TUBERCULATED HERRING. 17 j 



scurely rhomboid, deciduous, and disposed in ob- 

 liquely imbricated rows : fins grey : tail forked : 

 native of the Indian and Red seas. 



DORAB HERRING. 



Clupea Dorab. C. pinnis ventmlibus minutis, labio superior^ 

 dentibus porrectis bicorni, inferiori .longiori, dentibus validi- 

 oribuSy erectis. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



Herring with minute pectoral fins, upper jaw horned by pro- 

 minent teeth, and lower furnished with strong upright teeth. 



SHAPE linear: colour silvery, tinged with dusky 

 blue above : head flattish : upper jaw fiirnished in 

 front with exserted teeth, standing remote from 

 each other, and of which the two middle ones are 

 larger than the rest and very sharp : gill-covers 

 marked by rivular stripes : scales rounded arid de- 

 ciduous : dorsal fin placed considerably beyond 

 the middle of the back : ventral fins very small : 

 tail forked. Native of the Red Sea : observed by 

 Forskal. 



TUBERCULATED HERRING. 



Clupea Tuberculata. C. mandibula infcriore breviore, rostro 

 apice tuberculo verrucceformi, macula miniata ad superiores 

 branchiarum commissuras. Commerson. Cepede. 5. p. 460. 



Herring with the lower jaw shorter than the upper, a wart-like 

 prominence on the snout, and a red spot at the upper com- 

 missures of the jaws. 



A VERY small species : colour silvery, with a 

 slight tinge of blue above : mouth wide : dorsal fin 



