176 BANDED HERRING. 



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and tail rufous : scales easily deciduous : lateral 

 line wanting ; tail forked. Native of the Indian 

 seas : observed by Commerson : said to be an ex- 

 cellent table fish. 



YELLOW-PINNED HERRING. 



Clupea Chrysoptera. C. argon tea, supra cccrulco-nelulosa , pinnis 



luteis, caudafurcata. 

 Silvery I Herring, clouded above with blue, with yellow fins, 



and forked tail. 

 Clupea chrysoptera. Ccpcde. 5. p 460. 



SIZE of a Sprat or very small Herring : colour 

 silveiy, clouded above with blue and white : head 

 shaped like that of an Anchovy : gill-covers of a 

 gilded cast : on each side the body a black spot : 

 all the fins yellow : tail forked. Native of the 

 Indian seas : observed by Commerson. 



BANDED HERRING. 



Clupea Fasciata. C. argentca, supra fasdis scmidecurrentibus 



fuscis, subtus maculi.s rotundatis. 

 Silvery Herring, marked above by semidecurrent dusky bands, 



and below by rounded spots. 

 Clupea fasciata. Cepede. 5. t. 460. 



COLOUR silvery, marked above by several semi- 

 decurrent dusky bands; and beneath the lateral 

 line by several small rounded, spots : scales so de- 

 ciduous that the fish is often seen nearly naked ; 

 eyes very large : first ray of tl>e dorsal fin prolonged 



