92 ICHTHYOLOGIA OHIENSIS 



small without teeth, lower jaw longer: gill cover 

 double, opercule simple. Abdominal fins with nine 

 rays and no lateral appendage. Dorsal fin behind 

 them above the vent. 



This genus differs from Clupea by the carinated 

 back and belly, without serratures, and the posterior 

 dorsal. The name means back half angular. 14th 

 G. of my Prodr. N. G. Animals. 



28th Species. Ohio Gold Herring. Notemigonus 

 auratus. Notemigone dore. 



Back gilt olivaceous, remainder gilt silvery; fins 

 yellow ; lateral line following the curve of the belly : 

 dorsal with 9 rays, anal with 12 : tail equally forked. 



Length from four to eight inches, diameter one 

 fifth of the total length. Iris gilt. Tongue short, 

 toothless. Scales large radiating with nerves. Head 

 convex above and small. Dorsal fin broad trapezoid- 

 al, the first ray longer. Anal broad also, but not so 

 much. Pectoral small with 16 rays. Tail 24. Not 

 un- [II. 173] [41] common in the Ohio, Kentucky, 

 Miami, &c. The vulgar names are Gold Herring 

 and Yellow Herring. It appears in the fall. It 

 does not bite at the hook. Flesh pretty good. 



XIII Genus. False Herring. Hyodon. Hyodon. 



Body lanceolate or oblong, compressed, scaly. 

 Vent posterior. Abdomen slightly and obtusely 

 carinated between the abdominal fins and the vent. 

 Head scaleless : mouth toothed all over, strongly on 

 the tongue, which is formed by the hyodal bone; 

 lower jaw narrow and commonly longer. Gill cover 

 with a preopercule. Abdominal fin with seven rays 

 and a lateral appendage. Dorsal fin behind them 

 above the base of the anal fin. 



