LONG-HEADED HERRING. 177 



into an extended filament : ventral fins placed 

 pretty near the thorax : tail forked. Native of the 

 Indian seas : observed by Commerson. 



NASAL HERRING. 



Clupea Nasus. C. argentea t dorso ccerulescente, rtaso obtuse, 

 ^prominente, radio ultimo pinnce dorsalis elongato. 



Silvery Herring with obtuse, prominent snout, and the last 

 ray of the dorsal fin elongated. 



Clupea Nasus. C. maxilla superiors praminentCj fyc. Block, t. 

 42. 



LENGTH about seven or eight inches ; shape not 

 unlike that of a Carp : snout blunt, rounded, and 

 projecting, so that the mouth appears placed be- 

 neath : colour silvery, with a dusky blueish tinge 

 above : scales large and rounded ; dorsal fin of si- 

 milar shape with that of the C. Thrissa, and termin- 

 ated behind by a long filament : tail forked. Na- 

 tive of the Indian seas, and sometimes observed in 

 rivers : in no esteem as a food, being considered as 

 unwholesome. 



LONG-HEADED HERRING. 



Clupea Macrocephala, C. argentea, supra ccerulescens, capite 

 elongato, maxilla superiore longiore, pinnis rubentibus. 



Silvery Herring, blueish above, with lengthened head, upper 

 jaw longer than the lower, and reddish fins. 



Clupea macrocephala. Cepede. 5. p. 460. 



SHAPE lengthened : head long, equalling about 

 a sixth of the whole fish : upper lip extending be- 

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