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EUROPEAN ATHERINE. Class IV. 



GENUS XLIV. ATHERINE. 



Jaw upper a little flat. 

 Rays branchiostegous four. 

 Stripe a silvery along the side. 



1. Euro- 

 pean. 



Descrip- 

 tion. 



Epsetus? Belon, 20Q. 



E^rof, Atherina. Rondel. 

 215, 21 6. Bossuet Epig. 

 66, 67. Gesner pise. 71, 72. 



Pisciculus Anguella Venetiis 

 dictus ; forte Hepsetus Ron- 

 dele tii, vel Atherina ejus- 

 dem. Wil. Ichth. 209. Rail 

 syn. pise. 79. 



Atherina. Arted. Synon. App. 

 116. 



Atherina Hepsetus. A. pinna 



ani radiis fere duodecim. 



Lin. Syst. 51Q. Gm. Lin. 



1396. Gronov. Zooplu No. 



399. 

 Le Joel. Block ichth. xi. 124. 



tab. 393. /. 3. 

 L' Atherine Joel. De la Cepede 



Hist, des Poissons, v. 372. 



X HIS species is very common in the sea near 

 Southampton, where it is called a Smelt. The 

 highest season for it is from March to the latter 

 end of May, or beginning of June ; in which 

 month it spawns. It never deserts the place, 

 and is constantly taken, except in hard frost. It 

 is also found on the other coasts of our island. 

 The length is above four inches one-fourth ; 

 the back strait; the belly a little protuberant; 



