106 FISHES. ABDOMINALKS. 30. 3). 32. 



European Atherine, Br. Zoo!, t. 65. Donovan, t. 87. 



Body 5 or 6 inches long, elegantly icticulate with brown fpecks, 

 a little prominent on the belly, covered with large fcaJes : crown 

 broad, sloping : iris with a brown fpot above :jaus with numerous 

 iniall teeth : gill-covers silvery : sidts with abroad polished silvery 

 stripe from the gills to the tail, through the middle of which is 

 the lalei al-line which is straight, impressed, and has a row of black 

 dots beneath it: dorfal-Jins 8, n-rayed; pectoral 13; venlrnj 6j 

 tinal 10-14; tail forked, ij-rayed. 



30. MUGIL. Mrtltt. 



108. M, Cephftlus. Silvery-grey, dusky on the back ; 

 sides with numerous longitudinal blackish Imc3 : firs.t 

 dorsal-fin 4-rayed. 



Common Mullet. Pr. Zool. t. 66. Donovan t. 15. 



fody 14 or 15 inches long, a little convex on the back and protu- 

 berant on the belly : head flattened, taper : mouth fmall : tongue 

 rough : pupil black, encircled with a fmall silvery line ; iris harel 

 above, silvery bc)ow : belly silvery : /j bluish: dorfal-fna 4, 8- 

 rayed; pectoral 17; ventral 7; anal 9 ; tail forked, a^-rayed, and 

 2 very short ones each side. 



31. EXOCCETUS. Flying-fish, 



109. "E.volitans. Silvery, brownish on (he back : ventral- 

 fins placed before the middle of the belly. 



Oceanic Flying-fish. Pr. Zool. t. 67. Donovan, t 31. 



Body 12 or 14 inches long, flat on the back, and carinate each 



15-ruyci 



32. CLUPEA. Herring. 



110. Cl. Harcngus. Silvery , dusky-green on the back : 

 lower-jaw longer : anal-iin 17-rayed : scales easily 

 deciduous. 



Common Herring, Br.ZooI. t. 68. Shaw Zco.v. t. 119. 



BoJy JO or 12 inches Jong, a little convex on the back, with a 

 reddish or violet fpot on the gill-covers when alive : head final], 

 taper: iris silvery : fcales rather large and easily falling oif : fr>s 

 cinereous, the dorfal placed behind the centre of gravity, cauMi;^ 

 the head to fall down when held by it : laleral-inx hardly visible : 

 belly sharply carinate, but hardly ferrate : dorja\-fin i8-iayed ;. fcc- 

 toral 18 ; ventral^; ana! 17 ^ tail i8-rayed. 



111. Cl. Pilcurdus. Silvery, dusky-green on the back: 

 lover-jaw rather shorter, the tipper ascending : dor- 

 sal-lin placed in the centre of gravity : scales very 

 large, adhering firmly. 



Pilchard. Br. ZocL /.-C8. Donovan t. 69. Shazv v. t. 119. 



Padv rather less than the Herring, thicker and more rounded, the 

 $ack more elevated, and the belly not fo sharp : head more obtule .- 

 dorsal-fin i8-rayed ; pectoral 16 ; ventral 8 ; anal 17 ; tail 32-raycd. 



11^. Cl. Aloaa. Silvery, dusky on the back: along thi 4 

 sides a row of rounded black spots : belly serrate. 



Shad. Br. Zool. t. 69. Donov. t. 57. Shaiv v. t. 120. 



Body. 2 or 3 feet long, dusky-green or bluish on the back, convex 

 above and below : fr.out bifid ; upper-jaw a little longer, toothed at 

 , \.l\s edge : ^ill-covers striate, silvery at the edge : fcales large, dcci- 



