Class IV. EUROPEAN ATHERINE. 435 



on the back are two fins ; I neglected to count 

 the rays.* The tail is much forked. 



The fish is semipellucid, covered with scales; 

 the color silvery, tinged with yellow; the side 

 line strait ; beneath it is a row of small black 

 spots. 



* According to the reverend Hugh Davies, the number of 

 rays in the first dorsal fin, are seven, in the second, eleven; in 

 the pectoral fin, twelve ; in the ventral, six ; and in the anal, 

 twelve. Ed. 



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