VENDACE. 



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the dorsal fin and the lateral line, and the same number be- 

 tween the line and the ventral axillary scale : the dorsal fin 

 commences half-way between the nose and the origin of the 

 upper caudal rays ; the longest ray double the length of the 

 base of the fin : the adipose fin very near the tail ; pectoral 

 fin not quite equal to the length of the head ; the ventral fin 

 commences in a line under the first ray of the dorsal fin ; the 

 ventral axillary scale one-third the length of the fin ; the 

 anal fin commences half-way between the origin of the ven- 

 tral fin and the end of the fleshy portion of the tail ; the 

 longest ray about equal to the base of the fin : the tail 

 deeply forked ; all the fins large. The fin-rays in number 

 are — 



D. 11 : p. 16 : V. 11 : A. 15 : C, 19. Vertebra 52. 



In form the under jaw is the longest ; the mouth small, 

 the opening square ; a few very minute teeth on the tongue 

 only : the breadth of the eye one-third of the whole head, 

 the posterior part of the iris the broadest ; the colour silvery 

 tinged with yellow, the pupil blue : the upper parts of the 

 body of a delicate greenish brown, shading gradually towards 

 the belly into a clear silver ; the dorsal fin greenish brown ; 

 the lower fins are all bluish white. 



