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COMMON HERRING. Class IV. 



GENUS XLVII. HERRING. 



Rays branchiostegous eight. 



Belly extremely sharp, and often serrated. 



1. Common. Aringha ex cimlricis littori- 



bus. Jovius, 143. 

 Hareng, espece de Chalcis. 



Belon, 10'g. 

 Harengus. Rondel. 222. Ges- 



ner pise. 410. 

 Heringk. Schonevelde, 37. 

 Herring. Wil. Ichth. 21 Q. 



Rail syn. pise. 103. 

 Clupea maxilla inferiore lon- 



giore maculis carens. Arted. 



synon. 14. a. jS. 

 Clupea Harengus. CI. imraa- 



culata, maxilla inferiore lon- 



giore. Lin. syst. 522. Gm. 



Lin. 1402. Gronov. Zooph. 



No. 348. 

 Sill. Faun. Suec. No. 357- a. 



Stromming. Faun. Suec. 



No. 357. jS. 

 Stromling.* TFulff. Boruss. 



No. 50. 

 L'Hareng. Duhamel Tr. des 



Pesches. ii. 335. sect. 3. 



tab. 4. 

 Le Hareng. Block ichth. i. 



149. tab. 29. 

 Le Clupee Hareng. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poiss$ns, v. 



427. 



J-HE herring was unknown to the antients, 

 notwithstanding the words %aAx^ and paws are 

 by translators rendered Halecr\ the characters 



* The herring of the Baltic, in all respects is like ours, but 

 smaller. 



f Which word, in spite of all lexicographers, never signified 

 any thing but the garum or pickle. 



