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SUtSpecies. Spring False Herr^. ' Hyodon vemalis, 

 Hyodon printanicr. 



Diameter one fourth of total length, body entirely silvery, 

 back wh» bluish shades: lateral line straight, tail equally fork- 

 ed, sinus obtuse. Dorsal fin with 13 rays, the anal with 28 

 rays, falcated and with acute ends. 



Length from ten to twelve inches; head small and narrow, 

 nostrils very large, eyes above the corner of the mouth, black 

 and somewhat elliptical vertically, iris round, silvery with gilt 

 shades. Fins slightly olivaceous, the dorsal with 3 simple rays, 

 the first very short, anal fin somewhat adispose anteriorly. Pec- 

 toral fins with 12 rays, hardly reaching the abdominal fins. Tail 

 with 30 rays, somewhat marginated with brown. JkancJbiai 

 membrane with 7 rays. This fishjtegins tfr*pp W r.aH over the 

 Oh.o and even at Pittsburgh in April: it is very common; J>ut 

 a poor food, owing to its^reat number of small bones. It i* 

 sometimes smoked and cured as the Atlantic Herrings; but is 

 not quite so good. 



3d Subgenus. Clodalus. 



Body oblong irregular or somewhat rhomboidal. Jaws nearly 

 equal, the lower one somewhat longer and with small teeth. 

 Dorsal fin beginning before the base of the anal fin. 



32d Species. May false Herring. By o don, clodafet. Hx- 

 odondeMay. ^ s ^ 



H. Chdalus. Lesueur Jour. Ac. X. Sc. 1. p. 277. 



Diameter one fourth of total length, bodv silvery, back ]>Juish, 

 lateral line nearly straight, tail equally forked, sinus obtu«J 

 Dorsal fin with 15 rays, the anal with 30, not falcated, ends a- 

 cute. 



Length eleven inches, fins yellow with metallic colours Qtt 

 *e rays, pectoral with 13 rays not reaching the abdominal, 

 caudal with 2» ra ys . It comes as far as Pittsburgh in. May. 

 Its flesh 1S pretty good. Eyes elliptical vertically, brown. Iris 

 golden. 



33d Species Lake False Herring. Hyodon clodalu*, 

 Hyodon tacustre. 



K tergitu,. Lesueur Journ. Ac. N. Sc. i". p. 336, tab. 14. 

 Diameter one fourth of total length, body silvery, back blu- 



