CHINESE HERRING. 171 



that of a Carp : body much compressed, with the 

 abdomen very sharp, and strongly serrated or cari- 

 nated as far as the vent by dilated scales, as in the 

 Shad : colour silvery, with a dusky blueish tinge on 

 the upper parts : orbits of the eyes serrated beneath : 

 scales moderately large : lateral line nearer the 

 back than the abdomen, and slightly curving : fins 

 pale; anal shallow and of still greater extent than 

 in the preceding species : ventral fins so very small 

 as to bear the appearance of mere rudiments or 

 slightly expanded processes on that part : tail 

 forked. Native of the African seas, and said to be 

 extremely plentiful during the summer months 

 about the coasts of Guine*a. 



CHINESE HERRING. 



Clupea Sinensis. C. argentea, dor so subviolaceo, 

 serratO) pinnisflavis, dorsaH caudaque fiigro marginatis. 



Silvery Herring, with subviolaceous back, serrated abdomen, 

 and yellow fins, the dorsal fin and tail edged with black. 



Clupea Sinensis. C. ore edentulo, radio infirno brajichioiiegceque 

 truncato. Block, t. 405. 



LENGTH ten or twelve inches : shape deeper than 

 that of the preceding, and the abdomen compressed 

 and sharply serrated, or carinated by dilated scales 

 as far as the vent : colour silvery, brownish above, 

 and marked by several obscure longitudinal yellow- 

 ish stripes : head small and short : eyes large : 

 mouth small : scales large : fins yellowish white, 

 the dorsal marked at the base and along the edge 



