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ZYth Species. Spotted Gizzard. Doroaomu notata. Dor-- 

 osomc tachcc. 



Entirely silvery, a large brown and round spot above the base 

 of the lateral line, which is straight: two oblong spots of an em- 

 erald colour above the heAd f dorsal fin trapezoidal with 15ray«, 

 anal longitudinal with 40. Tail unequally forked, lower lobe 

 longer. 



A small species, seldom reaching over nine or ten inches. 

 Diameter anteriorly one fifth tSfftlf© length, tapering gradually 

 toward* the tail. I found it below the fells of the Ohio in Au- 

 gust. It comes also in the spring and disappears in the fall: 

 Vulgar nomes Gizzard, Hickory Shad, White Shad, &c. It. 

 does not bite at the hook. Back faintly bluish. Mouth large, 

 upper jaw obiiqual straight and longer, both fixed: tongoe long 

 and smooth. Eyes large, bluish, with a black centre: iris sil- 

 very. Scales smalL Pectoral 12 rays, abdominals immediately- 

 behind them , 



XH *3enus. Goto Herristg. WoTfi«iBmnjs-. Notemigone. 



~:*wJy fuaiform, compressed, scaly. Vent posterior. Abdov 

 men obtusely carinated, not serrate: back similar before the: 

 dorsal fin. Head Scaleless, mouth small without. teeth, lower- 

 jaw longer: gill cover double, opercule simple*-- Afactoa vsmk 

 fins with nine rays and no lateral appendage. Dorsal fin behind 

 them above the vent. 



TKk genus differs from Clupea by the carinated back and, 

 belly, without serraturcs, and the posterior dorsal. The name 

 means back half-angular* L4th G. of my Prodr. N. G. An- 

 imals. 



28th Species: Omn GoT.n HxaffncTJ. JVatcmrg-onus aura- 

 tm* Notemigofte dbrc. 



Back gilt olivaceous, remainder gih silvery; fins yellow; lat- 

 eral line following the curve of the belly: dorsal with 9-ray*, 

 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 

 Tadiating with ner\ es. Head convex above and small. Dorsal 

 fin broad trapezoidal, the first ray longer. Anal broad also, but 

 not so much Pectoral small with 16-raya, Tail 24, No\ tur 



