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SILVER-STRIPED HERRING. 



Clupea Atherinoides. C. fusca, fascia utrinque longitudimili 



argcntea, 

 Brown Herring, marked on each side by a longitudinal silvery 



band. 



Chrpea atherinoides. C. linea laterali argcntea. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Clupea stria longitudinal! argentea. Bloc/i. t. 40S./. 1. 



LENGTH about ten inches : shape lengthened, 

 and the habit or general appearance greatly re- 

 sembling that of an Atherine : colqur brown, with 

 a broad and well defined silvery band running from 

 the gills to the tail : scales large : abdomen cari- 

 nated as far as the vent by a series of dilated scales : 

 snout obtuse : upper jaw longer than the lower : 

 dorsal fin placed at some distance beyond the 

 middle of the back : tail lunated : anal fin shallow 

 and of considerable extent : ventral fins very small. 

 Native of the Indian and American seas, and some- 

 times found in those of Europe. 



BRISTLED-JAWED HERRING. 



Clupea Setirostris. C. maxilla: superiorly ossiculis lateralibus 

 setaceis, pinna ani radiis triginti duobus. Lin. Grtiel.p. 140/. 

 Brousson. ichth.fasc. 1. t. 11. 



Clupea Bealama. Fors/c. Arab. p. 72. 



Herring with the lateral bones of the upper jaw terminating in 

 a setaceous process. 



SHAPE lanceolate : colour silvery, tinged with 

 blue above: head shorts mouth wide : scales ob- 



