﻿CLUPEA. 
  FROM 
  THE 
  ISLE 
  OF 
  WIGHT. 
  

  

  115 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  recent 
  species, 
  yet 
  they 
  cannot 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  of 
  

   them. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  fossil 
  species 
  of 
  Clupea 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  recorded, 
  I 
  

   have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  form 
  precisely 
  agreeing 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Cole- 
  

  

  Oatline 
  Diagrams 
  of 
  Species 
  of 
  Clupea 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  different 
  positions 
  

   of 
  the 
  Dorsal 
  and 
  Ventral 
  Fins. 
  The 
  vertical 
  dotted 
  line 
  is 
  placed 
  

   midway 
  between 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  nose 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  caudal 
  

   fin. 
  

  

  1. 
  Clupea 
  harengics, 
  x£. 
  

   3. 
  Clupea 
  sprattus, 
  x 
  ^. 
  

  

  2. 
  Clupea 
  pilohardus, 
  X^. 
  

   4. 
  Clupea 
  vectensis, 
  nat. 
  size. 
  

  

  nutt's 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  Wight, 
  although 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  

   appear 
  to 
  be 
  closely 
  allied. 
  Clupea 
  Beurardi 
  and 
  C. 
  minima 
  from 
  

  

  I 
  find 
  also, 
  in 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  specimens, 
  bones 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  fin 
  and 
  

   above 
  the 
  neural 
  spines 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  C. 
  Fontannesi 
  (see 
  page 
  116), 
  and 
  

   something 
  like 
  the 
  broad 
  neural 
  spines 
  in 
  Diplomystus 
  analis, 
  Cope 
  (Eep. 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Geol. 
  Surv. 
  Terr. 
  vol. 
  iii. 
  plate 
  7, 
  fig. 
  4, 
  1884). 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  have 
  better 
  

   evidence, 
  however, 
  before 
  referring 
  the 
  Isle-of- 
  Wight 
  fishes 
  to 
  Diplomystus. 
  

  

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