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alone is as one to three ; the depth of the body but two- 

 thirds of the length of the head, and compared to the length 

 of the whole fish is as one to seven : the first ray of the dor- 

 sal fin arises half-way between the point of the nose and the 

 end of the fleshy portion of the tail ; the third ray of the 

 dorsal fin, which is the longest, is of the same length as the 

 base of the fin : the pectoral fin small ; the ventral fins arise, 

 in a vertical line, in advance of the commencement of the 

 dorsal fin, which is over the space between the ventral and 

 anal fins : the base of the anal fin is as long as the distance 

 from its commencement to the origin of the ventral fins ; the 

 rays short : the tail deeply forked. The fin-rays in number 



D. 14 : P. 15 : V. 7 : A. 18 : C. 19. 



The breadth of the eye is one-fifth of the length of the 

 whole head ; the peculiarity in the comparative length of the 

 jaws has been previously noticed ; the gill-covers are elon- 

 gated ; the scales of the body large and deciduous : the 

 colour of the top of the head and back blue, with a tinge of 

 green; irides, gill-covers, sides, and belly, silvery white ; the 

 fins delicate in structure, and greenish white; the membranes 

 connecting the rays almost transparent. 



In a series of notes on the occurrence of rare fish at Yar- 

 mouth and its vicinity, with which I have been favoured by 

 Dawson Turner, Esq. there is mention of a specimen of the 

 Anchovy, taken on the beach, which measured six inches and 

 a half in length : an additional proof of the large size acquired 

 by this fish on our shores. 



