^^^-^ NEW SPECIES OF FISHES. P^5 



with gills; back black and white, confusedly mixed j 

 ieneatJi whitish ; anterior /t^^t four-toed, posterior five- 

 t9ed^ toes cloven to the base. 



D^sscrijifiojis of several J\^e2c species of JS^rtli wlmerU 

 can Fishes, Bij C. d, Le Sueur, Mead March 3, 

 1818. 



(Continued frompag^a 233.) 



Gejiua MEGALOPS. la Clfeie, 



Fishes of this genus are Hemngs, properly so call- 

 ed, iu which the last ray of the dorsal-ua is prolongat- 

 ed into a filament. Stwne have their suoiit projeciing 

 beyond the jaws; but tlie form of Ihe latter distinguish*^ 

 es tiiem always from Aiiciiovies.. C-uvier, Regne ^\jii* 

 Dial. 



1. Megalops oglina. Dorsal fin as hjgh as long, 

 at its base, its last ray pi-olongated as far as the tail ; 

 lack with three longitudinal black bands on each side;, 

 erjes situate midway between the end of the sn^ut^ and 

 the posterior part of the opercular which is mirroW; 

 perpendicular, and slightly rounded ; pectorals very 

 small ; anal-fin long, very narrow, almost concealed 

 by the scales which cover its base. This species, 

 which one might confound Vv ith the Clupea thrissa of 

 Eloch, pi. 404, differs ia it* opercular whicii arc 

 firaight, narrow, aiid slightly Eoumded beiiind ; and 



