore curva, 



squomis niagnis, abdomine scrrntu. 

 Blueish-white Herring, with curved lower jaw, large scales^ 



and serrated abdomen. 

 Clupea Malabarica. C. maxilla inferiore cun'a. Bloclt. t. 432. 



LENGTH about twelve inches : shape like that of 

 the common Herring, but deeper : colour white, 

 slightly shaded with pale blue on the edges of the 

 scales : head and back brownish: head rather large 

 and short : lower jaw a trifle longer than the upper, 

 and turning up : lips or side-plates pretty strongly 

 serrated : tins pale, or whitish : the anal fin shallow, 

 but of greater extent than in most of this genus : 

 tail forked : lateral line nearer the back than the 

 abdomen. Native of the Indian seas, and observed 

 about the coasts of Malabar, but in no esteem as a 

 food, and only occasionally eaten by the lowest 

 orders. 



AFRICAN HERRING. 



Clupea Africana. C. argentea, dorso olivaceo, abdomine scrrato, 



pi/mis ventralibtu mini-mis. 

 Silvery Herring, with olivaceous back, serrated abdomen, and 



very small ventral fins. 

 Clupea Africana. C. pinna ani longa, maxilla inferiore longiore. 



Block, t. 407. 



LENGTH a foot : shape much deeper than that of 

 the common Herring, and rather approaching to 



