178 TROPICAL HERRING. 



yond the lower : scales large and rounded : dorsal 

 fin placed rather beyond the middle of the back : 

 tail forked : colour of the whole fish silvery, with 

 the upper parts blue, and the fins reddish. De- 

 scribed by Cepede from a drawing by Plumier. 

 Native of the American seas. 



TROPICAL HERRING. 



Clupea Tropica. C. alba, abdowute. scrrato, cauda cunciformi. 

 White Herring, with serrated abdomen, and cuneiform tail. 

 Clupea tropica. C. cauda cunciformi. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



SHAPE broad or carp-like : mouth wide : abdo- 

 men serrated: ^ill-covers coated with small scales: 

 lateral line strait, but nearer the back than the 

 abdomen : native of the Indian seas. 



