116 CLASS XIV. 



Sp. Clupea sprattus L., YARR. Brit. Fish. n. p. 121 ; the sprat. Most of the 

 species of this sub-genus are exotic. 



Pellona VALENC. Ventral fins placed before dorsal fin. Anal 

 fin long. Branchiostegous membrane with 6 rays. Abdomen com- 

 pressed, convex, sharply serrate. 



Sp. Clupea Iserti, Clupea africana BLOCH, &c. ; numerous, all exotic, mostly 

 East Indian species. 



Pristigaster Cuv. Ventral fins none. Abdomen as in sub. genus 

 Pellona. 



Sp. Pristigaster cayanus Cuv., M. Ani., PI. X. fig. 3 ; e"d. 2, PI. xil. fig. 3. 

 Species foreign. 



C. Teeth of vomer and of pterygoid bones none. 



Spratella VALENC. Teeth in palate bones and in tongue alone. 



D. Teeth of vomer and palate bones none. 



Clupeonia VALENC. Teeth in tongue and in pterygoid bones 

 alone. 



Sp. Clupea Jussievi LACEP. Poiss. v. PI. n, fig. 2 ; Clupea melanura Cuv., 

 Clupeonia Commersonii VALENC., LACEP. ibid. fig. 3; Clupea Blochii, Clupea 

 sinensis BLOCH, Ichth. Tab. 405. 



Kowala VALENC. Teeth in jaws and in pterygoid bones. 



Sp. Clupea Kowal RUSSELL, Corom. Fish. PI. 86, cited by VALENC., SCHLEGEL 

 Faun. Japon., Pise. PI. 107, fig. i. 



Meletta VALENC. Teeth in tongue only. Branchiostegous mem- 

 brane with 7 rays, more rarely with 6. 



Clupea meletta, Meletta vulgaris VALENC., Cuv. et VAL. Poiss. xx. PL 603 . 

 Clupea thrissa auctor (not L.), ChaloessusCvv., BROUSSON, 1. 1. Tab. 10; 

 in this species the last ray of the dorsal fin forms a long thread ; it is found 

 on the coasts of America. 



Alosa Cuv. Teeth either none, or small, deciduous in jaws alone. 

 Upper jaw emarginate in the middle. Branchiostegous membrane 

 with 8 rays. 



Sp. Clupea Alosa L., Alausa vulgaris VALENC., YAEB. Brit. Fish. n. p. 136, 

 Cuv. et VAL. Poiss. XX. PL 604 ; the shad, I'alose ; this fish lives in the 

 North Sea and the Mediterranean, and belongs to the species which, at a 

 .certain time of the year, come into fresh water. Thus, in April it is not 

 rare in the mouth of our rivers, and at Rotterdam, for instance, is com- 

 monly known. The Clupea finta Cuv., Clupea fallax LACEP., is, according 

 to VALENCIENNES, by no means to be regarded as a distinct species. There 



