i&m] i^EW SPECIES OF FISH^«. S© 



golden, its eyes ar^ brown and golden ; its hack is 

 bluish ; and its sides silvery ; its Jlns tinted witli yel- 

 low, with metallic reflections pn the rays. Tiie length 

 of the individual described was thiiteeu inches. This 

 species is accounted pretty good food ; but I do not 

 know v/Jicther it is the object of a particular fishery ci 

 not. 

 P. 18.-— D. 15.— A. 32.— V. 7.—C. 18^, rays. 



S. H. chdaliis. ^Inal^fin straight^ !bi;erior ^ail 

 large and pointed, without a notch. 



The body, as in the preceding, much compressed, 

 the back a little more elevated towards the dorsal-fiu 5 

 tlic snout is likewise rounded^, but shorter than in the 

 foregoing ; fina much as iri the preceding, with the 

 exception of the; anal, which forrab the distiactionj 

 noted in the specific character; lateral-line rather: 

 straighter ; rays of both species with brilliant metallic 

 Teflecrions, as in Herrings ; colour of both thcj same. 

 Tne specimen described was taken at Pittsbui^g ; it 

 w? vs eleven inches long. It appears in abundance uh 

 the cionih of May ; its flesh is good. 



P. 18— D. 15.— A. 30.— Y, 7.~-C. ^0 rayg. 



It will be perceived that the above fishes resemble 

 each other, the principal difference lying iij the anal- 

 fin. It may be that they form but one species, and 

 that ihe individuals described were of different sexes. 

 This point I had not an opportunity of settling by aiji 

 examination of im sexuai organs, as my stay at the 

 palaces where they are found was very short, andi wsisi 



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